The Devil's Rejects

The Devil's Rejects isn't so much a straightforward horror movie like House of 1000 Corpses as it is a road drama involving merciless serial killers doesn't so much as make it a lesser film as it does simply a very different one. To his credit, Zombie is more assured this time with his expertly crafted script, and knows as well as anyone how to set up sequences of unrelenting dread and no-holds-barred authenticity. The climax, in which Sheriff Wydell transfers the villains' power into his own hands and, in essence, turns them into the hunted, is a fresh, thought-provoking idea that puts a spin on the typical stalk-and-slash scene by making the viewer grapple with where their rooting interest lies. In The Devil's Rejects, the antagonists may subtly be treated as the protagonists, but it makes no difference as it should be, good is ultimately bound to prevail over evil when the road comes to an end, at least in the movies. Oh and that ending? One of the best ever.