Rob Zombie's first film, House of 1,000 Corpses, probably suffered from TOO much post-production while he struggled to find a distributor. The result turned a film with a simple concept - teenagers run afoul of the crazed owners of a Roadside Attraction - into a borderline unwatchable nightmare of stylistic flourishes. The Devil's Rejects, on the other hand, was an exciting getaway picture, cleverly focusing on the serial killers from the first film as they attempt to evade capture from a lawman who makes the mistake of looking so deeply into the abyss that he didn't notice that anyone was looking back. It's still overwrought (and making the audience sit through ALL of Freebird is the height of hubris), but if it weren't for every other movie he ever made The Devil's Rejects would probably make Rob Zombie seem like a misunderstood genius.
Rob Zombie's first film, House of 1,000 Corpses, probably suffered from TOO much post-production while he struggled to find a distributor. The result turned a film with a simple concept - teenagers run afoul of the crazed owners of a Roadside Attraction - into a borderline unwatchable nightmare of stylistic flourishes. The Devil's Rejects, on the other hand, was an exciting getaway picture, cleverly focusing on the serial killers from the first film as they attempt to evade capture from a lawman who makes the mistake of looking so deeply into the abyss that he didn't notice that anyone was looking back. It's still overwrought (and making the audience sit through ALL of Freebird is the height of hubris), but if it weren't for every other movie he ever made The Devil's Rejects would probably make Rob Zombie seem like a misunderstood genius.
