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.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Tom White
- (as Thomas Wood)
- Harper Alexander
- (as Mark Douglas)
- Banjo player
- (uncredited)
- Guitar player
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaMany 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.
- GoofsAfter Harper cuts Bea's thumb off, it's clear that her real thumb is tucked under her hand.
- Quotes
Tom White: Has it occurred to you that nobody has told us what this centennial is all about? Now, this is 1965, and a hundred years ago it was 1865, right? So, what happened in 1865?
Terry Adams: It was the ending of Civil War. The War Between the States!
Tom White: Well, then, you tell me, why would a Southern town want Northerners as guests of honor at the centennial? It must have something to do with what happened a hundred years ago. So, something is very wrong with this town.
- Alternate versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985)
- SoundtracksRebel Yell
(The South's Gonna Rise Again)
Lyrics and Music by Herschell Gordon Lewis
Performed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
There is one big mistake in the story: the town looks modern and the people of Pleasant Valley act like modern folks and are dressed in 1960s clothes. The town should have looked like a town from around 1860s, and the people should have looked and acted like folks from that period. It would have been even more fantastic and creepy. But they probably didn't have the money to recreate such an elaborate setting so I understand why everything looks like the 1960s in Pleasant Valley. The plus side of this mistake: the juxtaposition of 1960s sunny retro quaintness with extreme gory violence actually adds a lot to the film's unique quality.
I love TWO THOUSAND MANIACS. It's a cool flick and it's a classic horror film.
- Maciste_Brother
- Aug 27, 2003
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- Also known as
- 2000 Maniacs
- Filming locations
- St. Cloud, Florida, USA(town of Pleasant Valley)
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- Budget
- $65,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original ratio)
- 1.85 : 1