To hell and back
In which I grapple with the best and worst of Rob Zombie.
Watching House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects back-to-back recently, I experienced something I can only describe as cinematic whiplash: the difference in quality is so sudden, so staggering, that it’s hard to believe these movies were helmed by the same director, let alone part of the same series. I thought that rewatching them for the first ti…