2000 Maniacs!

Original title: Two Thousand Maniacs!

1964
18
1h 23m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

5.5K

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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.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

5.5K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Two Thousand Maniacs

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Trivia
Many of the buildings from this movie, including the Hunter Arms Hotel, where a large portion of it was filmed, still exist in downtown St. Cloud, Florida.

Goofs
After Harper cuts Bea's thumb off, it's clear that her real thumb is tucked under her hand.

Quotes
Mayor Buckman: Wait a minute, folks! Wait a minute! We're embarrasing our guest! We're not showing any sportsmanship at all! Come over here, Rufus!
Rufus Tate: That last throw was just a warm up! This one's gonna be for keeps! Now, Mrs. Wells, I'm going to give you a little tip! I'm going to do this just right! This teetering rock's gonna fall in just 10 seconds!
Beverly Wells: No! No! Please!

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

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Featured review

Demented hillbilly fun! Possibly HGL's best.

'Two Thousand Maniacs!' may not get name-dropped as much as the infamous 'Blood Feast', but it is arguably the better and more entertaining movie, and quite possibly Herschell Gordon Lewis' best effort. HGL's budget seems to be a tad bigger this time around, though the acting is just as poor. In fact the two leads (Thomas Wood and Connie Mason) are both from 'Blood Feast', so that explains a lot. The plot in this one concerns a small town in the South that is celebrating its centenary by luring unsuspecting "yankees", and basically torturing them to death. HGL doesn't spare us the gore, but the murders are done with such good humour that the movie ends up with an odd feel somewhere between 'The Beverly Hillbillies' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. This is a very silly movie obviously, but also very entertaining fun for those with a strong sense of the absurd.