Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), and Otis (Bill Mosley) are back in the sequel to House of 1,000 Corpses. This time Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe), who is the brother of the sheriff they killed, is out for vengeance. Spaulding, Baby, and Otis are on the run and kill anyone who gets in their way. The media calls them The Devil’s Rejects. In this film, Captain Spaulding is revealed to be Otis and Baby’s father. What’s different about Baby is that she doesn’t do her maniacal laugh anymore. I thought it was a good touch to her psychotic persona. 

There were some very funny scenes also. There was one where Spaulding and Baby want to stop for ice cream, but Otis is against it. He says there’s no ice cream in their future. Next thing you know, they got some tooty …fruity. Another hilarious scene was when Spaulding’s brother Charlie (Ken Foree) and his friend Cleavon (Michael Berryman) go get some chickens. The salesman gives them a hard time by insinuating that they were planning to make love to those chickens. When I met Ken Foree at Spooky Empire 2008, I told him that it was my favorite part. 

I’ll tell ya. Ken Foree is just as funny in person as he is in this movie. One thing he mentioned at his Q&A is that even though he’s a great actor, he’s labeled as a #2 guy. In other words, he does great on auditions, but keeps getting replaced by a bigger name. Most commonly, Morgan Freeman. Can anyone picture Ken Foree in any of Morgan Freeman’s previous roles? 

I also met Michael Berryman. He was the first celebrity I’ve met at Spooky Empire 2007, which happens to be the very first convention I’ve ever attended. He was a nice guy. After telling him that he was great in The Devil’s Rejects, he said, “I love chickens, but not in that way.” He also mentioned that Rob Zombie is the nicest guy and great to work with. At Spooky Empire 2008, Michael Berryman returned and had a Q&A session. He mentioned that he was a humanitarian for animal rights. “Because I have a freakin’ heart,” he said. 

I met William Forsythe at Spooky Empire 2009. He was a nice guy also and one of my sister's favorites.

Robert Trebor, best known as Salmoneus from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, makes an appearance as Marty Walker the movie critic. He loved Groucho Marx, whose death stole all the headlines after Elvis Presley died three days before. “What did you say about the king?” 

This was a great sequel. The killers may be more intense than before, but the humor is still as great as ever.