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Let me get this outta the way : I enjoyed Rob Zombie's 'House of 1000 Corpses'.
Yes. I admit it. I thought it was a good movie, and I was a tad psyched for his follow-up 'The Devil's Rejects'.
'Rejects' stars out as a follow-up of the Firefly clan, who have committed one of the most gruesome acts in history (according to the opening) - mass graves, torture records, murdering cheerleaders, etc, etc, etc, etc. You name it, they've done it.
The opening scene has the police surrounding their current holdup, having the folks wake up, grab their armour, and get ready for a shoot-out. A few of the family members die, having only brother Otis and sister Baby escape, while Mother Firefly is captured by the authorities, soon to be questioned, beat up, and eventually murdered by Sheriff Wydell, who's on his own vengeful journey to destroy the Firefly clan. After killing a bunch of Musicians they encounter at a Motel, Baby and Otis soon meet up with Captain Spaulding, that creepy clown dude who would never get an actual show in this universe.
Wydell is still on their trail, catching the trio at their pal Charlie's XXX ranch, and taking them back to the house where the movie started, to torture the group for their crimes with a staple gun, nails, punches -- well, he beats them up, and tries to kill them. Try is something he can only do, since we have to have an inevitable 'shoot out' ending, but it's still enjoyable from a slight touch of 'Free Bird' by Lynard Skynard.

Where 'Corpses' was in the horror realm is similar to the basic formula of a couple of college kids caught in a bad storm, deciding to settle at the wrong place for the night, soon to be tortured by a sadistic family of freaks, and having various body parts hacked up - that is, with a more circus-freaks meet 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' feeling, 'Rejects' is similar in the road movie with an attitude, a story universe similar to 'The Hitcher' and a more dirty, sexed up Texas setting than the original 'Massacre'.

When it comes to movies like this, filled with violence, gore, etc, the only reason you should even consider the movie is if you think you'd enjoy the material. Now I'm not really talking about the entire universe of Rob Zombie, but instead a movie about disgusting people who do disgusting things.
It's like a modern Bonnie and Clyde and 'Corpses' all over again. And if you think you can tolerate that for 101 minutes, go see it. 'The Devil's Rejects' isn't a movie I liked, but I don't feel like I wasted my money.

Note ; I personally wasn't grossed out by this movie at all, and I felt it could have gone further, but this isn't rated PG-13. It's R. No kids, no teens. Adults only folks.