Spaulding was originally supposed to have a bigger role in 3 from Hell, but Sid Haig's real-life health issues stopped him from completing the role as it was written, forcing Zombie to greatly reduce his role. A decrepit Spaulding is executed by lethal injection sometime later, leading to Otis and Baby attempting an escape.
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In 3 from Hell, Spaulding, Otis, and Baby are revealed to have just barely survived the shootout with the police, and are put on trial and imprisoned shortly after their recovery. Spaulding, Otis, and Baby escape in a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado belonging to Spaulding's half-brother Charlie Altamont, and are shot by authorities while speeding towards a police barricade.
Tiny, another member of the Firefly clan, intervenes, killing Wydell and saving the trio. Wydell sets the house on fire and leaves Otis and Spaulding to die, while he hunts Baby for sport outside. Spaulding, Otis, and Baby are eventually captured by Wydell and brought to the Firefly house, where Wydell tortures them. In prison, Wydell stabs Mama Firefly to death as revenge for the murder of his brother George Wydell, whom she fatally shot in the previous film. In the film's opening sequence, Mama Firefly is taken into custody when the Firefly home is subjected to a search and destroy mission by Sheriff John Wydell and a number of state troopers, but Spaulding is elsewhere during the raid. In The Devil's Rejects, Spaulding is revealed to be the patriarch of the Firefly family. Spaulding's ties to the Firefly clan are kept ambiguous throughout most of the film. Satan, Spaulding directs them in the path of the murderous Firefly family. Later in the film, when a group of four people visit his establishment and learn of the local legend of Dr. At the beginning of the film, the establishment is targeted by robbers, whom Spaulding kills. The establishment also harbors a roadside haunted house attraction known as Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen. In House of 1000 Corpses, Spaulding is portrayed as the proprietor of a gas station in Texas that also sells fried chicken. Driftwood and invited him to become a member of their family. Spaulding met Eve Wilson, also known as Mama Firefly, in 1947, and they had a daughter named Vera-Ellen (also known as Baby Firefly). Fictional character biography Ĭaptain Spaulding has a lengthy criminal history, and earned the nickname "Cutter" for stabbing a man to death. The character, and Haig himself, have been called icons of modern horror cinema. In The Devil's Rejects, he is revealed to be the patriarch of the Firefly family.
In House of 1000 Corpses, Spaulding is portrayed as the proprietor of a gas station and fried chicken eatery that also houses a roadside attraction known as Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen.
The character is depicted as a vulgar and murderous clown. Haig also voiced Spaulding in the 2009 animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Haig reprised his role as Spaulding in the sequels The Devil's Rejects (2005) and 3 from Hell (2019).
The character first appeared in Zombie's 2003 horror film House of 1000 Corpses, portrayed by Sid Haig. Captain Spaulding (born Johnny Lee Johns and also known as " Cutter") is a fictional character created by Rob Zombie.
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