Playing "Lady" Fanny Eubanks of Omaha, the sucker victim of Lawrence Jamieson's (Sir Michael Caine's) major start-of-movie ruse, was Barbara Harris. Previously, Harris had portrayed a con-artist in Sir Alfred Hitchcock's final movie Family Plot (1976).
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
-
Fan of The Devil's Rejects or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Devil's Rejects
-
Chris Jericho auditioned for the role of Rondo, but was told he was "too pretty" for the part. Danny Trejo was cast instead.
-
The anchorman is named Derek Sanderson after the NHL player of the same name who played for the Boston Bruins during the '70s. Director Rob Zombie has mentioned during multiple interviews his affinity for the Bruins as a child growing up in Massachusetts.
-
P.J. Soles and Mary Woronov starred together in Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) as adversaries Riff Randall and Principal Togar.
-
The name "Charlie Altamont" was inspired by The Rolling Stones documentary Gimme Shelter (1970), in which a Hell's Angels gang member hired to work security stabbed a youth to death at Altamont Speedway in northern California. In this film, Charlie "gives shelter" to the Firefly family.
-
Karen Black demanded a higher salary to reprise her role as Mother Firefly. Director Rob Zombie could not afford to increase her pay and decided to replace her with veteran actress Leslie Easterbrook.
-
The woman who gets her car stolen by Captain Spaulding is played by P.J. Soles. Soles appeared in the original Halloween (1978); Rob Zombie directed the 2007 remake (Halloween (2007)).
-
The house used as the Firefly farm was recreated on the Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, CA. Prior to filming, it was located in the middle of a forest, and had been standing there for a long time. It was used in many films throughout the 1990s.
-
All the scenes were filmed within a block of each other, and Spaulding's house was not altered in any way. They found it as is, only adding household items, as if lived in.
-
Sheri Moon Zombie was emotionally drained during the shooting of a scene with William Forsythe that required her to cry. She was so affected by the scene--which took two to three hours to film--that she did not come to work for two days afterward.
-
The Firefly ranch was also used in the pilot episode of Supernatural (2005) (Supernatural: Pilot (2005)).
-
David Hess auditioned for one of the roles of the bounty hunters.
-
Final film of Matthew McGrory. He died just over a month after its release.
-
The shoot out at the beginning of the film is very reminiscent of Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly and his gang's last stand at Glenrowan. The armor, and the scene's presentation, are very similar to other film representations of Ned Kelly's tragic final defense.
-
Rob Zombie cited Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Wild Bunch (1969), and Badlands (1973) as influences on this movie.
-
The film originally had a subplot involving scenes with Dr. Satan. In an interview, Rob Zombie said that he cut these scenes because "seeing Dr. Satan in this film would be like seeing Chewbacca in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)". The scenes were eventually restored for the DVD.
-
The names "Firefly", "Captain Spaulding" and "Otis B. Driftwood" are all names of Groucho Marx characters in various The Marx Brothers films.
-
Captain Spaulding/s pick-up is a 1971 Ford F-250 Camper Special until he steals a 1964 Ford Country Squire.
-
Sable Ranch, where the Firefly family lives, was destroyed by wildfire on July 23, 2016
-
The "Family Media Guide" claims the word "fuck" and its variations are used 224 times; however, other sources list the count at 560 which, until the release of Fuck (2005) ,was a record (the previous holder was Nil by Mouth (1997) which had a count of 470).
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Devil's Rejects - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Make a Post or Browse
Recently added
© DiscussIMDB, All rights reserved. DiscussIMDB is not affiliated with IMDb