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''2001 Maniacs'' is a 2005 American
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film directed by Tim Sullivan and starring
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,
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, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, and Matthew Carey. It is a remake of the 1964 film '' Two Thousand Maniacs!'' written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. The film is distributed by
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. It was filmed in Westville, Georgia.


Plot

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 an Asian 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 finds 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 lets 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 their
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, they are decapitated by
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, which was placed by Hucklebilly. Soon he picks up their heads and walks down the road and vanishes.


Cast


Production

Filming took place on November 3, 2003, in Westville, Georgia and ended on December 1, 2003.
Eli Roth Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, namely splatter films, having directed the films ''Cabin Fev ...
, who produced the film, reprised his role of Justin from his own film, '' Cabin Fever''.


Release

The film was released May 12, 2005. The film was released on
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in 2007.


Sequel

On the official
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page for the film, the sequel ''2001 Maniacs: The Beverly Hellbillys'' was announced (later renamed to '' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams''). Mayor Buckman and Harper Alexander were portrayed in the sequel by
Bill Moseley William Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American actor, primarily known for his performances in horror films. His best-known roles include Chop Top in '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2'' (1986), Otis B. Driftwood in Rob Zombie's ''Firefly ...
and
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respectively.


See also

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List of ghost films Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. History With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a vari ...


References


External links

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''2001 Maniacs'' at FEARnet
{{Tim Sullivan 2005 directorial debut films 2005 films 2005 comedy horror films 2005 LGBTQ-related films 2000s American films 2000s English-language films 2000s slasher films American comedy horror films American LGBTQ-related films American slasher films American splatter films English-language comedy horror films Films about race and ethnicity Films directed by Tim Sullivan Films produced by Eli Roth Films scored by Nathan Barr Films set in Georgia (U.S. state) Horror film remakes LGBTQ-related horror films Remakes of American films Films produced by Scott Spiegel