Review of 3 from Hell (2019) by Brutallyhnstgmr — 19 Sep 2019

Well, where to begin. So I'll start by saying that The House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects are two of my favorite movies, not just Rob Zombie movies, but favorite movies in general. So imagine my excitement when 3 From Hell was being released. I never went to a limited theater release, first night sold out, so second night got tickets. I'm thinking, this is going to be awesome being in a theater with a bunch of other fans. Well, the movie ended, nobody cheered, there was no conversation, and everybody just kind of muddled their way out of the theater. I think the expectation was to high and the movie just doesn't deliver at all. Let me explain.

What you have in the 3 From Hell is basically a reboot of The Devils Rejects only less creative. The plot is nearly identical, and there are scenes that are just very familiar. What made The Devils Rejects great was that it was different from House of 1000 Corpses, and the Sheriff character. This movie should've been made probably 7 years ago so Spalding could have had a bigger role. But unfortunately the "bad guy" in this movie is boring and the whole concept is just dumb in my opinion. The Sheriff in TDR you could see his descent into madness trying to catch our "heroes", it was great, and the actor playing the role played it perfectly. 3 From Hell, has no such character. I liked how the beginning was set up, but the first two movies were in your face pretty quickly in, not in this movie, you have a nice little wait before things really get going, and then when they do get going, it's pretty short lived between events. I really wanted to see some crazy mayhem but it just never really happens, the last I'd say 25% of the movie feels almost identical to TDR, right down to the whore house. Caught off guard and have to fight out. Really Rob, you couldn't have come up with anything new for these characters? I guess the one redeeming quality is that it looks like there might be another movie and if there is, man I hope it is a lot better than this, what a disappointment after waiting all this time.