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		List Price: $14.98		Label: Lions Gate Salesrank: 28127 Released: November 8, 2005
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Editorial Review:
Ambushed at their homestead by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men, the Firefly family awakens with guns blazing- yet only Otisand his sister, Baby, manage to escape unharmed. Taking refuge and hostages in a back-road motel, the wanted siblings rendezvous with their deranged partner in crime, Captain Spaulding, killing whoever happens to stand in their way. But as the body count mountshigher, Sheriff Wydell decides to "cross the line" and take the law into his own hands, paving the way for one of the most depravedand terrifying showdowns in cinematic history.

Description of The Devil's Rejects:
Homicidal maniacs have a field day in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, an ultraviolent spin-off from Zombie's critically reviled 2003 debut, House of 1,000 Corpses. As Zombie continues to cultivate his name-brand variety of extreme horror and splatter-film homage, he definitely takes his place among connoisseurs of carnage. In the case of The Devil's Rejects, several characters from 1,000 Corpses return for another marathon of mayhem, as the murderous Firefly family (led by Sid Haig as the maniacal "Captain Spaulding") turn their bloody wrath against hostages in a fleabag motel, while the local sheriff (William Forsythe) plots revenge against them for the killing of his brother. Before their inevitable showdown, Zombie has plenty of fun--perhaps a little too much fun--indulging his penchant for sick, sadistic humor and gruesome atrocity. Clearly, Zombie fancies himself as horror's answer to Quentin Tarantino, but he lacks Tarantino's gift for riveting plots and escalating tension. Instead, The Devil's Rejects is just raw, rampant excess from start to finish, paying visual tribute to gruesome classics from the '70s and guaranteed to earn the cult status that Zombie is all too obviously aiming for. He's an unabashed horror buff who's carving a niche in the genre he loves, shamelessly satisfying a small but loyal audience of sicko-phants. --Jeff Shannon

The Devil's Rejects Reviews:
The Devil's Rejects
2009-12-11 - This probably should be renamed "Hollywood's Rejects" since none of these actors or anyone else associated with this film will ever be on the stage receiving an Acadamy Award. All this film is is a bloodbath of violence and gore, surrounded by bad language. But first and foremost its full of really bad movie making. Who would right trash like this? Only in a society that pays money to watch this junk.

These three family members, a father who likes to paint himself to be a clown and his two offspring go on a killing spree. They catch the attention of a misguided lawman who wants to hunt them down for his own self glorification. This makes the people of west Texas to look like a bunch of morons. Oddly enough, the devil himself seems to make a cameo appearance to rescue goofy dad and odd duck son from a burning house, to which he later returns. People get shot a lot in this film. If the person is a victim of this bloodthirsty gang, they die. But if one of the family members get shot, and I believe all of them do at one point or another, the bullet doesn't seem to faze them. Even nailing the hands of one to a chair isn't enough to prevent him from later grabbing hold of the steering wheel of a car for the final scene. And the final scene is just a rip off of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

This movie is a huge waste of time and money. I suggest a trip to the Baghdad market if you want to see violence of this calibre.

A twisted horror masterpiece!
2009-11-01 - If you are offended by the F-Bomb, disgusted by dead animals and unfathomable filth, frightened by the thoughts of a serial killer dressed as a clown ala John Wayne Gacy, or appalled at onscreen murder and torture, then this is not the movie for you.

A psychotic family on a secluded ranch are awaken one morning by a police raid led by acerbic small town Sheriff Rydell (Williams Forsythe). What the law will soon find is not only the tens of missing people, but also the results of the most heinous mass murdering spree in U.S. history. When Rydell only manages to capture the family matriarch - Mother Firefly (Leslie Easterbrook) - his personal vendetta, which has a taken on Captain Ahab proportions, burns his desire for justice asunder.

The remaining family members are perhaps the most disturbed group of sociopathic killers ever. Led by foul mouthed father Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), a quick-witted pervert who paints his face like a clown; the other two are brother Otis (Bill Moseley), a wraith-like psychopath with grungy hair (he looks like a Rob Zombie album cover); and sister Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), a blonde bombshell who disarms with her beauty and surprises with her sadism. The trio wreaks havoc upon all they encounter, and abuse the world about them without remorse or hesitation. When Sheriff Rydell enlists the help of criminal mercenaries - played brilliantly by the duo of Danny Trejo and Diamond Dallas Page - the explosive situation runs its course in a heart-stopping finale.

Everything is near perfection, and Devil's Rejects has the feel of an older horror movie. With one Texas Chainsaw Massacre homage after another, there is definite respect paid to 70s and 80s horror (i.e. several unnecessary T&A shots, stupid people die, over-the-top sadism). Even Michael Berryman, original creepy bald guy from The Hills Have Eyes, makes an appearance as a pimp's right-hand man. The pacing of the movie falls right in line with theme, even providing a few freeze-frames mixed in so viewers can absorb the carnage. The blood and gore are all present, and just enough to satisfy the gorehound. The acting is top notch, believable, and downright scary. The lengths to which Haig, Moseley, and Zombie go to make everyone loathe them is outstanding; in their attempts at evil and wickedness, they are admirable.

Credit goes to Rob Zombie for making a captivating tale of evil, and for a creation that not only resembles the work of Tarantino, but rivals it as well. Highly recommended for the demented - one of the best horror movies of the past several years.

Rob Zombie should have paid Karen Black whatever she wanted!
2009-10-13 - OK I love this movie, I guess it's hard to tell that from the title of my review but it's true. I just think it could have been better if it had better actresses, namely better actresses than Sherri Moon and Leslie Easterbrook. Since Sherri is the director's wife I guess she can't be replaced but she should, because I never bought the whole Baby Firefly character that Sherri was trying to portray. I think the character could have been effective if Sherri had portrayed her as more of a tough Texas redneck girl but instead Sherri Moon's character just seems like a dumb blonde Valley girl. And don't get me started on Leslie Easterbrook! I don't know what Zombie was thinking to cast Easterbrook as Mother Firefly instead of Karen Black. Black was great as Mama in House of 1,000 Corpses. Black was sexy, funny, with a touch of evil and most importantly of all she KNOWS how to ACT. Easterbrook doesn't know how to act, overact and scream yes, but act no! Ok these are the negative aspects of the Devils' Rejects let's get to the good elements: Bill Moseley as Otis B. Driftwood totally steals this movie. Moseley is downright frightening in his role. He reminds me so much of Charles Manson with his long wild hair and wicked beard. Rob Zombie did a great job in changing the character of Otis from House of 1,000 Corpses. He made Otis more realistic and therefore scarier! The part where Otis humiliates and brutalizes the country music band in the motel is very realistic and disturbing. The character of Otis is evil and repulsive and Moseley plays the character perfectly. Another great acting job is done by Bill Forsythe as Sheriff Wydell, the lawman who seeks revenge against the Devil's Rejects for the murder of Wydell's brother in House of 1,000 corpses. Forsythe is hilarious when he chews out the movie critic and threatens to kick his ass for saying something bad about Elvis!! LOL! The movie itself is a combination of a horror and revenge movie. The movie is not exactly original but it is better than its predecessor House of 1,000 Corpses. The best thing about this movie is the way that Rob Zombie has changed the face of horror. Thank God that Zombie got rid of those awful tongue-in-cheek crap movies like Scream and I know what you did last summer. Zombie's horror is honest and in your face and it's exactly what we horror fans have been waiting for!

The greatest revenge movie of all time.
2009-10-11 - The Devils Rejects is written and directed by rock star Rob Zombie. The move is a sequel, but it's one of those sequels that doesn't require the viewer to watch the first film to understand what's going on. It works as a stand-alone film. In my opinion, The Devil's Rejects is not only one of the greatest sequels of all time, but it's also the greatest revenge movie of all time too.

The story takes place in the late 1970's, and is about this deranged and dysfunctional family of serial killers called "The Firefly's", but they are nicknamed "The Devil's Rejects" by the media. They're on the run from the local Sheriff, John Wydell, but the twist is, the Sheriff is just as crazy and violent as the Firefly family, so some viewers may be left to wonder who they're suppose to cheer for, and who they're suppose to be scared of, and I love that. That is one of the many things that makes the film so appealing to me. It's not about telling you what to think. It's about making you think for yourself.

I also love that different people have a different perspective of the whole film. Most movies it goes like this: Here's the good guy. Here's the bad guy. This is what you're suppose to think. That's okay sometimes, but overall, it's kinda boring and/or not too memorable. I like films like The Devil's Rejects, Hard Candy, Falling Down, Taxi Driver, and A Clockwork Orange where you don't really know who the hero is, who the bad guy is, and the director/writer refuses to tell you what to think, and leaves the answers to you, and makes you think. I like that Rob Zombie gives the audience options, and allows the viewer to create his or her own personal interpretation. It makes the movie seem more real, because there are no true good or bad guys out there, and with this film, you're left to wonder a lot of things. For example: Is Sheriff Wydell the hero of the movie, or just another psycho nutjob?

The reason why Sheriff John Wydell is so blood thirsty for revenge is because the family murdered his brother, George Wydell, in the previous movie, so now John Wydell is determined to seek revenge, and he uses his power as the Sheriff to catch the family any way he can, even if it means breaking the same laws he's suppose to enforce and protect, or hurting other people, innocent or guilty.

William Forsythe as Sheriff Wydell steals the show in my view. You just can't take your eyes off him. He's a ticking time bomb. Wydell at times comes across as a highly religious fanatic. I think Wydell believes he is doing God's work. After all, God does say in the bible, "Vengeance is mine,". Even God loves revenge, according to the bible. Loves it so much that he doesn't wanna share it. So God says revenge is for him only, but if God admits to using revenge, and if God can only do good, does that mean revenge is good? Does that mean if we are made in God's image, that revenge is not done out of hate, but is infact a blessed thing? I believe Wydell thinks so, and that he was chosen by God to carry out his work. The tension builds and builds before Wydell finally loses it. At one point, Sheriff Wydell acts no different then any other psycho killer you'd see in a horror movie, only the victims he targets are members of the Firefly family.

Now there are moments when The Devil's Rejects will say or do things that might make the audience laugh with them, and relate to him, as well as even feel sorry for them....but then they will turn around, and do something totally shocking and violent....to remind us that they are still dangerous people....but people nonetheless. Then you have a character like Sheriff Wydell who is just trying to protect society from highly dangerous people....and get revenge not only for his brother, but for all the innocent people The Devil's Rejects have tortured and killed.....once you realize and understand that, Wydell will also do something totally shocking and violent....to remind you he is not all that innocent either. To give an example: There's a funny scene where a movie critic insults Elvis Presley, and Wydell is a hardcore Elvis fan, so Wydell just goes psycho on him, and threatens him. The whole scene is hilarious, but it goes to show that if Wydell would get that ticked off over something like that, it's no wonder he became so insane after losing his brother.

It's a very interesting character study. Pretty much all the characters could have their own spin-off movies that center on them because they are all that interesting. All the actors also have amazing faces, eyes, and voices too that really stand out.

Another thing I love about the film: Rob Zombie was able to take really sick people and make them very likeable. It seems like some people cheer for the villains in horror movies just for the sake of it, and cause they wanna be rebels, but Rob Zombie actually actually took evil people and gave them great personalities so you could generally like and care about them, and have good reasons to wanna side with them.

I like how the movie in a way was custom made for horror fans who cheer for the bad guys in movies. People who like to support the bad guys were also able to see things from a victims point of view which was probably a first for them too. In most horror movies, they're cheering the killer on as he chases the victims, but in this case, like the Firefly family, they were able to see what it was like from another point of view, and the viewer who is cheering for them gets to be scared and worried, and sitting on the edge of their seat as someone insane stalked their favorite characters with an intention of torturing and killing them.

Wydell was a perfect creation for the type of people who like to root the bad guys to cheer against. I think anyone can enjoy this movie, but I do think it's target audience was the gothic/emo/skater/biker kind of crowd. Even though all horror movie fans come from all walks of life, the majority of them are usually the gothic type....tats, piercing's, are atheist or Satanist, etc. And then you have Wydell playing the part of a cop, and most people hate cops, and Wydell not only played a cop, he played the type of cop and Christian most people hate. Most people hate rednecks too, so him being a hick probably also angered some people, and gave them more reason to hate him.

Rob Zombie strikes me as the type of guy who probably did root for the bad guys in a lot of movies, especially horror films, when he was a teenager, and I feel like Zombie was finally making a movie for all the people out there who like to cheer for the villains, but also left plenty of room out there for people who wanted to cheer Wydell, and gave them good reasons to do.

It makes me sad that some people would look at this film, and just think it's another sick violent movie that serves no purpose, and that people only watch it cause they're sickos. Nothing could be further from truth. This is actually one of the more intelligent horror films because it challenges you, makes you think, and presents many questions, and there is no truly right or wrong answer. But it can paint a good picture of what kind of person you are based on what you think. But some people are too blind in their hate for horror to understand that. Even people who love horror may just be too gore obsessed to see the whole big picture.

Some people who don't understand horror movies, or only care about gore probably would not get the many points I think writer/director Rob Zombie makes with this film. Horror haters/Gore lovers should understand that not all horror movies have violence for the sake of it, nor do all the people who go to see them go to watch them cause they get off on the blood, gore, and death. Sure, movies are made to entertain people, and for the people who make them to get lots of cash, but some movies can create good discussion about one's principles, how we should be run as a society, and might make you think of some questions you never thought of before, and can help you grow as people. In the case of The Devil's Rejects, I think one of the most important questions is: Do you support cruel and unusual punishments? You see these characters doing all these horrible things to innocent people, and it has to be sick and disturbing so later on when they get a taste of their own medicine, you can ask yourself that question if they deserve it or not, and if criminals in real life deserve the same treatment. What you think and decide I believe tells a lot about whom you are.

Some people cheer for The Devil's Rejects, and other people cheer for Sheriff Wydell. It's up to you who you wanna side with. I personally side with Wydell. He's like an old-school, anti-hero kind of character, and Forsythe has the look of what a real action star should look like in my view. Most action heroes today are just Hollywood pretty boys. Back in the day, you had real action stars played by actors who actually looked like they could kick some butt in real life if they needed to. You could believe they were tough, because they had the look down perfectly, and that is the case with Wydell/Forsythe.

I sometimes wanna cheer for the Firefly family, and I did in House of 1000 Corpses, but after seeing some of the things the family does in The Devil's Rejects, it's hard not to wanna see them get what they deserve. This film also makes me wonder if Charles Manson ever had a daughter, if he'd break down crying if someone put her in the same dangers he put others in. But I get the point Rob may have been making. You see these characters doing all these sick things to people, but then those same characters can make you laugh, and relate to them in the next scene. And I think the point Rob was making was that they were human too, and even the most sickest criminal out there isn't just some evil person. I sometimes wonder if Rob was making some type of anti-death penalty message. It's like even though these people deserve it, do they really have to go through with that? I think it's the goodness and the compassion that makes us different from the killers, and if we act like them, we're no better. But sometimes, it can be hard to make a choice on what you think in regards of this film, because one minute, I wouldn't mind seeing the Firefly family getting their karma after all they do to other people, but the next minute, I may be feeling sorry for them.

The movie is unique in a lot of ways. For example, most horror movie "heroes" are usually young and female, and they just barely survive (if at all) and are usually running around, screaming, all cut up, and unsure of what to do. But Wydell is the type of character that could probably take down an entire army of zombies without any fear in his eyes.

Also, in most horror movies, the killers are always doing the stalking, but in this film, it's the killers themselves that are being tracked down, and it's interesting seeing how these violent people react to being placed in the same position they put others in.

Rob Zombie's other movie, "Halloween", also makes the same type of point that was made in The Devil's Rejects, and that is, revenge is messy, and it never really goes the way you want it to. And really, Rob Zombie's Michael Myers was a little bit like Sheriff Wydell because it was violence that made them violent. And what separates them from heroic characters seeking revenge in movies is that Wydell and Myers both became just like the villains they loathed. It's as if evilness is a sickness, and if you're exposed to it for too long, you lose whatever morals you had, and you become what you once hated. Some victims may be able to rise above it, and still be good, but not all of us can. It could be debated that those who can't are weaker and/or that they may have just always been evil, and would have done evil things at some point, even if they were not victims.

Both Wydell and Myers wanted revenge, but they both had trouble controlling it, and perhaps Rob Zombie is trying to make a point that like the old saying goes: "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Meaning if the person wanting revenge goes into it all hot, he's likely to go hungry. But the guy who approaches his mission and is all calm, cool, and collected about it, he can overeat.

In closing, I like The Devil's Rejects because it's a great story, and it's realistic. The camera work, the story, and the characters are all great, and the characters all look, and act like real people, and I like realism in my movies. I'm also a big classic rock fan, and the movie has plenty of great 70's songs on the soundtrack. The Devil's Rejects is one of those movies where you sit there and watch the credits roll, and think "Wow." If you haven't seen it yet, please go buy or rent it. It's worth it.

A favorite movie of mine
2009-10-06 - Great from the VERY first minute to-one of the best endings I have EVER seen. You will hate loving these terrible people. This is one of my all time favorite movies from any genre. You wont believe the things they do, yet they are likeable, it's disturbing. I even had a crush on Otis-don't judge until you've seen it, seriously! The music-cool 70's music during mad chaous at times. Great cast, great story, great characters. Some scenes are difficult to watch, others you want to watch over and over. It's not a slasher flick! It is a movie that will take you on a wild ride and you will love it. Turn off your cell phones! You wont want to miss a minute. I'm not exaggerating.