Rob Zombie's The Devi's Rejects
Reviewed by Monkey Boy

MARS COLLECTIVE RATING:

               The 70's brought forth a new type of movie genre, but not one everyone wants to remember.  You had your ground breaking science fiction films from the likes of Spielberg, Lucas and others, and you also had increadibly memorible dramas like The Godfather and similar stories.  But one genre brought to the table subject matter both taboo and grusome.  Films showing bloody murders, gratuitus nudity and harsh dialogue.  It was with these type of films a cult of people began to flock to the movie theaters, and thus, Slasher Films were born.

Rob Zombie, better known for his lead man role in the heavy metal group "White Zombie" has decide to take it upon himself to bring back these films, since recent horror films and psycho sociapath characters have been all but memorible.  Zombie started with his freshman film titled "House of 1,000 Corpses", a bloody romp through an old mansion with a group of youngsters hell bent on finding out all they could about "Dr. Satan" and the mystery surround him.  If you've seen House of 1,000 Corpses, you'll remember the lead characters in his sophmore try, The Devil's Rejects.

Returning are Captain Spaulding (played by Sid Haig), Baby (played by Rob's wife Sheri Moon Zombie) and Otis (played by Bill Moseley).  Together they make up the rejects.

From the beginning you can tell this movie is going to be rather off, you are thrown into a situation where the 3 characters (along with their mother, played by Leslie Easterbrook) facing down the local law enforcement, which leads to a gun blazing bloody masacre, but not ending how you would expect.  I wont go any further than that because simply, it will ruin the movie for you.

This film does everything it was destined to do, creep you out, make you feel uneasy, and then ultimately, gross you out with graphic visuals not seen since the days of the old 70's blood fests.  Zombie does an incredible job of mixing music soundtrack with his story telling as well, mixing in the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band to better show what exactly the mood should be like.

Overall, Rob Zombie seems to be doing an incredible job reeling back the fans of slasher films, and opening this genre up to a new generation of audience, and personally, i cant get enough.