So, I finally got around to seeing Rob Zombie's latest movie, "The Devil's Rejects" last night. Went to Best Buy as I was bored because of the aforementioned wife on vacation thing. And, so I decided that it was time to expand my DVD collection. Now, I usually buy music DVDs with my assorted favorite bands. You need a Rush DVD, I got it. Need somthing obscure by Mike Portnoy, I got it. Anyway, I decided to see what was out there that would catch my eye, and not make me want to rip the DVD in half after five minutes of watching it (House of Wax remake, made me want to do just that). I was excited to purchase that, and another great movie, "Blade" which is really good. Let me tell ya, Zombie knows how to make a real good movie. Yes, it is violent, Yes, it has awful disturbing scenes. But, it was everything Zombie did not, or could not do with "House of 1000 Corpses." The cinematography, the lighting, the editing, and even the damn music was just right for this movie being that they are wonderful songs from the 70's. The ending song as the credits are rolling has got to be one of my favs I have heard in a long time, called "Seed of Memory." Otis is really creepy this time around. Spaulding is great and Baby is too much of everything. The story picks up after "Corpses," but has previously mentioned characters on the run from the sheriff, whose brother was killed by these maniacs. Revenge is the motive. The version I bought comes with a bonus DVD of the making of the movie. I have yet to watch the bonus disc, but will do that today sometime. On a lighter note, I also happened to catch the series kick off of "Blade" Wednesday night on Spike. It is really good. Yes, it borrows from the movie a bit with characters, but it takes on this whole new story line which I like a lot. The action, the gore at times, and the actors they have playing the lead roles are all intense. Great show...one of the best of the year by far, hands down. Now, if only we could all learn to be that cool and still fight off the vampires around us...we all know of at least one in our lives who has tried to puncture our necks with their "mouths." You know who you are! More later...