Two Thousand Maniacs!

Two Thousand Maniacs! is a low budget 1964 splatter film directed and written by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It is the second part of what the director's fans have dubbed "The Blood Trilogy," including Blood Feast (1963) and Color Me Blood Red (1965).

The film is known for its scenes of full color gore and torture, as well as for B-movie type direction and acting. The film and the its director attracted a cult following, largely due to the over the top quality of the violence and the villains. It was remade in 2005 as 2001 Maniacs, starring film actor Robert Englund.

The film's title song was written and sung by director Lewis. The movie would later inspire the name of the band 10,000 Maniacs.

Synopsis

Six Yankee tourists are lured into the small southern town of Pleasant Valley by the redneck citizens to be the guests of honor for the centennial celebration of the day Union troops destroyed the town. The tourists are separated and forced to participate in various sick games which lead to their gory deaths.

Production

Two Thousand Maniacs! was filmed in 15 days, early in 1964, in the town of St. Cloud, Florida. According to a contemporary report, the entire town participated in the film.

References

External links

• Two Thousand Maniacs! on IMDb