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Originally Posted by jenna26
I don't know, I am beginning to think Zombie got lucky with The Devil's Rejects. I happen to REALLY love that film, its a recent favorite of mine. I admit it. The dialogue is sharp, it is often funny in an uncomfortable kind of way, its unapologetically brutal in a lot of ways. I think it was actually well written, smarter than the average horror film we see these days, and it was heavily influenced by the films that I have a lot of love for. Yet even with that obvious influence, I think he still managed to make it his own. But I am beginning to think it was a fluke. House of 1000 Corpses was just so generic, there were a couple of good scenes, sure, but otherwise, it was just.....nothing special. It just doesn't stand out. And it was more than just a bit annoying. The ending was awful.
But honestly, I watched it and thought, hey he has potential. His love for the horror genre is obvious. That I respect. And I did think he had it in him to make good horror films. Then, in my opinion, he made one. Instead of continuing on, and making another original film, and maybe proving that he could continue to improve.....he decided to remake a classic. That was a huge mistake. He has now made me, and lots of others I'm sure, doubt his potential as a filmmaker. Too bad. Maybe he will learn from his mistake (which I doubt, since the remake was so successful) and will go on to surprise us. But I'm not holding my breath on that one.
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Thanks for the response, Jenna... I wonder if I just have an issue with that particular genre... I feel as though Devil's Rejects most certainly emulates Torture Porn - those "uncomfortable" moments are uncomfortable to me because they seem very exploitative for the sake of being exploitative.
What strikes me, though, is that, when I consider other torture porn and exploitative movies, I realize that Zombie hasn't really done anything original. He takes a LOT from movies such as TCM, Last House on the Left, and I Spit On Your Grave... I think there's even a bit of The Hills Have Eyes in there. But I don't think that he
adds to the genre, per say.
Take something like Hostel or Saw. Both of these movies
add to the exploitative torture porn genre because they, well, torture people in more explicit and different ways (both of them being more strictly TORTURE than anything else).
I guess my problem with Devil's Rejects is that I found myself asking, "What's the point?" At least with Hostel or Saw, the point IS the spectacle. But with Devil's Rejects, I'm just confused with that... Is he out to make the audience uncomfortable? Perhaps that's the answer: Experimenting with the audience to see whether or not they come back. After all, MOST horror is an experiment in human comfort/discomfort boundaries.
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Originally Posted by Liar,liar
Hahahaha Rob Zombie had to to be the best concert I've been to and I've seen alot a shows and I'm only 15, but as for Halloween yes it was just another gory slasher porn but being a guy a movie with tits and gore is 5 stars hahaha but I like how he should why Michael was the way he is kinda like Hannable Rising.
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hahaha... This post actually made me smile. I might just like you, after all.
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Re: The backstory... I think that a lot of people actually enjoyed that aspect of the film... I wasn't as big a fan because I liked the idea of him coming from "anywhere" or "nowhere," the quintessential urban monster... That concept is, to me, more frightening than a monster from a broken home.