Review: The Devil's Rejects
Yeterday (July 25th) I went and watched The Devil's Rejects. I had no idea what to expect, but having been a big fan of House of 1000 Corpses, I knew good things were in store. The movie didn't even take five minutes to deliever some shocking brutality. The movie grabs you by the balls immediately and never really gives you a chance to breathe. As it turns out, it is much less of a horror movie, and more a very cold, calculating thriller. We start to understand more of how this family became so crazy-and not through flashbacks, more through getting to see them on the prowl and in crazy murderous action.
The cast all does an admirable job portraying crazy ass killers. Sheri Moon is not as likeable as Baby as she was in the first movie, but no one is really that likeable in this movie. The guy who played Otis(whose name I can't remember, and I'm too lazy to check imdb right now) was fantastic. I don't know if he actually is crazy in real life, but he did a damn fine job convincing me that Otis was a cold, psychotic killer. He had a very Manson-esque way about him-very creepy. But for me, the star of the show was Sid Haig. I love his character of Dr Spaulding-the scene with the mother and her kid cracked me up. I felt bad laughing, but to me, funny is funny-and that shit was hilarious. It was also great getting to see Brian Posehn in this movie. That kid cracks me up-and I'm sure he loved every second he got to spend in the movie. The cop in the movie did a good job of going from a good cop trying to do his job, to a crazy ass guy trying to beat this family. But at no point was I rooting for him to win-I wanted to see this crazy ass family make it.
Overall this movie was disturbing, hard to watch at times and pretty graphic. And I loved every minute of it. This movie had good humor to it(although extremely dark) and everyone looked like they were having a good time. I recommend this movie if you have a twisted sense of humor and don't mind a lot of fake blood gushing out of people. Fun times at the movies.
The cast all does an admirable job portraying crazy ass killers. Sheri Moon is not as likeable as Baby as she was in the first movie, but no one is really that likeable in this movie. The guy who played Otis(whose name I can't remember, and I'm too lazy to check imdb right now) was fantastic. I don't know if he actually is crazy in real life, but he did a damn fine job convincing me that Otis was a cold, psychotic killer. He had a very Manson-esque way about him-very creepy. But for me, the star of the show was Sid Haig. I love his character of Dr Spaulding-the scene with the mother and her kid cracked me up. I felt bad laughing, but to me, funny is funny-and that shit was hilarious. It was also great getting to see Brian Posehn in this movie. That kid cracks me up-and I'm sure he loved every second he got to spend in the movie. The cop in the movie did a good job of going from a good cop trying to do his job, to a crazy ass guy trying to beat this family. But at no point was I rooting for him to win-I wanted to see this crazy ass family make it.
Overall this movie was disturbing, hard to watch at times and pretty graphic. And I loved every minute of it. This movie had good humor to it(although extremely dark) and everyone looked like they were having a good time. I recommend this movie if you have a twisted sense of humor and don't mind a lot of fake blood gushing out of people. Fun times at the movies.
posted by Matt Lemos @ 6:57 PM
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