Not the kind of movie I would normally even consider, but after recommendations from a couple of friends who's opinion I trust, I rented the movie this weekend. Writer/Director Rob Zombie is obviously a great fan of 70s drive-in fare like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Hills Have Eyes" and has learned his lessons well. He has a solid directorial style and a great ear for comically profane dialog - the banter in this movie reminds me of "Goodfellas" with maniacal Southern rednecks rather than East Coast Italian mobsters. And with a cast that includes William Forsythe, Sid Haig, Geoffrey Lewis, Ginger Lynn Allen, Priscilla Barnes, Steve Railsback, P.J. Soles, Mary Waronov, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, and Michael Berryman, and a Super 70s Soundtrack featuring The Allman Brothers, The James Gang, David Essex, and Lynyrd Skynyrd among others - you know Zombie has his pop cultural/cult movie references in order. I enjoyed this movie more for the humor than the for the "horror". The characters are all named after various Marx Brothers characters and while the gore is graphic and there are some truly chilling images in the movie, Zombie just misses the "beat" to put some of these sequences over the top, while the acting performances by a couple of the leads - namely Zombie look-alike Bill Mosely and Zombie's utterly babe-o-licious wife Sherri Moon Zombie - are less than stellar. So, a "qualified" recommendation for those who haven't seen it and who think they might enjoy the movie based on the description above. I thoroughly enjoyed it myself and think Rob Zombie is a genuinely talented filmmaker who will eventually hit one out of the ballpark if he keeps at it, which I'm sure he will. He comes pretty damned close with "The Devil's Rejects".

I enjoyed this movie and thought it was a much better effort than House of 1000 Corpses.

Bill Mosely continues to be a real weak link. He must be a pal of Rob Zombie's because there is no way to explain the presence of such an untalented actor in both films. He was an awful drag in House of 1000 Corpses. He was somewhat more watchable in Devil's Rejects but I don't understand why Rob Zombie allows Mosely to use his films as an acting class.

I enjoyed Zombie's directing style in House of 1000 Corpses but he allowed the film to wander off in a dozen different actions. It started off fine but, as it moved past the half way point, you began to wonder if it was supposed to be a horror film, a fantasy film or science fiction.

The Devil's Rejects had a consistent story. It was a simple "bad guys on the run" theme but at least Zombie took an idea and stuck with it.

I also enjoyed it.

I mirror Brent's comments. While I also enjoyed House of 1,000 Corpses, it veered wildly in a number of directions. Zombie follows a much more cohesive storyline this time out and delivers a distinctly disturbing and memorable film. At times it's almost documementary-like. As if there were a hidden camera somewhere capturing real action. There's still the edgy dark humor abound and we all pay a little closer attention when Sid Haig's Captain Spaulding is onscreen. He's priceless.

I hope everyone who rented 1,000 Corpses checked out the extras menu. Haig's performance there is hilarious.

I don't get the Bill Mosely thing either.