Do You Compare?

Between House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, do you often compare the two, or appreciate the evident differences between them? I was discussing this with Captain Spaulding, and the way I see it is that there is supposed to be a significant difference in plot, pacing, cinematography and mood, and so it's harder to sit and say "these are partner films" in the more common sense of that concept. However, critics would be quick to insinuate that those differences mean they are somehow incongruous to one another, which is bullshit.

Whilst they are supposed to be chronological, it seems to me that the severe trauma and domestic chaos of the first film is depicted as being experienced by the victims of the crimes that occur, whereas the second film (although it does generate obvious sympathy for the people who suffer at the hands of the Rejects) is clearly supposed to depict the personal lives and characters of killers over victims, regardless of which killers they might be (Wydell, The Rejects, The Unholy Two).

I'd sooner attribute the more surreal latter half of the first film to the psychoses of the victims, as opposed to making it seem as though the stylistics are not conducive with that of the second. As I mentioned to Spaulding, the beginning of both movies involve simple, bloody gun battles, nothing surreal or inexplicable, and the end of the two films both take place in broad daylight, with no external or psychological manifestations, and in the back of an open top car. Both also notably result in death.

I would say I don't compare in order to contrast, but perhaps to better correlate?

There is really no way to directly compare the movies as you stated they don't have the same tone and the sympathy changes dramatically through out the time between them as well through most of Rejects. You can relate more to Rejects as where in House it is more brutal "laughable" killings.

I'd say the only comparing I do is to how the characters stayed how they were in the original film. But overall I wouldn't really compare it as a sequel but more of a second story depicting the same main killers. I also believe it was intended for the movies not to be compared to each other resulting in the drastic name changes of the titles.

Basically it's proven when you can go rent The Devils Rejects without even seeing House and be able to follow the movie. That just brings a new dimension to the series is all.