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Otis Flips the Bird on First ‘Three From Hell’ Character Poster
Rob Zombie has shared the first of five character posters for his Three From Hell, the sequel to House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects. The first piece of art gives us a new look at Bill Moseley as Otis B. Driftwood, who apparently has survived the shootout at the end of Rejects. We’re told there’s nothing supernatural at play, although haven’t been able to confirm. Otis flips the bird on the poster, which also confirms a 2019 release date, with Zombie resuming editing post summer tour.
We know two of the forthcoming posters will feature Sid Haig‘s Captain Spaulding (who we’re told has a smaller role this time around) and Sheri Moon Zombie‘s Baby, while another should prominently feature Richard Brake, who insiders tell us has a large role in the film as Winslow Foxworth Coltrane aka Foxy.
The cast also includes Danny Trejo, Clint Howard, Daniel Roebuck, David Ury, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sean Whalen, Kevin Jackson, Austin Stoker, Dee Wallace, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Bill Oberst Jr., Richard Riehle, Dot-Marie Jones and Tom Papa.
Clearly a reference to Paradise Lost, the film’s tagline is “Free the Three!”
A contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator is on the way, and Deadline has unveiled the first look at the new Herbert West and the pathologist drawn to his orbit.
The original screenplay and storyline come from Jade Sandberg Wallis.
Michael Grossman (“The Originals”, “Pretty Little Liars”) directs.
The new images introduce star Joseph Morgan (“Vampire Diaries“), who plays “brilliant surgeon and scientist Herbert West, who is obsessed with creating a serum to reanimate the dead.” Katie Cassidy (Speed Demon) stars opposite as the pathologist with a troubled past who joins his efforts.
Together, they prove that conquering death may be the ultimate sin against life itself.
The film’s official synopsis: “As a child, Herbert West watches his father Peter reanimate his dead mother Judith in a secret basement lab — only for Judith to mortally wound Peter and nearly kill Herbert before Peter shoots her. The trauma leaves its mark on Herbert, but so does one final image: his mother’s finger, twitching after death. Thirty years later, Herbert West is a brilliant, secretive surgeon still chasing his father’s obsession.
“Pathologist Kate Locke arrives in town and is drawn into his orbit — first through a spark at a hospital fundraiser, then through his secret lab, where he reveals a serum capable of reanimating severed tissue. Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him. Their early experiments on a cadaver succeed only briefly. West concludes that dead tissue is the problem — they need something fresher.”
Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx, Randall Newsome, Emma Reinagal, James D. Bryce, Kathryn A Bentley, Jack Lancaster, Amy Holland Pennell, John Pierson, Mindy Shaw, Eric Dean White, Tristan Wilder Hallet, Adrienne Lamping, Aaron Crippen, and Drew Patterson.
Makeup artist Jeff Lewis (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) and cousin Roger Lewis are heading the production via their newly established Woodlake Entertainment.
Lovecraft’s short story, first serialized in Home Brew magazine in 1922, is the first among his works to mention the fictional Miskatonic University. It was most famously adapted into a 1985 horror movie from Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Herbert West: Reanimator is set in Alton, Illinois, where production is now underway.
Herbert West: Reanimator. Photo credit: Matt Lief Anderson
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