2001 Maniacs (2005)

Eight college students travelling to Florida for Spring Break stumble into a remote town in Georgia, where they are set upon by the residents.

Director:

Tim Sullivan

Writers:

Chris Kobin, Tim Sullivan

Stars:

Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Englund	...	Mayor Buckman
Lin Shaye	...	Granny Boone
Giuseppe Andrews	...	Harper Alexander
Jay Gillespie	...	Anderson Lee
Marla Malcolm	...	Joey (as Marla Leigh Malcom)
Dylan Edrington	...	Nelson
Matthew Carey	...	Cory
Peter Stormare	...	Professor Ackerman
Gina Marie Heekin	...	Kat
Brian Gross	...	Ricky
Mushond Lee	...	Malcolm
Bianca Smith	...	Leah
Brendan McCarthy	...	Rufus
Adam Robitel	...	Lester
Christa Campbell	...	Milk Maiden

Storyline

While traveling on vacation to Florida, the college friends Anderson Lee, Cory Jones and Nelson Elliot meet the gorgeous Joey and Kat in a gas station traveling with their gay friend Ricky to the same location. Anderson gives his phone number to Joey in Florida. The teenagers decide to take a shortcut and they find a detour through an old road leading to the Southern town of Pleasant Valley. They are welcomed by the local Mayor Buckman as guests of honor together with Joey, Kat, Ricky and the Afro-American biker Malcolm and his Chinese girlfriend Leah and invited to stay for their Guts and Glory Jubilee with free lodging, meals and booze at Granny Boone's hotel, and dancing, games and a mouth-watering barbecue in the climax of the jubilee. The group accepts the invitation but sooner they find who will supply the meat for the feast.

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Plot Keywords:

male pubic hair | splatter comedy | spring break | barbecue | georgia | 

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Taglines:

From the creators of Hostel and Cabin Fever

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence and gruesome images, sexuality/nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eli Roth: Man whose armadillo is hit by a car.

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Goofs

Obvious usage of dummies at times for the death sequences.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Professor Ackerman: Unprecedented, historic casualties. More Americans died in the so-called Civil War than in the two World Wars combined. 618,000. Although the popular media usually portrays the Civil War as a series of epic battles for honor and glory, the reality is far from either. General Sherman's march through South Carolina alone cost over 8,000 innocent Southerners their lives.

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Connections

References Frogs (1972)

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Soundtracks

Scotic Brother Johnny 1-9
Composed by Brett W. Nemeroff (as Brett Nemeroff) and Johnny Griparic

User Reviews

A Southern Guilty Pleasure

I bet Herschell Gordon Lewis, having just completed work on his second gore epic Two Thousand Maniacs, never once imagined that in roughly forty years his brainchild would be re-filmed and remade again. Instead of "the South will rise again, " it should be Herschell Gordon Lewis will rise again. Anyway, this film, like the original, has the happy town of Pleasant Valley as its setting: a town that magically reappears every 100 years on the anniversary of its destruction by Union soldiers during the Civil War only to have its hillbilly celebration of maiming, garroting, shivving, castrating, squeezing, quartering, barbecuing, decapitating, and so on of Yankee motorists in the nearby vicinity. Just like in the original, though much more bloodier and believable, nothing here is really frightening. Every gory scene is more like a punchline to a distasteful joke. Also, just like in the original, the South comes off looking like some barbaric civilization that is ages behind the more industrial North. The Southern stereotypes fly in this one though seem not to have the edge in the original film. What this film does have that the original does not are way better actors, lots and lots and lots of sexy women in lots and lots and lots of sexual situations, generous doses of humour(almost all of which were INTENDED), and a tongue firmly planted in cheek mood. Robert Englund plays Mayor Buckman to the hilt, even wearing an eye patch with the Confederate flag on it no less. Englund shows me here, as he has in other non-Freddy roles, that he is a versatile actor with a wide range. His Buckman has charm, grace, and dementia. Lin Shaye does an equally credible job playing Granny Boone(not to my knowledge in original). Everyone else is more than adequate working with this stuff. Johnny Legend and Scott Spiegel had me rolling as two wandering minstrels singing atrocious blue grass tunes with the most inane lyrics. And let's not forget the girls. The film has a bevy of beauties with a free and easy approach to being in front of the camera. Standouts(knockouts might be more appropriate) include Gina Marie Heeken, Bianca Smith, Wendy Kremer, and sultry Christa Campbell as the milk maid. Director Tim Sullivan knows exactly what he wants and goes right for it in this film. No high art here, just an appreciative group of filmmakers remaking a film I too would never have dreamt of being remade. The odd thing is that this film is far more watchable then the original. It has so much more going for it than the original - which does have some charms - don't get me wrong. Sullivan knows his audience and goes with the proverbial flow. He doesn't stray away from the shocking nor the easy, distasteful laugh(like when the black Yankee is presented as "dark" meat as just one example).

Details

Official Sites:

My Space site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 2006 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

2001 Maniacs

Filming Locations:

LaGrange, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$368,976

Company Credits

Production Co:

BloodWorks, Raw Nerve, New Rebellion Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1