Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- sardonic
- bleak
- late night horror marathon
- grindhouse double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually assured and more characterful than its predecessor, while divided over its relentless sadism and thin thematic core.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Otis, Baby, Captain Spaulding, and Tiny are given individualized identities, family bonds, banter, and recognizable motives despite their cruelty.
The film combines blood-soaked violence, abrasive imagery, southern-fried music, and sensational shock tactics in a retro exploitation mode.
Sheriff Wydell's hunt is driven by revenge for his brother and increasingly mirrors the sadism of the fugitives he pursues.
Ruggsville, the isolated desert motel, and the fugitives' rural environment create a hostile landscape of heat, abandonment, and violence.
Films like The Devil's Rejects, and why
house of 1000 corpses
shares sadistic serial killers, southern gothic exploitation, graphic violence, and blackly comic horror
natural born killers
shares brutal crime pursuit, road movie momentum, outlaw protagonists, and nihilistic violence
the wild bunch
shares revenge-driven law enforcement, western-inflected violence, and a blood-soaked criminal odyssey
thelma & louise
shares doomed fugitives, stylized exploitation filmmaking, and grimly exhilarating criminal violence
Movie Details
- Director
- Rob Zombie
- Release Date
- 2005-07-22
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (1609)
Cast
- Sid Haig
- Bill Moseley
- Sheri Moon Zombie
- William Forsythe
- Ken Foree
- Matthew McGrory
- Leslie Easterbrook
- Geoffrey Lewis
- Priscilla Barnes
- Dave Sheridan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Devil's Rejects about?
- A sadistic outlaw family races across the Texas backcountry while a revenge-driven sheriff closes in, turning a crime chase into savage grindhouse horror.
- What is The Devil's Rejects like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Devil's Rejects as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Devil's Rejects violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Devil's Rejects as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Devil's Rejects?
- Critics broadly found the film visually assured and more characterful than its predecessor, while divided over its relentless sadism and thin thematic core.
- Which films are like The Devil's Rejects?
- Films with a similar feel include house of 1000 corpses, natural born killers, the wild bunch, and thelma & louise.
- How long is The Devil's Rejects?
- The Devil's Rejects runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Devil's Rejects?
- In United States, The Devil's Rejects streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
