Directed by:
Herschell Gordon LewisScreenplay:
Herschell Gordon LewisCinematography:
Herschell Gordon LewisComposer:
Larry WellingtonCast:
William Kerwin, Connie Mason, Jeffrey Allen, Shelby Livingston, Ben Moore, Jerome Eden, Gary Bakeman, Stanley Dyrector, Linda Cochran, Yvonne Gilbert (more)Plots(1)
When a group of Yankee tourists take a detour and wind up in the small Southern town of Pleasant Valley which has magically rematerialized 100 years after its destruction during the Civil War they find themselves welcomed by the eager townsfolk as guests of honour at their centennial celebrations. Little do the Northerners know that the festivities are set to include torture, death and dismemberment. (Arrow Films)
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Herschell Gordon Lewis made this movie a year after the “famous” gorefest Blood Feast. Having been trained in the art of directing, he was no longer making rookie mistakes. And this time he’s funnier, seeing things with detached humor and conceiving the endearing deviance as decadently and darkly humorous gore-absurdity in which the most violent scenes alternate with the comical performances of the small-town hicks, underscored with breezy country music. Two Thousand Maniacs is colourful and cheerful debauchery with terrible acting (a trademark of the director’s films) and a very distinctive creative “feel”. Three stars in the ranking ruled by Bad Taste.
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