10 Horror Movies That Just Aren’t Scary

3. 3 From Hell

Three From Hell
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Rob Zombie's Firefly movies have a hugely passionate fanbase, and it's easy to understand why. From the moment House of 1000 Corpses first got going, horror hounds knew that they were on to something gloriously brutal and gory.

While Corpses follow-up The Devil's Rejects took what made that first movie so revered and turned it up to 11, this year's 3 From Hell had some intense moments dotted throughout, yet the film felt lacking when it came to the terrifying bite of its two predecessors.

Like Rejects, 3 from Hell includes elements of classic road movies and even Western-like shootout sequences, although there never feels that true sense of dread and horror that The Devil's Rejects is overflowing with. And that in itself is almost strange to say, given the pure carnage and body count of this threequel.

Considering how House of 1000 Corpses gave this three-movie series a perfect, terrifying starting point, and The Devil's Rejects amped up the unpredictable, erratic scares, 3 from Hell just ultimately felt like completing this trilogy with a whimper where the genuine scares are concerned.

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