2001 Maniacs

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Southern hillbilly cannibal B falls short of already low expectations, 2008-10-25
While scanning through some late night tv in search b we stumbled across 2001 Maniacs starring Robert Englund. Being in the mood for a really horrible film we figured how could it get any worse then a remake where Freddy Kruger plays a cannibal redneck? What was so attractive about this one was the hillbilly horror concept. Cracking up at the expense of some good old boys has been an old past-time of ours dating back to 93. Maybe it was all the years of watching episodes of cops where hicks would hide in a garbage can or under their child's kiddie pool to escape the police. Who could forget the guy that huffed gold spray paint? That was really what pushed us over the edge to sit through this one. No matter how bad it would get there would have to be some cheap laughs ultimately earning the film a star or 2. And we presumed correctly. br / br /This one starts off with 3 of the biggest tools known to man as they set off on a trip to Florida for spring break. We were actually hoping the car would fly off a cliff within the first 10 minutes but thats just wishful thinking. The 3 cool cats stop into a gas station somewhere down South where they run into a car with 2 girls and a gay kid who are also on there way to Florida. These guys pull out some lines to seduce the ladies and it somehow seems to work even though they couldn't smooth a sheet if they had a hot dame...I lost my train of thought. Anyway they plan to all get together in FL and get back on the dusty trail. As they drive they come up to a detour sign and wind up in the town of Pleasant Valley where they are met by a whole mess of hicks led by Mayor Buckman (Englund). Mayor Buckman insists they stick around for a huge annual festival and BBQ called called Guts and Glory Jubilee. While he's working on the guys the car with the girls shows up along with a black guy on a motorcycle with his Chinese girlfriend. As the racial slurs incur there were enough laughs to earn 1 of the 2 stars. Despite the creepiness of the towns people the gang of idiots decide to stay and are brought to their complimentary rooms. br / br /Once they get settled in they begin to spend time with the imbred rednecks and come across some interesting characters. Our favorite had to be the kid who's girlfriend was a sheep. A few times in the film he's chasing the sheep around with his pants around his ankles (unfortunately the highlight of the film which earned it the 2nd star). There is a southern charmer for the ladies and a few sexy ladies for the 3 goons. This film is beyond predictable so you probably know where we're going with it. As the seduce the characters the killings begin. The film had to rely gore to capture some type of audience but even the gore was of poor quality. The blood looked like watered down strawberry jelly as the film begins to get really boring. The whole redneck theme lost it's luster after about 35 minutes. The remaining few guests are told they will be on the menu for the hillbilly cannibals and part of their rich heritage. Since the dawn of time they've been placing a fake detour sign up to get people to travel through so they could eat them. Now we are down to 2 survivors who are tied up and about to be gutted when Mayor Freddy Krueger offers the kid a way out. He says if he'll gut the chick they'll let him live allowing him to become part of Pleasant Valley in which he agrees. He approaches the girl with a clever in hand and, get ready you may not see this coming, turns on the hicks throwing a clever through one's chest. Wow couldn't see that coming. Now we have a final face off between Freddy and the kid. The kid wins by putting a fork up to the Mayors good eye where he says they are free to leave if he'll spare his eye. So off they go and stop by the local sheriff where they explain what happend to their friends and they go back to only find it's a graveyard. Somehow there was no Pleasant Valley anymore and now they look crazy. The sheriff takes off and so do they on the motorcycle. As they cruise on down the road the hog stops and you see there was a piece of barb wire spread along the highway decaptitating them and thankfully the credits roll. br / br /This one is pretty much a solid waste of time. Even though we were looking for a crappy movie this one was much worse then expected. The redneck style jokes grew thin really fast and there wasn't much call it a good remake to a classic film. If you have the choice pass on this one. Starts off ok but quickly goes downhill making you fight to keep your eyes open.

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Fun Fright Flick, 2008-10-16
Goofy, Campy, Bloody, Boobies, Pubies, Bimbos, Cannibals, Moonshine, Hillbillies, Crooning ... it has it all.

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Disappointing, 2008-10-05
A remake of legendary gore-meister Hershell Gordon-Lewis' 2000 Maniacs, 2001 Maniacs is sadly underwhelming, and disappointing. I say this because I've heard just about nothing but good things about it since it's release, and upon finally viewing it, the film just fails to deliver. The story is simple enough: a group of Northern college kids and some other travellers get detoured to the southern town of Pleasant Valley, which is run by a large number of Civil War enthusiasts. Or so they think. Turns out they're Union troops looking to avenge their Civil War deaths, by none other than eating whomever crosses their paths! Robert "Freddy Kruger" Englund stars as their leader Mayor Buckman, and steals many a scene here, but he isn't enough to save the film. Sure there's decent amounts of blood, gore, and nudity; but 2001 Maniacs just comes off as sadly boring. Die hard horror fans may find some level of enjoyment with 2001 Maniacs, while others will walk away feeling like they expected more. Look for a pretty funny cameo from producer and Hostel creator Eli Roth.

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pretty good low budget horror, 2008-02-10
i rented this movie cause some of the death scenes looked cool and they were the only thing that keep this from a 5 star is the annoying accents and the setting. if your a fan of blood and gore and dont mind a lower budget than usual you should enjoy this film. the ending death scene is very creative and original

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STRANGE BUT GOOD, 2007-11-26
This movie is really a strange one, but if you like B-horror flicks, this is the one for you! We couldn't turn the DVD off the first time we watched it because it was so amazingly ODD! A must-have for B-movie collectors!