Redneck Zombies (1989)

A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks from the liquor they produced turns into a zombie.

Director:

Pericles Lewnes

Writers:

Zoofeet (story), P. Floyd Piranha (story)

Stars:

Steve Sooy, Anthony M. Carr, Ken Davis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Sooy	...	Mental Patient One
Anthony M. Carr	...	Attendant One
Ken Davis	...	Mental Patient Two
Stan Morrow	...	Dr. Kildare
Brent Thurston-Rogers	...	Dr. Casey (as Brent Thurston Rogers)
Lisa M. DeHaven	...	Lisa Dubois
Tyrone Taylor	...	Tyrone Robinson (The Soldier)
Anthony Burlington-Smith	...	Bob (as Anthony Burlington Smith)
James H. Housely	...	Wilbur
Martin J. Wolfman	...	Andy
Boo Teasedale	...	Sally
Darla Deans	...	Theresa
Joe Benson	...	Hoss (The Dog) (as Joe Bensen)
Bucky Santini	...	Ferd Mertz
P. Floyd Piranha	...	Junior Clemson

Storyline

In the back-woods of America live a very special kind of people. Friendly, decent, hard-working dirt farmers. When they accidentally drink a barrel of nuclear waste they turn into tobacco chewing, flesh eating, cannibal kinfolk from hell. Meanwhile, seven sophisticated city slickers on vacation get lost in the woods and encounter a nightmare world of these illiterate, and extremely insensitive, undead. While the tourists hikers use all their wits and courage to stay alive, more and more "down-home" types imbibe the nasty brew until Redneck Zombies are everywhere. What started as a scenic nature-hike turns into a bloodbath of dismemberment and cannibalism.

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Plot Keywords:

shot on video | redneck | zombie | dismemberment | cannibalism | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Redneck County Rape

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Full Moon Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 90 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Credits legal disclaimer: "Redneck Zombies is a work of fiction. Any similarity to events or persons living, dead or undead is totally coincidental.

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Quotes

Billy-Bob/Ellie May: Well,
[Ellie May grabs his fishing pole and starts leaving]
Billy-Bob/Ellie May: gotta go.
Jed Clemson: Well where you going
Billy-Bob/Ellie May: I'm going fishing!
Junior: Got worms?
Billy-Bob/Ellie May: Yeah but I'm going anyway.

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Crazy Credits

Redneck Zombies is a work of fiction. Any similarity to events or persons living, dead or undead is totally coincidental.

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Playing Dangerous 2, the Exterminator, and the Deadliest Prey (2013)

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Soundtracks

Leave Me Alone
Written by Jim Patton
Performed by EDGE CITY
(Jim Patton, Rob Martin, Linda Morris, Jeff Vreeland, Sherry Brokus, Lew Morris)
Used by permission of Independent Alligator Records

User Reviews

Truly inspired cinema.

This is a pioneering effort for the "shot on video" level of renegade film-making. This was shot on a camcorder before all this digital era technology made it as simple to do that as it is for a horse to use a toilet. The plot is simple but effective. Full of fun and quirky spoofs. The acting is good for a film that was meant to be trash. The effects. Cheap and gory. I see other reviews here using the old argument, "I could do better" but all I have to say to that in a situation like this is, "If you can do better, why haven't you?". This is an inspiring piece of cinematic history because it proves that if you have the will, then they definitely is a way you could make a movie. It seems to me that their are 2 types of people in this world. There are people that DO things with their lives and people who complain about those who DO things with their lives.