![]() While he knew that he didn't want to compromise his creative vision, it was of course tough to wait to see what would happen next. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rob Zombie shared that after he filmed the movie, he was told that Universal wasn't going to release it after all. ![]() In 2023, House of 1000 Corpses had its 20th anniversary. They can't be described easily and unlike some other horror movie killers, they truly have no remorse for what they have done. ![]() This is because these characters have truly never been seen before. When ranking Rob Zombie's different movies, the ones that focus on Baby and her family are always considered the most compelling. These cruel characters show up throughout Rob Zombie's Firefly trilogy. Captain Spaulding comes across Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie) and her relatives: Grandpa Hugo (Dennis Fimple), Mother Firefly (Karen Black), Baby's brother Tiny (Matthew McGory) and Baby's adopted brother Otis Driftwood (Bill Moseley). House of 1000 Corpses opens with Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) murdering Richard Wick and Killer Karl when they try to steal form his horror museum and gas station called The Museum of Monsters & Madmen. Rob Zombie movies are all memorable for different reasons, and since House of 1000 Corpses was the first film that he directed, it stands out even more. My Only regret is that Rob Zombie killed off the Captain in the devils rejects.hopefully he can find a way to bring him back.Like the sequel The Devil's Rejects, House Of 1000 Corpses pulls no punches and tells a disturbing story of characters who don't regret their crimes for one second. The Firefly family would incorporate the legend of Dr. Satan attraction which was based on tales recounted to Cutter by Otis and Vera Ellen, now known as Angel Baby or Baby, about a local madman who ran a cult that the two were briefly members of. Only five years after the beginning of its construction, the museum was attracting tourists from all over the country to experience the new Dr. In 1971, Captain Spaulding began his work building the now infamous road side attraction Captain Spaulding’s Museum of Monsters and Madmen. What caused this is unclear but it is thought that Charlie was supplying local law enforcement officials with hooch and women behind Cutter’s back and keeping all the proceeds. This encounter led to hostility towards Charlie from Otis. Sometime during this period Charlie and Otis encountered each other at Charlie’s ranch, now doubling as a cut price brothel. Cutter saw this as a way of raising money in order to build a facility which Cutter could use to share his two loves  serial murder and fried chicken  with the world. He began running an illegal moonshine business from Charlie’s ranch. Flywheel“, in the tradition of Cutter’s new family’s Groucho fascination. We find this out in the second movie involving the character, The Devils Rejects, in which Sheriff Wydell is researching into the Firefly family.Īt the beginning of 1968, Cutter and Charlie began using another alias, “ Wolf J. The inspiration for the name “Captain Spaulding” came from Groucho Marx’ part in the stage play and film Animal Crackers. It was Otis who called the family The Fireflys and who nicknamed Cutter Captain Spaulding. The two would often fight for control of the family. He and Otis quickly became close companions and rivals. Driftwood wandered into Ruggsville County. Cutter lived with Eve Wilson, even raising their daughter Vera Ellen together. She already had two children of her own, Rufus and Tiny. Charlie would refer to him as Cutter after Johnny Lee stabbed a man to death, which he would take as his name.Īround the fall of 1947, Cutter met Mother Firefly, who at the time took the alias Eve Wilson. Ding Dong a Bo-Bo using his clown character’s name. Johnny Lee developed an interest in sideshow deformities and violent crime photography, foreshadowing his Captain Spaulding persona. Johnny Lee would soon grow very close to his adoptive brother Charlie. He spent a small part of his childhood in the Ruggsville County home for orphaned boys until being adopted by a black family. “According to his biography, Captain Spaulding was born on April 13, 1918, in Ruggsville, Texas, with the name Johnny Lee Johns. Rob Zombie took out time to write a backstory for Captain Spaulding before The Devils Rejects was released. Played by Sid Haig, Captain Spaulding is both creepy, and fascinating at the same time. I have become obsessed with Captain Spaulding from Rob Zombies film’s ‘ House of 1000 Corpses‘ and ‘ The Devils Rejects‘. I will start the first one off with one of my favorite characters. Example, a favorite character from a movie(s), or a favorite cult classic. I am going to start talking about other random crap on here, and one of the things I considered doing was a column about some of my favorite things movie related.
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