UHM - Review - The Devil's Rejects

In 2003 rocker Rob Zombie took a stab at directing a horror project called House of 1000 Corpses. Obviously attempting to play homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the film opened up in a small number of theaters and eventually making nearly double its budget of $7-million after all the box office totals are in. It wasn't a big hit with critics and fans were mixed, some hated it, while some loved it. I personally didn't like the movie. When word of a sequel was released I wasn't impressed. When the first Rejects trailer hit the web I admit that it caught my interest. Rob went a different route than the first film, and after viewing the movie, I see that he has evolved as a filmmaker. The movie is so different from the first that Rob even gave it its own title -- The Devil's Rejects. That wasn't the only change in the film; Karen Black didn't reprise her role as Mother Firefly, quoting "negotiation differences", but I think this new Firefly (played by Police Academy-series veteran Leslie Easterbrook) did an excellent job.

The film pretty much takes place following the events of the first film, where the local police close in on the family, surrounding their house, and eventually leading to an exchange of gunfire. We then follow the family as they take the mayhem on the road, terrorizing anyone who comes into their path. The movie doesn't hold back on the violence. There are headshots, beatings, and even a nice torture sequence towards the end; gotta love it. Rejects didn't have such a poor editing job and annoying cut-scenes like the first, and thankfully Rob didn't let Baby laugh as much, although he made sure to show more ass from her this time 'round (always a plus). Although this is more of an action/crime piece than a horror flick, its better off considering the direction the first tried to go. Although, I would have liked to see more of Dr. Satan's creations, which I felt weren't fully explored in the first.

I liked how the two mmovies tie together where the sheriff (William Forsythe) has a vendetta against the family, and makes it his personal duty to take matters into his own hands, thanks to the fact that they killed his brother (sheriff in first film). There are a number of familiar faces in this flick, from Ken Foree, Danny Trejo, to WWE star Diamond Dallas Page, which I feel all provided the movie with more entertainment, especially Ken Foree's character as the pimp (hilarious -- love the chicken scene). What I feel makes this movie unique is the fact that there really are no good guys here. There are times when we actually root for the family and times when we hope the sheriff catches'em, but since the sheriff is so above the law, we (the audience) are conflicted towards the end. This proved to be a very interesting and original aspect of the movie. When it's all said and done I feel that Rob really redeemed himself from the mess that was House of 1000 Corpses. I'm looking forward to seeing what else he has in-stored for us horror fans.

OVERALL

It doesn't matter if you're a fan of the first or not, because this film really goes in a totally different direction. I personally enjoyed it -- the story is interesting and so are the characters. See this movie not expecting a horror flick, but an interesting action-crime piece that proves to be fairly interesting entertainment.

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Michael

Posted 183 days ago

Movies like this CANNOT get any better! If you rate this lower then 11 on a 1-10 scale, you need to check your meds. It captured the 70's grindhouse feel perfectly. Sid Haig and Bill Moseley should have got an Oscar nod. The use of music is genius - the song Freebird, I am convinced, was wrtten, so many years ago, just for the end sequence of this film. Brutal, funny, smart, and oh so much fun.

mike best

Posted 240 days ago

He ruined the franchise ? Did you even see the halloween before that ressuurection dude do yourself a favor ash and rent the two and compare them he didnt ruin anything and the guy they had play michael myers was perfect hes a big dude a can do some damage and as for devils rejects and house of 1000 corpses pure entertaiment

Devils_Reject

Posted 334 days ago

Damn I love this movie, good story, good characters, good acting from the majority of the cast mainly from Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and William Forsythe, one of my favs easily.

Ash

Posted 336 days ago

Rob Zombie is awful at everything he does!!! Why people keep giving him money to make these crapfest's s beyond me! I swear, he will go down as the worst filmmaker in history! H1000C's and TDR's were smut and his remake of Halloween ruined that franchise! Pig!!!
~Your ignorance is what keeps you alive.

Detective Hoffman

Posted 476 days ago

i didn't like this. full of violent nonsense and gore. the whole movie's a garbage. the cinematography's very ugly. the story sucks! everything in it is wrong.

andrew

Posted 485 days ago

i think this film was crap. his wife couldnt act and the action was *** . Rob zombie should stick to making *** songs.

Werewolf Hunter

Posted 537 days ago

BEST CRIME-THRILLER EVER! period.

Se7en

Posted 550 days ago

You can't say he can only direct one kind of film when he's only made 3 films so far and the reason why his films appear the same are because of the amount of violence in his films and if thats the case there's many many other horror directors who are the same.

Posted 642 days ago

I think Rob Zombie is a great artist and is a great director, but he can only make one kind of movie. House of 1000 corpses and the devlis rejects were the same ,no added plot, no twist ,nothing. it was just the same stupid *** ing *** . it was not scary at all, but it was gory ass *** . Oh yeah Rob Zombie did direct halloween, which i am a big fan of, was the same *** ing thing ass House of 1000 corpses and the devils rejects with a halloween mask on. In my opinion he has only directed one kind of movie and can't direct anthing else.

Death Wish

Posted 642 days ago

this movie was ok, not great but ok, I am a fan of ROB ZOMBIE, he is a good direcor and Sheri Moon Zombie, is a good acress but is was ok.

Josh

Posted 667 days ago

this was an awesome movie. loved the ending n alot better then hose of 1000 cropses n i liked it alot too i give it 8/10

Posted 699 days ago

Ok, this film is not like house of 1000 corpses. It doesnt have a doctor satan, or anything like that. It has more of a crime spree feel in my opinion. It is a great film otherwise. All your favorite chracters, The Firefly family, form the original are back. the film has nonstop action, and while not as gory as House.. it has its moments. I enjoyed this Film . If you havent seen it i would reccomend you to. I think House... is superior, but this film holds its own. Thank you for taking your time to read my review.

Daniel

Posted 718 days ago

I GIVE THE DEVIL'S REJECTS 7/10
I HAVENT HOUSE 0F 1,000 C0RPSES YET!
NEED TO WATCH IT!

Sean

Posted 723 days ago

Rob Zombie had gotten a look of negatice feedback on his first feature film "House Of 1,000 Corpses" by critics and fans. A lot of them fans though thought it was pure brillance, me being one of them fans. I was very excited when I heard that Rob was making a follow up to "House Of 1,000 Corpses", I became rather excited and eager to see the film. I saw this film in theaters and I must say I was rather dissapointed by the film. This was completly different from the first film and I'am guessing Rob did this so he would get the critics attention but he surely did not think about all of the fans out there. This is still a wild and bizarr film to watch. There are plenty of gory and creepy scenes, but it just did not have that feel that the first one did.

ash

Posted 725 days ago

i loved this movie as well as house of a thousand corpses. i think many true horror fans will really love these movies because they are so different from the CGI loaded crap that comes out all the time. i love the characters and i actually root for them and i think this series is the first set of movies that makes me fall in love with the psychopaths and want them to "get away with murder" it's twisted and the people are truly disturbed and it really keeps you drawn in with the way it's shot and the acting is top notch in my opinion. the only thing that made me semi-mad was the ending just because i loved the characters so much.

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