House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

I would have been much better off not seeing this. It's been several hours, and my head still hurts. Story was mostly crap. Characters were shallow at best. Overly gory and violent. Much of it made no sense at all. The best part was the clown talking to the audience on the DVD menu.

Rating: F

The Devil’s Rejects (2005)

For the record, I thought the first one sucked. House of A Thousand Corpses was a huge let down. Rejects is much better, but that makes it just average. It's overly violent and gory where it needn't be. The improvements from the first film come by way of acting and plot. This film allows for some good character development from the main villains. In the first film, you had no idea as to why things were happening on screen.

Devil's Rejects has been compared to Natural Born Killers, which is a far better movie story-wise. The camera work and editing has been greatly improved upon since Zombie's first flick. I think if he focuses more on telling a good story and less on being a sadistic whack-job, his next film will be even better.

Rating: C