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Two Thousand Maniacs!

  • 19641964
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
4.8K
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Connie Mason in Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
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  • Horror
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
4.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Herschell Gordon Lewis
  • Writer
    • Herschell Gordon Lewis(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Connie Mason
    • William Kerwin
    • Jeffrey Allen
Top credits
  • Director
    • Herschell Gordon Lewis
  • Writer
    • Herschell Gordon Lewis(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Connie Mason
    • William Kerwin
    • Jeffrey Allen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 93User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Two Thousand Maniacs
    Trailer 2:13
    Two Thousand Maniacs
    Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher
    Clip 7:00
    Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher

    Photos48

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    Jeffrey Allen, Shelby Livingston, and Ben Moore in Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
    Shelby Livingston in Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
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    Connie Mason
    Connie Mason
    • Terry Adams
    William Kerwin
    William Kerwin
    • Tom White
    • (as Thomas Wood)
    Jeffrey Allen
    Jeffrey Allen
    • Mayor Buckman
    Shelby Livingston
    Shelby Livingston
    • Bea Miller
    Ben Moore
    Ben Moore
    • Lester MacDonald
    Jerome Eden
    Jerome Eden
    • John Miller
    Gary Bakeman
    Gary Bakeman
    • Rufus 'Rufe' Tate
    Stanley Dyrector
    • Harper Alexander
    • (as Mark Douglas)
    Linda Cochran
    • Betsy
    Yvonne Gilbert
    • Beverly Wells
    Michael Korb
    • David Wells
    Vincent Santo
    • Billy
    Andy Wilson
    Andy Wilson
    • Policeman
    Candi Conder
    • Switchboard Operator
    The Pleasant Valley Boys
    • Bluegrass musicians
    Paul Champion
    Paul Champion
    • Banjo player
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Glore
    Charles Glore
    • Guitar player
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Herschell Gordon Lewis
    • Writer
      • Herschell Gordon Lewis(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Director Herschell Gordon Lewis has often cited this movie as his personal favorite of his films.
    • Goofs
      After Harper cuts Bea's thumb off, it's clear that her real thumb is tucked under her hand.
    • Quotes

      Tom White: Has it occurred to you that nobody has told us what this centennial is all about? Now, this is 1965, and a hundred years ago it was 1865, right? So, what happened in 1865?

      Terry Adams: It was the ending of Civil War. The War Between the States!

      Tom White: Well, then, you tell me, why would a Southern town want Northerners as guests of honor at the centennial? It must have something to do with what happened a hundred years ago. So, something is very wrong with this town.

    • Alternate versions
      The 1986 UK video was cut by 4m 27s. The cuts list was as follows:
      • [26 mins] Reduce to absolute minimum the severing of Bea's finger and chopping off of her arm, removing the sight of finger being cut off and most of the scene that follows, reducing in particular the sadistic glee of the townsfolk at the pain and terror they are inflicting.
      • [45 mins] Reduce tearing apart of John by horses, in particular the cackling and gloating of the crowd, the smiling women as he dies, and the shot of the dismembered arm.
      • [52 mins] Remove shot of nails coming through barrel from victim's point of view inside, with laughing face peering in. Also reduce to minimum sight of bloody body at bottom of hill.
      • [60 mins] Reduce length of scene in which Beverley is tied under stone, in particular removing the last close shot of her struggling body as boy kneels by her, and reducing other shots of bound girl struggling to minimum.
      All DVD releases are uncut.
    • Connections
      Edited into Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Rebel Yell
      (The South's Gonna Rise Again)

      Lyrics and Music by Herschell Gordon Lewis

      Performed by Herschell Gordon Lewis

    User reviews93

    Review
    Top review
    Wow! This is a movie!
    It never fails to amaze me what some people have filmed as entertainment. This film, for example, tells the story of a town that magically reappears 100 years after being destroyed by Union soldiers to wreak its vengeance on Yankee tourists. Herschell Gordon Lewis uses his same lack of directorial style, bad actors, and hideous dialogue to incorporate into this cheesy, sleazy, yet highly enjoyable gore film, his second in his gore trilogy. The Southern characterizations alone are so stereotyped and, if I were a Southerner, so offensive that they make the viewer wince more than the bright red that dapples the screen over the various killings such as a woman being made into a barbecue, a man being nailed as a barrel rolls down a hill, another man is quartered, and finally a woman is squashed by a gigantic boulder. The southern "maniacs" have missing teeth, no idea of standard English, always wear overalls and red scarfs about their necks, and lastly have no humanity at all in them....nor does the Yankee cast as not one of them can act either. This film, with its major problems not withstanding, is entertaining solely for its shock element of yesteryear which is now its comedy factor of today. One last note, some people consider this Lewis's masterpiece, but it is decidedly a notch below Blood Feast.....both of which are a notch below most Ed Wood films.
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    • BaronBl00d
    • Oct 9, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 2000 Maniacs
    • Filming locations
      • St. Cloud, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jacqueline Kay
      • Friedman-Lewis Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $65,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
      • 1.85 : 1

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