The Devil's Rejects

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (2005) - July 23, 2005
A flawed but effective horror film. About a family of psychopaths who go on the run when their house is raided by the cops. Rob Zombie's directing style, which consisted almost entirely of close-ups, took a while to get used to (but I did eventually get used to it). There were some sequences in the film which were really well done, and quite gripping. But the film also felt a bit long at times, and some scenes seemed a bit superfluous (the scene where the cops bring in the over-the-top film critic stood out as being especially unnecessary; the whole Marx brothers connection went nowhere and seemed to be there solely so Zombie could prove that he's seen stuff other than '70s horror films). But the movie was pretty much entertaining all the way through, and the good moments definitely outweighed the bad. ***