Sunday, August 14, 2005

Movie: The Devil's Rejects

For all the hype, there was surprisingly little gore in this movie. And considering it's a follow-up to House of 1000 Corpses, there was very little in the way of shock either. Schlock yes, shock no.

After the events in House, the evil cannibalistic sadistic etc.-ic Firefly family takes their freakshow on the road, hunted by a Sheriff determined to kill them all and make them know the pain they have visited upon others. The Sheriff-serial killer relationship is byfar the most interesting thing in the movie, because the Sheriff is never a "good" person insofar as he tries to follow the letter of the law - he simply wants to stop the killings and sees himself as a hand of justice or divine retribution as much as the killers see themselves as doing the Devil's work.

Also, I'll never hear "Freebird" without thinking about the end of the movie.

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