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Rob Zombie’s Firefly Trilogy Is Getting a Massive 8-Disc 4K Box Set Just in Time for Halloween

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If you spent any part of the early 2000s in a basement hanging out with horror movie nerds, you probably remember when House of 1000 Corpses finally hit theaters after sitting on a shelf forever. Rob Zombie took a sledgehammer to mainstream studio horror, dragging audiences through greasy gas stations, fried chicken joints, and subterranean murder pits with the unhinged Firefly family. Now, Lionsgate is bundling the whole blood-soaked saga into an 8-disc Firefly Trilogy set arriving October 13, 2026, right in time for Halloween.

This set packs in House of 1000 Corpses (2002), The Devil’s Rejects (2005), and 3 From Hell (2019) across 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital. The biggest selling point for physical media hoarders is that House of 1000 Corpses is finally getting a 4K transfer in Dolby Vision. All that neon lighting, basement grime, and sticky fake blood should look appropriately filthy in high resolution.

Looking back, the three movies map out Zombie's evolution as a director pretty clearly. The first film was a colorful, trashy funhouse homage to '70s exploitation, built on iconic performances from Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, and Karen Black. The Devil’s Rejects ditched the psychedelic music-video editing for a mean, sun-baked highway crime spree, adding William Forsythe, Ken Foree, and Matthew McGrory to the chaotic mess. By the time 3 From Hell rolled around in 2019, the vibe shifted again, bringing in Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Dee Wallace, Emilio Rivera, and Danny Trejo to drag the surviving killers through another round of prison breaks and south-of-the-border carnage.

The entire collection runs about 312 minutes and includes a bunch of physical goodies like an exclusive poster, art cards, new artwork by Vance Kelly, and a photography book curated by Zombie himself. You also get two full bonus discs dedicated to legacy features, including the feature-length making-of documentary 30 Days in Hell for The Devil's Rejects and the four-part To Hell and Back doc for 3 From Hell.

Format and rating details break down logically across the discs. House of 1000 Corpses is rated R and sports an English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio track. The Devil’s Rejects features the R-rated cut on 4K with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, while the included Blu-ray disc holds the Unrated cut. 3 From Hell comes in its Unrated version with a hefty 7.1 Dolby TrueHD track.

Love Zombie's noisy, hillbilly-pulp aesthetic or hate it, the Firefly movies carved out a distinct, unpleasant corner in 2000s horror. If you want the complete set sitting on your shelf this fall, mark your calendar for October 13.

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