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| 2001 Maniacs | |
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 Pre-production promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Tim Sullivan |
| Written by | Chris Kobin Tim Sullivan |
| Based on | Two Thousand Maniacs! byHerschell Gordon Lewis |
| Produced by | Boaz Yakin Scott Spiegel Eli Roth Christopher Tuffin Brett W. Nemeroff |
| Starring | Robert Englund Lin Shaye Giuseppe Andrews Jay Gillespie |
| Cinematography | Steve Adcock |
| Edited by | Michael Ross |
| Music by | Nathan Barr |
Production companies | Raw Nerve Velvet Steamroller |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
2001 Maniacs is a 2005 Americancomedy horror film directed byTim Sullivan and starringRobert Englund,Lin Shaye, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, and Matthew Carey.[2] It is a remake of the 1964 filmTwo Thousand Maniacs! written and directed byHerschell Gordon Lewis.[3] The film is distributed byLions Gate Entertainment. It was filmed inWestville, Georgia.
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Three college students named Anderson Lee , Nelson Elliot, and Cory Jones are heading to Daytona Beach to stay at Cory's brothers beach house over Spring Break. While stopping at a Truck Stop, they meet three travelers named Ricky, Kat, and Joey and they agree to join them there.
The next day, the guys get lost and end up finding a 'Detour' sign that leads them to the southern town of Pleasant Valley, led by the eccentric mayor, George W. Buckman . Soon afterwards they are joined by Ricky, Kat, and Joey, and Mayor Buckman tells them that for the next two days they're honored guests at the towns annual 'Guts N Glory Jubilee.' Soon after, a biker couple, a black man named Malcolm and a China woman named Lea also arrive in town, being taken to a hotel run by Granny Boone.
Soon after settling in, Kat is killed when resident Harper Alexander has her hands and feet tied by being drawn and quartered, her body being served as a dish for the others and later in the evening, Nelson is killed by being forced to drink battery acid by the Milk Maiden, thinking it's Moonshine. The following day, the group are separated and go off into different areas of the town.
During their time, they notice the townsfolk acting very weird and odd, especially towards them. Soon Lea is dressed in a southern dress and motioned to come up to the podium, where she is killed after Granny Boone pulls a rope and a large bell crashed down on her. Ricky sees this and runs off to alert the others, but he is accosted by Buckman's son Rufus and is held down as two female residents shove a poker up his rear end and out his mouth, killing him as Boone licks the tip.
The remaining group members begin to realize that something strange is afoot, especially after Joey kinds Kat's dog tags from Miss Peaches and noticing that both Kat and Nelson have been gone for a long time (Unaware that they have been killed). they make a plan to find their missing friends, stuff and then get out of the town, but are stopped by Mayor Buckman making subtle threats, afterwards the gang split up.
Malcolm sets off to find Leah and heads over to a cotton pressure, thinking he found her, but was a trap set up by the townsfolk and is killed after being crushed by the pressure. Corey and Joey head to the hotel to get their belongings, Cory realizes that he left his phone in his room and leaves Joey to go get it. Soon after he leaves, Joey find a cabinet filled with jars of different body parts and dates over Jubilees that transpired many years, but before she can run off she is captured by Rufus. Cory enters his room to find Peaches waiting for him, she seduces him and he sits down, thinking that she is going to give him a blow job, but instead she puts on metal fangs and mauls on his crotch, killing him.
Anderson goes to look for their rides and finds Malcolm's motorbike in the barn, with Granny's son Hucklebilly guarding it. Anderson attempts to goad Hucklebilly into giving him the keys so that he can go fora ride, but the boy knocks Anderson out with a slingshot to the head. Later that night, Anderson and Joey find themselves tied up by the townsfolk, who taunt them for coming into their town, thinking they can do as they please. then Buckman shows the two the heads of all their deceased friends who are the barbecue. Anderson, who was a Southerner till freshman year, is offered a chance by Buckman if he kills Joey, but he refuses. Soon Anderson and Buckman have a battle that ends with Anderson ripping Buckman's eyepatch off, revealing it to be an empty hole with maggots inside, Buckman pleads Anderson not to take his other eye and he let's him and Joey go. As the two get away on Malcolms bike, the townsfolk watch in silent anger while Buckman mutters "An eye for an eye."
The next day, Anderson and Joey go to the local authorities, who are sceptical to their story, but follow them to Pleasant Valley. when they get there, the town has disappeared and is nothing more but a graveyard. Lee reads a plaque that reveals that during the Civil War, a group of union troops came and massacred everybody in the town, now the residents will not rest until they avenge their deaths, revealing that the residents that the group met were the vengeful ghosts of the townsfolk.
As the two drive away on theirmotorcycle, they aredecapitated bybarbed wire, which was placed by Hucklebilly. Soon he picks up their heads and walks down the road and vanishes.
Filming took place on November 3, 2003, in Westville, Georgia and ended on December 1, 2003.Eli Roth, who produced the film, reprised his role of Justin from his own film,Cabin Fever.
The film was released May 12, 2005. The film was released onDVD in 2007.[4]
On the officialFacebook page for the film, the sequel2001 Maniacs: The Beverly Hellbillys was announced (later renamed to2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams). Mayor Buckman and Harper Alexander were portrayed in the sequel byBill Moseley andNivek Ogre respectively.[5]
