Otis B. Driftwood

"People come, people go. But how many ever really stop to take a look at the underbelly of the beast?"

- Otis

Otis is a fictional serial killer played by actor Bill Moseley and first appeared in the 2003 horror film House of 1000 Corpses, directed by Rob Zombie. He is one of the more visible and outspoken members of the murderous Firefly clan and is personally responsible for the deaths of at least three individuals. A fetishist to the extreme, Otis is characterized by his strong southern accent, long blond hair and a penchant for spouting his personal philosophical credo. The character appeared again in the 2005 sequel, The Devil's Rejects.

House of 1000 Corpses
Otis was the more outspoken and dominent member of the Firefly family who lived in a town called Deadwood during the 1970s. An unrepentent killer, Otis enjoyed kidnapping and torturing victims, particularly cheerleaders, sometimes even skinning them. On October 30th, 1977, Otis encountered four youths who were invited into his home courtesy of Mother Firefly. He quickly determined that these four would be his next victims. The guests consisted of Bill Hudley, Mary Knowles, Denise Willis and Jerry Goldsmith. As they drove away from the Firefly home, Otis and his brothers Rufus and Tiny ambushed them in the middle of the road. Otis attacked Bill Hudley while his brothers brought the others back to the house. Otis dragged Bill down into his personal torture den where he bound him against the wall and began to dismember him. Experimenting with various props and strange devices, Otis transformed Bill into a carnival-style curioso which he dubbed "Fish Boy".

Otis then began terrorizing Bill's bound and gagged girlfriend, Mary, forcing her to stare at his handiwork as he left the Fish Boy body propped up against a wall in his room.

Notes & Trivia

 * Like many of the character from the film, Otis is named after a character originally played by Groucho Marx during the films of the 1930s. Otis is named for Otis B. Driftwood from the 1935 comedy A Day at the Races.


 * Apparently, Otis and Captain Spaulding do not get along very well.