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Rob Zombie Wants to Know if You Want to See More of the Firefly Clan

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Director Rob Zombie is hot off the heels of the premiere of his latest film 31, which debuted at Sundance. The movie, which had to fight the MPAA three times to go from an NC-17 rating to an R. However, knowing Zombie and the amount of violence, gore, and brutal viciousness he crams into an R-rated film, I don’t think us horror fans have much to worry about. Besides, an uncut version will be released. However, for as much as Zombie is looking to the future with his latest movie and an upcoming album, he’s made an interesting comment that comes from the past.

Zombie got his start in feature length films with 2003’s House of 1,000 Corpses, which introduced audiences to Captain Spaulding, Otis Driftwood, Baby, Tiny, Gloria, and Rufus, affectionately known as the Firefly clan. Many of these characters made their appearance once again in 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects, where they met their untimely demise at the end.

…or did they?

Zombie uploaded the 2005 film’s poster to his Instagram account and asked if anyone would be interested in seeing these characters return in a new film, to which the vast amount of commenters replied with an enthusiastic “YES!” Honestly, it looked like Daniel Bryan dropped in and started his infamous chant.

Zombie specifically hash tagged his wife Sheri Moon Zombie, who played Baby, Sid Haig, who played Captain Spaulding, and Bill Moseley, who played Otis. Mayhap another entry in the Firefly saga is in the works?

You tell me, my beloved readers. Is this something you’re interested in seeing? Or has enough of their story been told?

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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts

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In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.

The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.

But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).

Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.

That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.

Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.

Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.

In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”

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