History Film / TheDevilsRejects

* {{I Love the Dead}}: It's hinted Otis is a Necrophiliac.

-->'''Spaulding's Wife''': What's the matter? Bad dream?

** Talking bad about clowns in front of Captain Spaulding isn't a particularly smart idea, either..

** If you value your life, don't ever, ''ever'' say anything bad about clowns in front of Captain Spaulding.

* DaylightHorror
* DeletedRole: Rob Zombie filmed a scene for Dr. Satan from the first film but ultimately cut it out, saying that it would be like having "[[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] in ''Film/TheWildBunch''."

* TheOtherDarrin: Rufus and Mother Firefly are portrayed by different actors. In the case of Mother Firefly, Karen Black wanted more money to reprise her role; she eventually relented but Leslie Easterbrook had already been cast in her place.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Having villain protagonists, it gets hard to really root for anyone in the film

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Wydell's torture of the Fireflys is quite a common perception for some of the audience. Although he embraces HeWhoFightsMonsters, the people he was horrifically abusing and butchering had seventy-five bodies (minimum) worth of victims, ranging from torture and rape to horrific mutilation. The fact that they actively brag about their kills in detail doesn't help their situation.

* ShoutOut: Captain Spaulding, Otis Driftwood, and Rufus T. Firefly are all named after characters played by Groucho in various Creator/MarxBrothers movies.

* ShoutOut: Captain Spaulding, Otis Driftwood, and Rufus T. Firefly are all named after characters played by [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]].

* ILovetheDead: It's strongly hinted Otis is a Necrophiliac.

* FandomRivalry: InUniverse. The police aren't happy about the movie buff's complaining about how Music/ElvisPresley's death knocked that of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] of off the front page.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It's clear by the end how much the Firefly Family loves one another.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Wydell's torture of the Fireflys is quite a common perception for some of the audience. Although he embraces HeWhoFightsMonsters, the people he was horrificially abusing and butchering had a years, if not decades, long history of torture, rape and serial killing.

* CerebusRetcon: In the original film, most of the Firefly family were named after various GrouchoMarx characters. The sequel reveals that these are in fact aliases and deliberate references to Marx by the family.

* DeletedRole: Rob Zombie filmed a scene for Dr. Satan from the first film but ultimately cut it out, saying that it would be like having "[[StarWars Chewbacca]] in ''Film/TheWildBunch''."

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Wydell's torture of the Fireflys is quite a common perception for most of the audience. Although he embraces HeWhoFightsMonsters, the people he was horrificially abusing and butchering had a years, if not decades, long history of torture, rape and serial killing.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL Alumnus!]]: [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Riff Randall and Principal Togar]] are both victims of carjackings in the early part of the film.

''The Devil's Rejects'' (2005) is a {{horror}} {{film}} directed by RobZombie. It is the sequel to ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'', picking up two years later as the remaining members of the psychotic Firefly family are on the run from a posse of of State Troopers who want them to answer for over 75 murders and disappearances over the past several years.

* {{Defictionalization}}: A supposed Banjo & Sullivan GreatestHitsAlbum was released as an official tie-in with the movie. In reality it's an AffectionateParody of 70's country by Jesse Dayton.