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Directed by the prolific Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects is a sequel of sorts to 2003's House of 1000 Corpses, and picks up several weeks after House left off. This time, the clash revolves around the... read more read more... tribe of violent lunatics and decidedly valueless family members of the original film, who have come to be known as the "Devil's Rejects." After learning of the extended family's horrific attacks, a SWAT team is sent to take them into custody; all but their crazed Mama escape. In addition to creating a full-fledged media circus, this sends the sociopath housemates on the run, and they initiate a deadly road trip. Meanwhile, Mama has to deal with a violent, vengeful sheriff (William Forsythe). The Devil's Rejects features Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Sheri Moon, Michael Berryman, and Ken Foree, among other cult horror regulars. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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Directed by: Rob Zombie

Release Date: July 22, 2005

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  • aquateen2
    July 4, 2012
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    Rob Zombie's first feature House of 1000 Corpses was a monumentally crushing dissapointment for me. Especially considering it's reputation for having a ridiculously enormous cult following, I expected a l... read moreot less from the sequel. However I was curious as to how it would pan out. After reading some of the reviews have that have welcomed The Devils Rejects I finally decided to watch it. Surprisingly, it's more than half decent and better than I thought it would be. Basically, it turned out to be everything House of 1000 Corpses didn't. The film itself along with Zombie's other movies is narratively flimsy and doesn't have any particularly interesting characters that are worth remembering by name. But Rob Zombie himself has grown into a film maker who can actually direct films, as a screenwriter for a self aware exploitation film, he is decent enough, but his direction throughout the majority of The Devils Rejects is fantastic. The set pieces are designed to the final detail and the acting is better than it was the first time around. The film is more remarkable, disturbing and ambitious, than anything Zombie has made to date. That said though, it's still not for everyone, if you don't like the definitive gore that's sure to come with this movie's plot avoid it like the plague, it's completely relentless. But if your a gorehound like me your certainly in for a good time. It's absolutely sick and has a brutally sadistic sensability but unlike House of 1000 Corpses, i'd call it mesmerisingly artful. It also has a clever way of randomly switching the tone without falling apart, so I ended up cringing at some of the gore sequences, and laughing at the black humour at other times. It's a complete mess of a movie in every sense of the phrase, but it's hugely energetic, beautifully shot and pervertedly entertaining. I can only recommend it to it's obvious target audience, fans of pure horror and torture at it's animalistic best.
  • fb100000257973100
    June 16, 2012
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    To say that this is a sad and sadistic film would be an understatement. Tasteless would be more. In fact, to even recommend this film would go against all of the morals that I have in terms of me being a film critic. Yet, the part of me that is not a film critic absolutely adores... read more this film for those very same reasons. The Devilâ(TM)s Rejects, the follow up to Zombieâ(TM)s House of 1,000 Corpses is quite a step up for Zombie as a film maker and as a writer. All that I loved about the first film is here, but so much more. The first thing will have to be how much his direction has changed. Watching this film, I was reminded a good deal about Francis Ford Coppolaâ(TM)s The Godfather. How so? Simple: they are both about families that we are raised to hate, yet we love and sympathize with them. In The Godfather, we are shown into the world of the Corleone family and their crimes and we come to accept that that is good. Here, it is the same way: Zombie throws us into the world of the Fireflyâ(TM)s and we accept their brutal, deranged life style to the point that we care for the entire clan. Yes, they torture, kill, and in some instances sexually dehumanize people, but we still love them regardless and hope for the best. It takes a certain degree of talent to make such unlikable people likable, and Zombie has that gift. What he also has is a gift for getting great performances out of people. Mainly with Sid Haig, Sherri Moon Zombie, and Bill Moseley. In the first film, they were okay as performers. Here, they captivate their roles to the point that I was starting to believe that this was how they really are. Even more Moseley. I donâ(TM)t know how they drew their inspiration, but with this film, it is complete convincing. Now, I mention Moseley due to the complete reality he gives his character. I was stunned. Here he is, this grotesque character, when in reality he is the polar opposite. I loved his performance simply due to how convincing he is. The cast in this film does their job right and pitch perfect. As with 1000 Corpses, the script to this film is still laced with dark, witty dialogue that I could just hear over and over again. But what is the high point is the part that involves law enforcement to call in a film critic to try and explain the Marx Brotherâ(TM)s films to everyone. First off, who does that in real life? Second, this I like due to it showing off Zombieâ(TM)s influences and his love of cinema. Even more when the cop is about to kill the critic for insulting Johnny Cash. That entire scene is⦠just beyond hilarious to hear and see acted out. With other scenes, it is just wonderful. Complete with all the â~Fâ(TM) bombs you could wish for. I know I made a comparison between this and The Godfather. I know some of you are thinking that I am considering this a great film. I am not. What I am calling it is one of the most entertaining horror films to be made in the past few years and, as of now, Rob Zombieâ(TM)s masterpiece. He takes this film and brings it to the most extreme he can in the horror genre and leaves it to be the best it can be. So, I am giving this film a high review and rating due to it being what it tries to be: an entertaining ode to extreme horror. For being what it tries to be, it is worth a watch.
  • itsjustme2004
    February 14, 2012
    itsjustme2004
    Awesome movie. Love that Rob Zombie stuff!!
  • fb729949618
    October 26, 2011
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    Just by reading the title of the film, I knew I was going to be in for something crazy and weird. It's a really twisted film, but if you love that kind of stuff or love horror that pushes the envelope for that matter, then you'll like The Devil's Rejects.
  • theoneandonlybg
    October 17, 2011
    theoneandonlybg
    "Dear Mr. Zombie, why did you make your own daughter strip in your film?" - this is one of the many questions I wanted to ask Rob Zombie after watching this worrying, but sort of interesting film.

    The tale revolves around a group of Satanists who are known as the Devil's Rejec... read morets: people so bad that the devil spat them out of hell. They start off with a shoot out with the police, escape narrowly, before going all across the country to wreak havoc.

    I would like to point out right now that I am not a fan of torture porn films; for me a film has to have some story behind it or it is a waste of my time. In this case, the film is sort of a half TP, half average sadastic horror flick. Some scenes involved one of the satanists fantasising about this guy's wife infront of him and forcing her to strip, Zombie's daughter getting naked, and a guy dreaming of sleeping with his own daughter.

    Although many of these scenes are rather worrying, the film allround takes a rather light-hearted feel, making these satanists seem like a happy family trying to get at each other. One memorable moment was when two of the satanists want ice cream and the other doesn't so they all chant "tooty f***ing fruity" to annoy him until they get ice cream. Oddly enough, looking back on it, this does seem like Zombie attempting to say that satanists aren't all bad, which is probably true, but is not really going to do much except start controversy.

    What makes the film avoid torture porn in many situations is the detective side of the film; they go over to the police and show what they've found and what they're doing. Unfortunately this then begins to go pear shaped when some of the officers turn out to be not very nice people.

    Basically, this film seems to bring a good connection between the horrible mass murdering family and the audience, in the sense that nailing myself to my house is a good connection; it may be a good connection, but it's not doing anyone any good!
  • fb573414556
    August 15, 2011
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    'The Devil's Rejects' is a film about a depraved family of serial killers on the run from a vengeful officer of the law. Directed by Rob Zombie a weird rock muscian 'The Devil's rejects is surprisingly enjoyable untill it turns a bit to unbelievable.

    After the dissapointment of ... read more'The Strangers' I had a relatively large amount of hope this film would do better in entertaining me. I expected something like 'Penance' or 'Grotesque' after reading the blurb(?) for this film, or at least something that didn't really involve much thinking and/or concentration and on the surface that is what this film gives and then the last scene happens and suddenly everything is flipped on it's head and you realise just how clever this film really is.

    I'll start with the beginning though, which for me is the second strongest part of the film (after the ending), Rob Zombie does a good job at setting up his characters and really showing just how brutal the family of serial killers is, not only that though, he also begins to show the underlying theme of the movie which is loyalty.

    The middle of the film is where it goes downhill though, Sheriff John Quincy Wydell'scharacter is taken to far and is pushed over the edge untill he becomes over the top and silly, his plan for vengence is a bit far fetched, I understand it may be to switch around the morality within the film but it just didn't seem to work for me.

    Like I said before though, the film is all about the end, sure it's good enough throughout but it's one of those films that gets you thinking once it's finished and leaves a lasting impression, this is done by (not saying to much) revealing that in the end, the people you like the most, could be considered the worst people in society.

    Overall 'The Devil's Rejects' is recommended due to it's great soundtrack and surpirising ending, you may have to just ignore the sherrif though.
  • theunknownhobo
    July 17, 2011
    theunknownhobo
    As close to perfection as movies come, especially in sequel form. I love Rob Zombie and everything he touches turns to gold, especially the story of Cutter, Otis and Baby. Deep, resonant and irrevocable love for this movie, the franchise, the soundtrack and of course the cast and... read more director.
  • CloudStrife84
    January 15, 2011
    CloudStrife84
    Packed and loaded with incredible suspense, this film was an unusually exciting horror-journey. Gruesome and stomach-churning yes, but also spot-on in its action, writing and directing. With no holds barred, it dares to go its own way, without any kind of compromise - a strength ... read morethat very films of this sort possesses. Sid Haig does a really memorable character as the bad-to-the-bone and ruthless Captain Spaulding, and gives a face to the movie that really sticks in your head. A pretty extreme and shocking piece of cinema, but at the same one of the best ever conceived within its genre. Final score: 3 1/2 out of 5 homicidal clowns.
  • ythelastman89
    August 27, 2010
    ythelastman89
    A seamless blend of the horror/western genre. This movie is about one thing, the worst in people. No one has a true sense of good nature in them, even the police force is run by maniacal white trash. I loved the shift of the Firefly Family into outlaw action stars, it's fun to se... read moree the roles change. They still had that disturbed nature to them, which is what set them apart in the first place. The film making is amazing, it's stylized to fit the tone of the story.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    July 8, 2010
    cancercapricorn2002
    Rob Zombie's first work as a director, "House of 1000 Corpses" was gritty, innovating, brutal, gory, creepy, scary, funny and simply awesome; "The Devil's Rejects" is more. This is one of the few Horror sequels that is is creepier, grittier, nastier, even more brutal, demented an... read mored more shocking, and, simply put, even more awesome than its already great predecessor. "House of 1000 Corpses" already proved that Rob Zombie is both an enthusiastic Horror connoisseur and an innovating filmmaker as it paid wonderful tribute to the greatest decades of Horror, introduced wonderfully demented characters and wonderfully combined brutal shocks with a very twisted sense of pitch black humor. The sequel is again about the murderous hillbilly family presented in the first film, and while "House of 1000 Corpses" was mainly a typical Hillbilly Horror feature primarily set around the same place, "The Devil's Rejects" takes the likable family of demented psychos to the road. The film, which references various sub-genres of Horror and Exploitation cinema, is a delightfully sick modern Grindhouse experience that has shocks and black humor alike, and I simply cannot imagine which lover of Horror and Exploitation cinema would not love it.

    Set in 1978, a year after "House of 1000 Corpses", the film begins when the remote Texas ranch of the Firefly family, in which they have murdered around 75 people, is raided by police forces under the command of Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe). After killing a bunch of police officers, Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie) and Otis (Bill Moseley) escape, and meet with Baby's father, the demented family patriarch Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), ready to raise hell. Sheriff Wydell, who has arrested Mama Firefly, is upon their heels, and he is almost equally demented as our favorite serial killer family...

    "The Devil's Rejects" is a mixture of grisly Hillbilly Horror and demented revenge Roadmovie that is gritty and brutal like low-budget 70s Horror and Exploitation features and is often both shocking in its violence and exquisitely funny in its morbid sense of humor. The demented family of brutal murderers do unspeakably evil deeds and yet one somehow likes them. I was a big fan of Sid Haig even before first seeing "House of 1000 Corpses" a few years ago, for his great presence in the many fantastic 70s Exploitation flicks he was part of. It can be said that the character of Captain Spaulding is probably the highlight of his entire career, both because he has a leading role, and because he is playing what is positively the coolest Horror character of the decade. The director's wife Sheri Moon Zombie is incredibly sexy and equally evil, and simply magnificent in the role of babe-fatale Baby Firefly. Bill Moseley is wonderfully demented as Otis, the arguably most psychotic member of the family... I'm taking it back - they're all about equally psychotic. William Forsythe's is great as the nearly equally psychotic, revenge-obsessed hard-ass Sheriff, and the supporting cast includes names such as Ken Foree, Michael Berryman, Danny Trejo, Geoffrey Lewis and P.J. Soles.

    In addition to being an extremely intense, nasty and wonderfully demented Horror experience with enough shocks, thrills, gore, creepiness, eccentric characters, macabre make-up effects and morbid humor to please any Horror fan, there are are lots of other positive things to say about "The Devil's Rejects", be it the great cinematography and settings, the awesome score or, most memorably, the jaw-dropping gorgeous Sheri Moon, but it all comes down to the same point: This film kicks ass! "The Devil's Rejects" is a must-see for all fans of Horror, Exploitation and demented cinema, and as much as one should see "House of 1000 Corpses" first, this film is even greater. Rob Zombie knows how to make true Horror (which is a rare thing with American directors these days), and "The Devil's Rejects" is doubtlessly his greatest achievement, one of the best films that was released in 2005. Hopefully Rob will get back to original material like this instead of doing more of the awful Halloween films that he has made in recent years. To say the least The Devil's Rejects is very highly recommended

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Critic Reviews

Joshua Rothkopf
February 9, 2006
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out

The look and feel of this film is a total nightmare, and some of the most effective American mood-making in years. Full Review

Peter Travers
July 28, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Indefensible on a moral level, Rob Zombie's perversely watchable follow-up to his much-reviled cult hit House of 1000 Corpses is loaded with filmmaking energy.

Richard Roeper
July 25, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

It has to be the sickest, the most twisted, the most deranged movie so far this year. And I'm giving it thumbs up because it's very good at what it wants to be. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
July 22, 2005
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

The movie turns quickly into a somewhat clumsily handled chase structure, with no clear point or end. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
July 22, 2005
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

If one is hip to the references (and, proudly or not, I am), it's amazing to see how precisely the metal-punk- turned-moviemaker Zombie channels the gleefully nihilistic tone and even the low-budget b... Full Review

Jeff Shannon
July 22, 2005
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

Despite some giddy humor and a soundtrack of '70s Top-40 hits, this is 'entertainment' for sociopaths, occasionally effective but impossible to recommend with a clear conscience. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
July 22, 2005
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

The first 15 minutes and last half hour are terrific, and the stunningly violent middle part is only a partial waste. Full Review

James Berardinelli
July 22, 2005
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

The Devil's Rejects doesn't just deserve to be rejected, but to be buried in a hole so dank that no one will discover it. Full Review

Roger Moore
July 22, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Hear this futile plea: Look in the mirror, Zombie. Show some class. Making people sick is no way to make a name for yourself. Even a fake name. Full Review

Lisa Rose
July 22, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

Zombie looks beyond the horror genre for influence and creates a film that doesn't exactly shatter expectations but at least sidesteps them with some degree of verve. Full Review

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    • Mother Firefly: Reminds me of the good old days, back when you was a fuckin' baby.
    • Otis: I think I can still smell your wife's pussy stink on my gun... hope it doesn't rust the barrel.
    • Sheriff John Wydell: What you say about the King?
    • Otis: There is no fuckin' ice cream in your fuckin' future.
    • Otis: I am the devil, and I am here to do the devil's work.
    • Captain Spaulding: Tutti fuckin' frutti!
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