The celebration of the tenth anniversary of The Devil’s Rejects continues…

Rob Zombie has hinted that he’d like to return to the world of the Firefly family one day, though the characters are owned by Lionsgate, and he doesn’t think they have any desire to go that route again, which is strange if you ask me. These films have a tremendous amount of fans, and on a low budget, it seems like this would be easy money in the bank.

Zombie said in an interview a while back that he had some ideas of what to do with the characters, implying that if it does happen it would likely be related to the famous Otis, Baby, and Captain Spaulding. At least that’s what one would assume.

I wouldn’t hold my breath either way, but there are a number of other characters I’d like to see return if it were to happen. Hell, Zombie has created a whole universe of characters with these movies, and I’d love to see some of them turn up in additional movies regardless of whether or not the Firefly family is involved.

Here are 10 characters I’d like to see make a return to the screen. I left out those who died both in the film and in real life (sadly, quite a few of the actors have passed away).

1. Rondo

Rondo, played by Danny Trejo, was of course one half of the Unholy Two, a pair of bountyhunters hired by Wydell to capture Otis, Baby, and Spaulding so he could exact his revenge on them. Honestly, I think it would be great to see a movie about the Unholy Two themselves. How could that not be a blast?

2. Billy Ray Snapper

Billy Ray Snapper, played by Diamond Dallas Page, is the other half of of the Unholy Two. See everything I just said above.

3. Clevon

Clevon, played by Michael Berryman (of The Hills Have Eyes fame), provided plenty of comic relief in The Devil’s Rejects, and would be quite welcome in another Zombie film. Any time Berryman is on screen in pretty much any film is a good time in my book, and Clevon is one of his most enjoyable roles.

4. Dr. Satan

I doubt I’m the only person who would like to see more Dr. Satan, the mysterious mad doctor from House of 1000 Corpses. He was originally not even going to really exist as a character in House of 1000 Corpses. The group was going to go looking for him and be captured by the Firefly family, and he was going to turn out to be a hoax. I believe Zombie has said it was really going to be Grandpa when he was finally revealed. Ultimately he decided it would be a better move to actually have a Dr. Satan, and I for one am thankful he went that direction.

Dr. Satan was initially going to appear in The Devil’s Rejects, and they even filmed an amazing scene for it in which he kills a nurse (played by Rosario Dawson), but Zombie felt something as wacky as Dr. Satan was just out of place in the gritty, more realistic Devil’s Rejects. I think he made the right call there too, but it’s still a great scene, and it would be fun to see him return in a different film.

5. The Professor

The Professor, another of the Fireflys who didn’t make it over to The Devil’s Rejects, was the big brooding Jason Voorhees-like, masked killer stalking through the underground tunnels in House of 1000 Corpses. He was creepy, gross, and menacing, and I’d be happy to see him back on the screen alongside Dr. Satan.

I suppose you could argue that he did die in House of 1000 Corpses, but I feel this was left a bit ambiguous. I feel his Voorhees-like qualities could extend into surviving a bunch of shit falling on top of him anyway.

6. G. Ober

Gerry Ober, who worked at Red Hot Pussy Liquors in House of 1000 Corpses, was always being hassled by some ‘fuckin’ asshole,’ who made his name tag say “Goober”. Fuckin’ asshole. I can’t imagine another G. Ober appearance not being a welcome treat if that involves the famous liquor store or if it doesn’t.

7. Officer Ray Dobson

Officer Ray Dobson is Wydell’s deputy in The Devil’s Rejects (you know, Doofy from Scary Movie). He’s basically a silly, clueless cop, reminiscent of Steve Naish from House of 1000 Corpses (Walton Goggins). I’d love to see Naish back in fact, but he did get murdered in the first film. Either way, assuming he didn’t bite the bullet in the big Free Bird shoot out, Dobson is presumably running the show in Wydell’s place.

8. Stucky

Like G. Ober, Stucky is just another funny character from House of 1000 Corpses. He says things like, “Little Dick Wick played with his prick. Don’t the smell just make you sick?” and tells stories about mentally handicapped people sticking Planet of the Apes toys up their butts. Any chance to get him back on screen telling anecdotes is welcome as far as I’m concerned.

9. Morris Green

Morris Green is the talk show host in The Devil’s Rejects played by Zombie regular Daniel Roebuck. Frankly, I just really enjoy Roebuck and welcome more screentime for him in any Rob Zombie film. He’ll be in 31 in some capacity. If another Firefly-related movie ever happens, hopefully he’ll be involved in that too.

It’s worth noting that Green did show up in Zombie’s animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.

10. Dr. Wolfenstein

Finally, Dr. Wolfenstein – the horror host who introduced us to the story of the Fireflys in the first place on his “Creature Feature Show”. This was a fun character and set the mood wonderfully for the first film in all of its Halloweenyness. If he can’t make it back, I’d gladly settle for Tom Noonan’s character from Ti West’s The Roost. In fact, screw Dr. Wolfenstein, get Tom Noonan, Rob!