Review #80: 2001 Maniacs (2005)

Cast/Notable Credits:
Tim Sullivan (Director): 2001 Maniacs 2 (2008), Driftwood (2006)

Robert Englund (Mayor Buckman): Nightmare on Elm Streets

Lin Shaye (Granny Boone): Nightmare on Elm Street

Giuseppe Andrews (Harper): Cabin Fever 1 (2002) & 2 (2008)

Peter Stormare (Professor Ackerman): Armageddon (1998), Bad Boys 2 (2003)

Christa Campbell (Milk Maid): Day of the Dead

Cristin Michele (Glendora): House of the Dead 2 (2005)

Trailer:


Tagline: The South Will Rise Again!

Plot:

Three college boys (Anderson, Nelson, and Cory) head south to Daytona Beach for spring break. While driving through Georgia, they experience a detour that leads them to a very, very small southern town called Pleasant Valley. Population: 2001.

Once there they are greeted by the town's folk, who are extremely happy to see them. Leading the town is Major Buckman (Robert Englund) who invites them to stay as their guests. Also arriving to the town via detour are Joey, Kat, and Ricky, who the frat boys had previously met up with at a gas station down the road. One last couple to arrive are Malcolm and Leah strolling in on a motorcylce. The towns folk aren't too happy to see them. Malcolm is black and Leah is Asian. BHA!

With the help of the town's hot young women and a verbal pack between Joey and Anderson, the town persuades the visitors to stay a few days for their annual Guts N' Glory Jubilee.

The eight are treated with a royal taste of southern hospitality as they stay for free at Granny Boone's house. Free food, free alcohol, and free room and board. Paradise...right?

Unfortunately the eight don't know that besides being the guests of honor, they are actually the targets for the main course at the BBQ dinner. One by one, each of the eight are isolated and killed in preparation for the feast. The South will Rise Again! Yee-haw! Break out the banjo's and kiss your sisters and cousins!

Honestly this film is one of my favorites. It has a soft spot in my heart. 2K1 Maniacs is a hell of a treat for a horror fan. 2K1 is considered a pretty low budget film, but it has a big budget affect. 2K1 has all the ingredients for a horror movie. Isolation, blood, hot chicks, boobies, sex acts, cheesy dialogue, big name actors and little plot. It's a perfect description of the inbred southerners. That's if what you image the South to be.

Realistically, I know this film isn't..."The Best", but it's a great film to sit down, make fun of and come out happy. A lot of the kills are silly and let's just say...maybe unrealistic, but who cares? The 4-point Horse death...photo above...yeah...I doubt that could happen, but it was fresh and enjoyable to watch.

The Milk Maid's Tube of Acid (or whatever that was) was complete over the top gore cheesiness. But I have to say, "What a way to go out." Check out the film's unnamed Milk Maid, Christa Campbell (pictured right).

I need those jugs...of milk.

Got Milk? Got Jugs?

Little baby needs nourishment.

Pour some sugar on me. Pour some milk on me.

Milk, it does a body good.

Okay, that's enough...for now. Freshly squeezed...okay, that's the last one.

The movie also dips into a little history lesson about the south. My friend, "The Shark" has his favorite historical figure, General William Sherman mentioned in the film. The Southern Storm!

I know it isn't a "deep" history lesson, but the film does include the General in a small subplot and his famous march through the south, leaving a particular town...hmm...Pleasant Valley...part of it's wake of ashes. Look at him. The Generals got the look of crazy, alcoholic Uncle Billy! Doesn't he?

On the Tommy G scale for TNA, it's off the charts receiving the highest grade standard. Many hot chicks who end up having sex at some point, with a man or a chick, and most show off their twins.

2K1 has chick pillow fights, bondage scenes, bath tub rubs, skimpy/skanky clothed women, and lesbians making out (pictured to the left...at least a glimpse). WOW! How could you top that?! And the hottie in the pink bikini to the right is the main female in the film, Joey (Marla Malcolm). I'd like to be Malcolmed in that Middle!

The film is definitely tongue and cheek...and a little dash of pillow twins mixed in. 2K1 is actually a film where I see Robert Englund acting and I don't immediately start thinking, "When's he gonna put on the Christmas sweater and glove?" Englund portrays an awesome red neck southern boy in this film. He wears a Confederate Flag patch over his left eye, and talks the southern talk really well.

Did I rate this film too high? Maybe. But I don't care...SUCK ON IT! The South Will Rise Again! I hope not. If you're really bored and need cheap entertainment then check this one out. Luckily for us, there's an upcoming sequel to it: 2001 Maniacs 2: The Beverly Hellbillys. Sweet.

Misc. Movie Trivia:
-Remake (sequel?) of the 1964 film Two Thousand Maniacs!
-Filmed in Georgia
- Kane Hodder (Jason), Travis Tritt (country musician), and Eli Roth (Director) all make cameo appearances
-The college classroom hall at the university is named, Cox Hall