The Devils Rejects

[CrimsonMist]

I think the writing lacked mainly because he was trying to make it WAY TO much like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Hopefully his writing is better when not trying to make an almost exsact copy of another film

it wasnt just like TCM. Zombie was heavily influenced by all those indie 70s/early 80s horror films: Deranged, Motel Hell, Last House on The Left, I Spit on Your Grave...good stuff.

but my problem with House of 1000 Corpses was that when you listen to Zombie's music and look at his artwork and music videos, its completely original and f-ed up. Zombie could have made a horrifying movie if it had been completely original.

I had my doubts for The Devil's Rejects becuase at first, it sounded like it would rip of the TCM 2 plot: Uncle of the two kids out for revenge whereas in this movie its: Brother of killed cop out for revenge. But when you see the trailer for this movie and the kind of characters in it, you can tell thats only the underlying, hardly noticable part of the film.

I loved House, Devil's Rejects is gonna kick ass.

 

[That-Guy]

Deranged, Motel Hell, Last House on The Left, I Spit on Your Grave...good stuff.

Okay... I've only seen one of the films you mentioned here, so I can't comment on the other ones, but in regards to "I Spit on Your Grave," did you actually think that was a good movie? The acting was awful, there really wasn't a story, and the cinematography and direction were pathetic. All in all, it was more or less a borderline porn film with some gore. I'm just curious why people view this movie as a "classic."

 

[The Undertaker]

So, those who have seen it, what did you think?

 

[The Lumberjack]

I'm going to see it in a couple of hours, so I'll tell you about it when I get back.

 

[Frank Manhattan]

Got to watch it last night... very good horror/crime/explotation flick. Sid Haig steals the show.

 

[Assassin32]

That's cause Sid Haig pwns.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Wow, it was almost as good as it was nauseating...almost.

Great acting, great cinematography, great editing, great music, intense as hell, I loved and hated the family at the same time, Wydell is an awesome vengeance figure,

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I loved the dream sequence to his brother and how you can see his psyche detereote to the point where he becomes what he's hunting.

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Tiny's appearance at the end is just so damned heroic, made me feel like standing up and cheering. I love him just as much as the big 3. The only problems I had were I was hoping Tyler Mane(Rufus)would have a bigger part, Diamond Dallas Page and Danny Trejo's characters should've died, I'm not sure what to think of Tiny suicidally going into the house as it explodes, and I wish the big 3 could've taken the cops, or atleast some of them with them during their emotionally charged demise.

 

[The Lumberjack]

This movie was intense. Every aspect of it really sucks you into the experience. You can feel the heat and desperation every character is feeling. The music is what really stood out for me. It has that whole juxtapostion between music that's wholesome, but is placed over a very grisly scene, similar to when the father and the deputy from the HO1kC stumble into the shed. It's used more than once but never gets old. All the gore that's shown also never really seems superfluous, but is shown to really hammer home the intensity of the whole movie.

As stated before, Sid Haig's veins pump pure pwn and he spits it in your face during this whole movie. He's not simply a random, fun character anymore now that you know

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he's Baby's father. The scene w/ Baby and Spaulding badgering Otis to stop for ice cream is great. You also get to meet his brother and delve ever so slightly into his past. I agree w/ Stormyprecious that DDP and Trejo really should have gotten theirs, but it hardly ruins the movie.

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Baby really made me fall in love w/ her here. She's very sadistic, but still very sweet and insanely seductive. You also get to see a bit of skin from her, which is always nice. Otis is pure evil and Bill Mosely really sells it. While he's standing over two beaten bleeding men, he begs themto pray and taunts them all the while. Then he delivers my favorite line from the movie perfectly: "I am the devil and I am here to do the devil's work."

If you even enjoyed a second of either HO1kC or Natural Born Killers (which has a similar feel), then you will LOVE The Devil's Rejects.

 

[Hobgoblin]

This movie PWNS, pure and simple. Probably the best movie that I have seen all summer. The whole thing just seemed so damn realistic. The scene where Otis

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is beating the two men to death was unbeleivable. I felt like I was a witness to a murder, hiding behind the rubble and garbage.

The hotel scene dragged a little and I kind of wish that there had been more humor, like in H1000C when the two guys try to rob Spaulding and he tells them "F*** your mother." But then I remembered that The Devil's Rejects isnt supposed to be like H1000C. Its a very different movie and since it isnt a clone of the first film, its great in its own right.

Baby was sexy as hell, of course and Otis was a mean little redneck.
Charlie:

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"Hey Otis, are you still an a**hole?"

Otis:

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*gives him the finger*

Too bad there wasnt more of Spaulding in his facepaint, but he was a fun character anyway. The end scene....well, you dont get endings like that very often. Surprisingly emotional.

8.5/10

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Did anyone happen to stay after the credits? I didn't, and when I left I realized I don't remember seeing the scene of the three walking down the road. They didn't show it after the end credits did they?

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I mean, they had to have died.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Did anyone happen to stay after the credits? I didn't, and when I left I realized I don't remember seeing the scene of the three walking down the road. They didn't show it after the end credits did they? I mean, they had to have died.

Nope, they just showed shots of the country landscape over the end credits and there was nothing after them. The shot of the 3 of them walking down the highway wasn't used at all.

I know some stuff was cut out,

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I've seen pictures of a scene where Dr. Satan rips out Rosario Dawson's throat.

Zombie said that the footage not used in the movie will either be edited back in or in the special features on the dvd.

 

[Motown Marvel]

Did anyone happen to stay after the credits? I didn't, and when I left I realized I don't remember seeing the scene of the three walking down the road. They didn't show it after the end credits did they?

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I mean, they had to have died.

uh, you may want to toss that last part in spoiler tags.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Nope, they just showed shots of the country landscape over the end credits and there was nothing after them. The shot of the 3 of them walking down the highway wasn't used at all.

I know some stuff was cut out,

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I've seen pictures of a scene where Dr. Satan rips out Rosario Dawson's throat.

Zombie said that the footage not used in the movie will either be edited back in or in the special features on the dvd.

Rosario Dawson was in the flick? I know I didn't just miss that. Was her entire part in the movie cut?

 

[guitarsingerguy]

uh, you may want to toss that last part in spoiler tags.

Sorry, wasn't even thinking.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Rosario Dawson was in the flick? I know I didn't just miss that. Was her entire part in the movie cut?

Yup, she's only in one sequence with Dr. Satan, so her entire part was removed.

 

[The Lumberjack]

Yup, she's only in one sequence with Dr. Satan, so her entire part was removed.

I never noticed her, but there are critics on RottenTomatoes.com that have mentioned her as a cameo, so they couldn't have cut her completely

 

[guitarsingerguy]

I never noticed her, but there are critics on RottenTomatoes.com that have mentioned her as a cameo, so they couldn't have cut her completely

Perhaps they viewed an early screening prior to the scenes being cut?

 

[Jesse_Custer]

I can't say anything that hasn't already been said. Great movie.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Perhaps they viewed an early screening prior to the scenes being cut?

Yeah, I'm almost positive that she isn't in there.

I'm seeing the movie again tonight, I'll try and see if I can spot her in the background somewhere.

 

[theJust]

if you dont want to be spoiled, u shouldnt even being coming in here, and as well if your interested JUST GO OUT AND SEE IT

 

[The Lumberjack]

Saw it again today and I'm going w/ a guy I work with tomorrow. Loved it even more this time, except for the woman behind me was

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rooting for the sheriff. She cheered during the torture scenes in the house and when they died.

 

[Savage]

Just caught this flick...god...damn. That is one of the best damn horror flicks that I have seen in years. I mean that was...f**kin sick. I don't think the guy even needed the gore but that sure as hell helped. These are some genuinely good actors and actresses and Zombie did an awesome job directing. The first one feels like it was just to get his feet wet now that I've seen this. I want this man doing more movies!

I mean he did a great job making me hate them for the first half. The first one I thought they were cool but this one they were just bastards. Then comes the second half and he does such a good job developing them as a family that I actually started to forget they were the worse piece of scums on the planet and felt bad for them the rest of the movie and was even kind of cheering for em(even though I felt kind of guilty for it after what he did to the people in the hotel)...Just...damn. The man's been hiding his genius for years! Definately worth watchin! *****

 

[Savage]

One slight nitpick. The fakeouts kind of unnerved me a bit. I mean

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Spaulding looks like he's going to kill that woman and child for their car and I'm really on the edge of my seat like "Don't do it man. Don't do it." and then he doesn't(even though he's pretty much traumatized that poor kid and maybe the mom). But at the same time...like 30 seconds later I'm thinking "...man...what a cop out.".

Same goes for the hotel scene where Otis is harrasing that guy's wife. Thought he was just gonna rape her right there in front of all of em. But he didn't. Got my sighs of relief from both scenes, sure but at the same time it's like he really could have drove home how evil and sadistic these guys are and why they are so f**kin scary...Guess he didn't want to do that since we were supposed to feel worry for em later anyway.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

It's bizarre how an audience can root for someone who dismembers, mutilates and KILLS a person, but not a rapist.

 

[The Lumberjack]

Same goes for the hotel scene where Otis is harrasing that guy's wife. Thought he was just gonna rape her right there in front of all of em. But he didn't. Got my sighs of relief from both scenes, sure but at the same time it's like he really could have drove home how evil and sadistic these guys are and why they are so f**kin scary...Guess he didn't want to do that since we were supposed to feel worry for em later anyway.[/SPOILER]

I read an interview over at Coming Soon where Rob said this scene had 2 minutes cut from it due to the MPAA warning that it would have given the film an NC-17 if they hadn't. He also said that it would definately be shown in it's entirety on the DVD.