Redneck Zombies (1989)

Director:

Pericles Lewnes

Writers:

Zoofeet (story) &
P. Floyd Piranha (story) ...
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Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

They're Tobacco Chewin', Gut Chompin', Cannibal Kinfolk from Hell!

Plot:

A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still...

Plot Keywords:

Redneck | Dismemberment | Radioactive Waste | Zombie | Cannibalism

Cast

Steve Sooy	...	Mental Patient One
Anthony M. Carr	...	Attendant One
Ken Davis	...	Mental Patient Two
Stan Morrow	...	Dr. Kildare
Brent Thurston-Rogers	...	Dr. Casey
Lisa M. DeHaven	...	Lisa Dubois
Tyrone Taylor	...	Tyrone Robinson (The Soldier)
Anthony Burlington-Smith	...	Bob
James H. Housely	...	Wilbur
Martin J. Wolfman	...	Andy
Boo Teasedale	...	Sally
Darla Deans	...	Theresa
Joe Benson	...	Hoss (The Dog)
Bucky Santini	...	Ferd Mertz
P. Floyd Piranha	...	Junior Clemson
William Decker	...	Jethro Clemson (as William-Livingston Dekker)
Pericles Lewnes	...	Billy Bob 'Elly May' Clemson (as Zoofeet)
William E. Benson	...	Jed Clemson (as E.W. Nesneb)
Allan Hogg	...	Colonel Sir
Frank Lantz	...	Crazy Hitch-hiker
Joan Murphy	...	Knockers
Sandy Bishop	...	Miz Ashley
Alex Lewnes	...	Fester
Alice Fay Stanley	...	Imelda (Ma) Clemson
Matthew A. Goldberg	...	Matt
Benjamin K. Goldberg	...	Ben
J. Nick Alberto	...	Jake The Butcher
Michael Poole	...	Butcher's customer
Jan Luffman	...	Butcher's Victim
Jim Bellistri	...	Loren (The Gay Soldier)
Peter Kief	...	Sherman
Jeffrey McKinstry	...	Featured Zombie (as Jeffrey D. McKinstry)
Steve Messick	...	Featured Zombie
Ben Horney	...	Featured Zombie
Cole Anderson	...	Zombie
Debby Bishop	...	Zombie
Jeffrey D. Cornett	...	Zombie
Laura Ann Durbin	...	Zombie
Ivan Egbert	...	Zombie
Heather Eveland	...	Zombie
Julie Farra	...	Zombie
Jason Foust	...	Zombie
Jesse Furry	...	Zombie
Lewis Goldstein	...	Zombie
Tricia Greene	...	Zombie
Hank Griffioen	...	Zombie
Len Harrington	...	Zombie
Jeff Harris	...	Zombie
Kevin V. Hauer	...	Zombie
Scott Hedeen	...	Zombie
James H. Housely Jr.	...	Zombie
Gene Jones	...	Zombie
David Kent	...	Zombie
Rich Krieger	...	Zombie
Jimmy L. Laird	...	Zombie
Alissa Lewnes	...	Zombie
J. Gerard MacNeil	...	Zombie
Ben Madarang	...	Zombie
Norman Massey Jr.	...	Zombie
Peggy O'Neill	...	Zombie
Gita Patel	...	Zombie
Hemanshu Patel	...	Zombie
Andy Riggin	...	Zombie
Melissa E. Roberts	...	Zombie
Michael J. Robinson	...	Zombie
Eddie Pusey Jr.	...	Zombie
Theresa San Lorenzo	...	Zombie
Joe Saylor	...	Zombie
Marie Schleifer	...	Zombie
Eva L. Ware	...	Zombie
John F. Watson	...	Zombie
Christopher Morse Wescott	...	Zombie
Stephen Whetstone	...	Zombie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicola Fiore	...	Homophobia / 20th anniversary tromette (uncredited)

Directed by
Pericles Lewnes

Writing credits
Zoofeet		(story) &
P. Floyd Piranha		(story)
Fester Smellman		(writer)

Produced by
William E. Benson	....	associate producer
Edward Bishop	....	executive producer
Pericles Lewnes	....	producer
George Scott	....	producer

Original Music by
Adrian Bond

Cinematography by
Ken Davis

Film Editing by
Edward Bishop

Makeup Department
Jason Foust	....	assistant makeup artist
Ben Horney	....	assistant makeup artist
James H. Housely	....	assistant makeup artist
Mike Jeffries	....	makeup designer: Theresa's death & zombie
Peter Kief	....	assistant makeup artist
Margot Lambros	....	assistant makeup artist
Larry Luers	....	makeup designer: Theresa's death & zombie

Production Management
George Scott	....	production manager

Sound Department
William Decker	....	location sound recordist
James H. Houseley Jr.	....	location sound recordist
Samuel W. Johnson	....	location sound recordist
Jeffrey McKinstry	....	location sound recordist
George Scott	....	location sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Edward Bishop	....	special makeup effects: models and prosthetics
Edward Bishop	....	special visual effects
Ken Davis	....	special visual effects
Peter Kief	....	special visual effects
Pericles Lewnes	....	special makeup effects: models and prosthetics
Pericles Lewnes	....	special visual effects
Dave Milliken	....	special visual effects
George Scott	....	special makeup effects: models and prosthetics
Tim Starnes	....	special visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Edward Bishop	....	camera operator
Ken Davis	....	camera operator
Frank Hill	....	camera operator
James Housely	....	camera operator
Peter Kief	....	camera operator
Pericles Lewnes	....	camera operator
George Scott	....	camera operator
George Scott	....	lighting director
Robert Richter	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Other crew
William Decker	....	invaluable assistance
Sally Florian	....	production supporter
Jason Foust	....	production assistant
Ben Horney	....	production assistant
Samuel W. Johnson	....	special production assistance (as Samuel W. 'Moondog' Johnson)
Sue Jordan	....	production assistant
Peter Kief	....	invaluable assistance
Alissa Lewnes	....	production supporter
Jeffrey McKinstry	....	invaluable assistance

Production Companies

• Full Moon Pictures
• Trans World Entertainment (TWE)

Distributors

• Troma Entertainment (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Trans World Entertainment (TWE) (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• Troma Entertainment (2008) (worldwide) (DVD) (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
• Troma Team Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• D.J. Sound  location sound recording
• Front Row Productions  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min | 90 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Germany:(Banned) (2002) | Australia:M (cut) | Australia:MA (2005 re-rating) | Spain:18 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company:

Full Moon Pictures

Trivia:

There was a question about this film in the early '90s version of the game Trivial Pursuit.

Quotes:

Jethro Clemson:[drinking radioactive moonshine] Aliens! Aliens!

Movie Connections:

References The Evil Dead (1981)

Soundtrack:

Redneck Zombies

Zombie triumph

When a film begins with a mental patient in a hospital putting out a cigarette on an already very scarred forearm (his own), you know you've got a twisted film on your hands. This is certainly a gore splatter, but the nastiness and quality of the gore push it beyond another sad blood fest. Loaded with humour and revolting stuff. There's a very weird acid freak out scene when the first rednecks become zombies, and later a guy on acid freaks out while performing an autopsy. The tobacco man is hilarious (a tobacco salesman who has to cover his head with a blood strained sack as his face is so hideous from years of chewing tabacco). There's also some great imagery, and at times even threatens to create some atmosphere! Miles ahead of anything else the Troma team has come up with.

On a strange note, I've rented this film twice, at two different flats, & watched it with two different flatmates. They both fell asleep half way through. Inexplicable.