The Devil's Rejects (2005)

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family takes to the road to escape a vengeful police force which isn't afraid of being as ruthless as their target.

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writers:

Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie (characters)

Stars:

Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie

8 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sid Haig	...	Captain Spaulding
Bill Moseley	...	Otis
Sheri Moon Zombie	...	Baby
William Forsythe	...	Sheriff Wydell
Ken Foree	...	Charlie Altamont
Matthew McGrory	...	Tiny
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Mother Firefly
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Roy Sullivan
Priscilla Barnes	...	Gloria Sullivan
Dave Sheridan	...	Officer Ray Dobson
Kate Norby	...	Wendy Banjo
Lew Temple	...	Adam Banjo
Danny Trejo	...	Rondo
Dallas Page	...	Billy Ray Snapper (as Diamond Dallas Page)
Brian Posehn	...	Jimmy

Storyline

In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell.

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Plot Keywords:

sheriff | murder | revenge | captain | motel | 

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Taglines:

Go to Hell!

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sadistic violence, strong sexual content, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

22 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

House of 1000 Corpses 2

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£323,196 (UK) (5 August 2005)

Gross:

$16,901,126 (USA) (19 August 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films, Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Cinelamda Internationale Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. 1 Beteiligungs-KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 109 min (unrated director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rosario Dawson originally had a small part as a nurse in the film. Her character was cut out of the theatrical release for Rob Zombie's decision of not having any Dr. Satan in the film. Her character was killed off within forty seconds of her debut to the film.

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Goofs

When storming the Firefly house, Sheriff Wydell is loading a Remington 1100 shotgun (a semiautomatic), but when he is shown from behind firing upon the house he is clearly using a Remington 870 (a pump action shotgun).

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Quotes

Captain J.T. Spaulding: And you remember happy boy.
Charlie Altamont: Hey You still an asshole?
Otis B. Driftwood: [gives Charlie the finger] Fuck you!

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Crazy Credits

The DVD release is altered to include "In Memory of Matthew McGrory" at the end of the film, just before the credits. The theatrical release did not include this, as Matthew McGrory was still alive.

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Connections

References Skidoo (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Funk No. 49"
Performed by James Gang (as The James Gang)
Written by Joe Walsh, Dale Peters, and Jim Fox
Published by Songs of Universal, Inc. o/b/o itself and Home Made Music Co.
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

A horrible experience.

I'm going to come right out and say, Rob Zombie should stop making films, because he obviously doesn't know how to do horror right. Horror is supposed to be suspenseful and terrifying, while he did succeed in making disgusting and disturbing characters he failed to make anything worthwhile. If you like rape, torture, nudity, violence and all these other things Zombie cares for, you will like this film. But if you are not like Rob Zombie, you will hate it, why?, because your not disturbed. Through the whole film I felt angry and wanted the cop to capture this family. But in the end their punishment was not severe, call me twisted, but it was unsatisfying. Maybe it's because I can't enjoy his films or I just don't want to understand the message of this film, but I doubt there is one. I love horror with all my heart, but this isn't horror, it's just a sick film.