Must-read: Rob Zombie remembers Sid Haig

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Earlier today we passed along the tragic news that HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES and THE DEVIL'S REJECTS legend Sid Haig passed away at the age of 80. And now we have a touching must-read post from writer-director Rob Zombie honoring the man, the myth, and the legend. 

Zombie took to Facebook to write:

Last night I received a phone call I was dreading from Bill Moseley. He told me that our friend Sid Haig had died. It was shocking but unfortunately not unexpected. I’ve known for a long time how sick Sid was and what he was battling. Over the past year as I saw pictures of him still attending conventions I thought perhaps he had beat it, but last week when he returned to the hospital I feared the worst.

Sid and I had a long talk on the day that he told me of his condition and he knew 3 From Hell would most likely be his last appearance on screen. Sadly it was. I knew it was very important to Sid that Captain Spaulding make one more round and he did. Sid's time the film is brief. He was in rough shape that day, but he gave it his all and made his scene very memorable.

I was a fan of his as a kid watching Jason of Star Command all the way through our twenty years of working together. I can still clearly remember the first time we met. It was at the Edith Head Costume building at Universal. Sid came out of the dressing room wearing a clown suit which was a few sizes too small. We said hello then we both started laughing at how ridiculous he looked in his ill-fitting suit. We would find him a much better suit.

As we were making House Of 1000 Corpses neither of us knew he was creating a character that would live on and grow in popularity every year. Sid told me many times how thankful he was for the Captain and how that character changed his life. He had completely given up on acting and now suddenly had found a whole new audience at the age of 60. I know he was thrilled and blown away by that.

The Captain is gone… but he will never be forgotten.

Rest in Peace Sid

This photo (see below) is from March 14, 2018. The last time all of us were together.

Fittingly, Sid Haig's final film was Rob Zombie's THREE FROM HELL which saw the return of Haig as Captain Spaulding along with Sheri Moon Zombie as Baby Firefly, and Bill Moseley as Otis B. Driftwood. THE DEVIL'S REJECTS co-stars Danny Trejo and Daniel Roebuck joined them along with new additions Clint Howard, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Emilio Rivera, David Ury, Dee Wallace, Pancho Moler, Austin Stoker, Tom Papa, Dot-Marie Jones, Richard Edson, Richard Riehle, and Steven Michael Quezada. It hits Blu-ray on October 15th, 2019. Pre-order HERE.