2001 Maniacs

I think 2001 Maniacs might be my favorite movie to watch during the 4th of July season. A great slasher movie with Robert England and Lin Shaye. 2001 Maniacs puts a whole new twist on the “Southern Hospitality” saying. I’ll never think of it the same again.

Released: May 12, 2005 Runtime: 87 mins Director: Tim Sullivan Writer: Tim Sullivan, Chris Kobin Actors: Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews

PLOT

Is this some hillbilly reality show type of thing?--Kat

Eight young college students are on their way to Florida for spring break when they all take a shortcut through a southern town who has a strange way of showing southern hospitality.

MY THOUGHTS

I see our barb-a-cuties got the skewering rod raring to go.--Mayor Buckman

We have eight interesting kills. I’m not counting the town people who died over 150 years earlier. We get drawn and quartered, acid funneled down one's throat, a bell crushing someone, and that’s just three of them. One of the more painful ones that had me cringe was when the two girls rammed a rod through Ricky’s ass going all the way through him and coming out his mouth. Ouch! All of the kills were decently made and creative.

We have some great genre actors in 2001 Maniacs. Robert England (known as Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and several other horror movies) plays Mayor Buckman, the mayor of Pleasant Valley, a confederate town during the Civil War days where northern aggressors wiped out the town. And Lin Shaye (known for Critters 1-2, Hood of Horror, Insidious franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 and New Nightmare, Ouija, and several other horror movies. She’s also the sister of Producer Robert Shaye.) plays Granny Boone, kind of the matriarch of the town. Both did great with their roles.

The rest of the actors did a decent job with their roles. The college kids were just annoying enough that you rooted for them to die. The exception is Anderson and Joey who you hoped would li...