"The Devil's Rejects"

GoDogGo! · Post by **GoDogGo!** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:48 pm

I actually have to go along with Roger Ebert and say that this is a very well-done movie. Rob Zombie has gotten much, much better as a director since "House of 1000 Corpses" and his wife has even evolved into a decent actress.

Good pacing, twisty plot, good performances, and less "cartoonish" than "1000 Corpses." That said, I don't recommend it for anyone who isn't some die-hard fan of 70's exploitation horror like "Last House On The Left." It's just nasty. Very, very nasty.

I'd prefer to see a decent monster movie or sci-fi. If I want to watch human beings acting like psycho chimps, I can turn on the news or read the paper. I wish Zombie would get out of this 70's gutter and do a real horror movie.

Still, it is very well done if you can stomach it. Certain scenes, like the finale (which is entirely silent except for fuckin' "FREEBIRD") stand out as being really masterful. Plus of course there's Diamond Dallas Page as one of the "Unholy Two," a team of bounty hunters.

Not a date film.

Ronald RayGun · Post by **Ronald RayGun** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:35 pm

Zombie raised the bar for what a modern horror flick should be with this one.

GoDogGo! · Post by **GoDogGo!** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:13 pm

Ronald RayGun wrote:Zombie raised the bar for what a modern horror flick should be with this one.

In terms of direction/pacing/art direction/etc., definitely. In terms of subject matter, not so much. JMO.

Ronald RayGun · Post by **Ronald RayGun** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:05 am

Fair enough. At the very least anyone who considers themselves even mild horror flick fans owe it to themselves to give it a look.

cbel413 · Post by **cbel413** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:49 am

I thought it was a pretty good horror flick.