One of my favorite genre films. Grindhouse Heaven!!

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Bad acting, gore, nudity, choppy editing, bad acting, radio friendly 70's music, ugly cinematography and some more bad acting. If The Devil's Rejects had been released in the 1970's it would have been completely lost among all the bad exploitation films of that decade. For some reason, that is completely beyond me, some horror fans think this film is something special. I just don't see it.

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Picks up right where HO1C left off. Again, Rob Zombie is golden. Using Freebird at the end of the movie with the ending scene was awesome!

Completely pedestrian in story and performances, but Rob Zombie's attention to period-genre detail is unmatched.

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Unpleasant but well made

An incredible sequel to Rob Zombie's debut feature which metamorphoses the boogie-man antagonists from House of 1000 Corpses into anti-heroes by the film's close.

It's best to remember that this film predates Tarantino and Rodriguez's Grindhouse flick by 2 years. An unashamed genre piece with solid characters, great acting and an unbelievably reassured cinematic technique.

The Devil's Rejects certainly won't be to everybody's taste but as a follow up to House of 1000 Corpses, Rob Zombie manages to avoid the trap of remaking the predecessor and goes out in a blaze of gory with a very different slice of American Horror.

...and yes... that is supposed to read "gory".

Pretty much one of the best "grindhouse" horor movies I've ever seen. Amazing humor, absolutely brutal displays of violence, and some of the most lovable satanist serial killers I've ever laid eyes on. Sid Haig and Bill Moseley are just incredible, and Sheri Moon Zombie manages to be far less annoying than usual.
This movie is in many ways a direct sequel to House of 1,000 Corpses, but works perfectly as a stand-alone film and is 100 times better than its predecessor.

I'm not sure anyone could have predicted a film this damn good from Rob Zombie, much less from a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses. And yet, here it is. Rob Zombie's masterpiece of crime and punishment.

Zombie's script and direction are absolutely top-notch, as is his choice of soundtrack. Some terrific performances elevate the once cartoonish level of acting from the main cast into a more realistic and much more terrifying brand of horror. Much of the film plays out like a grown-up's version of the first half of From Dusk Til Dawn. The final scenes of the film are a deft reversal and a surprising criticism of the very genre Zombie calls his home.

There is a level of sophistication and artistry on display here that is truly unexpected and welcome, especially in a modern day horror film.

This is that time lightning struck for Rob Zombie and he managed to make a decent movie.

There's a lot of great exploitation/grindhouse stuff in here. Shoot outs, car chase stuff, anti-hero cops, home invasion madness, all that stuff you'd expect. A lot of it's marred by the use of sy fy-level cg blood and gore effects, but what are you gonna do?

Sid Haig and Bill Mosely are great and head up an amazing cast full of all your favorite B-level actors. (Except Brian Posehn. I love him, but jeez, he sucks at acting).

There's some fun hero/victim juxtapositions near the end that play on the previous film (House of 1000 Corpses) that I think are smart and fun to watch.

Early bits feel repetitive from the 70s films that have obviously inspired Zombie. Luckily, he has more than homage on his mind. A couple interesting turns near the finale - if you can make it that far.