3 From Hell (2019) **1/2
On one hand, Rob Zombie 's latest, 3 From Hell (2019), is one of his better-made films. It's miles better than 31 (2016) or his terrible Halloween movies. On the other, by the end it feels largely unnecessary, an exercise in genre that offers nothing new. Megan Navarro put it succinctly in her Consequence Of Sound review : "Despite a fascinating set up (I would contest this), Zombie takes an extravagant U-turn straight back to The Devil's Rejects (2005) to try his hand at telling it all over again. In the end, what could have been something more instead falls back into comfortable, familiar territory that’s bloated by meandering filler." Much like Quentin Tarantino (and a lot of 3FH feels like Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez ), Zombie channels Oliver Stone 's Natural Born Killers (1994) ( review ) (coincidentally written by QT) before settling on Sam Peckinpah 's Bring Me The He...
