Sheriff John Quincy Wydell: Devil Hunter
by Tranzor THE DEVIL’S REJECTS in a plot and pacing corrected, less over the top version. These changes make the Firefly family appear more like the monsters they should have been, while bringing out the revenge factor of Sheriff John. The film now also has the appeal of a 1970’s road movie.
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Original film name: The Devil’s Rejects
New film name: Sheriff John Quincy Wydell: Devil Hunter
Release Date on FE: 14th of August, 2009
Original run time: 109 mins (unrated)
New run time: about 85 mins
editor: Tranzor
Reasons for the edit:
To remove as much of Rob Zombie’s over the top scenes as possible (as well as many scenes of ridiculous stupidity), and to correct his complete loss of plot focus. These changes included making the Firefly family appear more of the monsters they should have been, while bringing out the revenge factor of Sheriff John.
I also wanted to give the film a 1970’s road movie appeal.
Possible improvements or changes:
You are now left with a 1970’s style road movie revenge film focusing on Sheriff Wydell’s desire to bring the hammer of justice down on the Firefly family.
Notes of interest I actually liked the Devil’s Rejects. I also did not mind (well)
most of his over the top madness (as Zombie usually does). However like some of his other films, a much more streamlined and darker vision is lying underneath the mayhem. In this case I wanted to bring that back and in doing so found a few more benefits that contributed to this edit overall.
What was done:
1. Removed about 25 mins from the film.
2. Removed the character of Tiny from the film (though his name is still in the credits out of respect)
3. Some scenes were slightly altered, color tinted, re-scored and have added transitions
4. New and alternate ending fitting that 1970’s odd style of closing out a film.
Bonus features: dvd version only
1. Full length commentary track by Tranzor (hear Tranzor jump all over the place with a variety of topics and way over use of the word “redundant”).
2. The entire edit in a high contrast black and white version (I think I prefer this to the
main edition)
3. The completely unrelated and abandoned Death Wish 3 dvd game shooter demo
(yes you can play this on your dvd player)
EVEN MORE DVD bonus items
dvd rom folder with
1. Full cover art (by Jorge)
2. The raw Moog tracks used in the edit
3. Death wish 3 game stand alone demo (plays smoother before I combined it in this dvd)
4. MinimogueVA synt/vst plug-in emulator (freeware). I used this to make some of the custom music that appears in this edit
Specs
Ntsc, dual layer dvd iso format all set for you
the too lazy for dvd version
MKV (h.264, ac3 5.1) file.Main edit only, NO extras
Awards:
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I did like the original movie (not a masterpiece, but an entertaining creepy movie)
but one thing I did not like much in the original is that the rejects were almost shown as cool badasses. Now they a’re more “monsters” as said tranzor.
Less family’s silly moments screentime means more focus on the Sheriff and his revenge, indeed.
So I think the main goal of the faneditor is reached.
Does that make it a better movie? Depends of the audience I suppose. To me it’s: yes.
The black and white is a must see if you want a more creepy feeling.
I just feel that one or two new transitions could have been done another way, but I talked with tranzor and understood his reasons.
So I’d give the original a 7/10
Tranzor edit: 8/10.
and the black and white tranzor edit 9/10
(+1 point just to turn the movie black and white may seems a bit too much but I really think it’s a plus for the edit.
The high contrast gives to some scenes an almost abstract feeling that I really liked)
Review by TMBTM — August 19, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
Very interesting and much improving take on a godawful RZ movie. You’ve got talent. I enjoyed the b/w version. Great DVD. I give it an 8.
Review by xGrind — September 2, 2009 @ 9:34 am
I thoght this was a great edit and overall I enjoyed the work done. This version does have a 1970s road film feel like the edit was shooting for. I especially dug the alternate ending. The commentary was funny at times and the black and white version looked amazing. Great job and truly a fne edit. Thanks to the guy (?) who did this.
Review by strattoneric11@gmail.com — September 21, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
I cannot agree xGrind. It’s still a godawful RZ movie. Actually I did not spot the “a 1970’s road movie appeal”. Sorry.
Review by walls83 — September 22, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
First off, I’m not a huge fan of Zombie’s film and that’s probably due to the corny dialog and making heroes out of monsters. This family should be hated, period. I am a big fan of revenge movies (just went to see LAW ABIDING CITIZEN) so I enjoyed the focus of this edit being put on the revenge factor. Love him or hate him, this Sheriff kicks ass! So this edit removes a lot of the silly dialog which is a big plus and I love the ending that gets right to the point (I won’t ruin it for anyone). So I don’t want to give anything away but I just wanted to comment on the work put into this edit which is seemless and very impressive. I really prefer this version over Zombie’s because it does make me hate the Firefly family. I’m a big fan of films from the 70’s and this new ending reminds me of a lot of those movies. This disc also has some great extras like a commentary (Tranzor shares lots of great info!), a black and white version of the film (which I haven’t watched in it’s entireity yet) & the DEATH WISH 3 game which I tried a couple of times but got a beat down by a bunch of thugs in a prison cell. As I already mentioned, I’m not a huge fan of this RZ film but I do like it and this new version is much better because it removes lots of stupid dialog and makes us fear the Firefly family which is what Zombie should have done to begin with. A+
Review by Goremeister — October 22, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
It improves the movie a tiny little bit, but I was hoping for a lot more. This is still a very very bad movie. Just sick.
Review by r8s8fr8 — November 27, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
My wife is a bigger fan of this movie than me and she loved this version. I loved the old school feel of the movie and the deletion of the corny stuff was good. A great edit by a great editor
Review by JJE-187 — August 2, 2010 @ 6:23 am