
The citizens of the southern town Pleasant Valley lure six Yankee tourists into town where they are to be the reluctant guests for the centennial celebration of the day a band of renegade Union troops decimated the town. The town then participates in events, a different event for each of the tourists, in which the tourist is dispatched. One couple begins to suspect something and seeks a way to escape.... (Full plot summary below)
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The citizens of the southern town Pleasant Valley lure six Yankee tourists into town where they are to be the reluctant guests for the centennial celebration of the day a band of renegade Union troops decimated the town. The town then participates in events, a different event for each of the tourists, in which the tourist is dispatched. One couple begins to suspect something and seeks a way to escape.
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| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesHerschell Gordon Lewis' follow-up to Blood Feast is a lot better and offers some laughably cartoonish violence. |
| EspinofAlberto AbuínA film considered essential by many filmmakers who clearly inspired in it to compose their horror symphonies, with a delusional premise and daring situations. [Full review in Spanish] |
| User ReviewAndrew D GYeeeeeee Hawwwwww the Souths Gonna rise again! |
| User ReviewAlan SFor my money, this is H.G. Lewis' best work. The acting, effects, and story are still ludicrous, but they seem to be on a slightly higher level than the films that preceded and followed it. The barrel scene is one of my favorites. |
| User ReviewMarc RA bigger than average budget make this one of Herschell Gordon Lewis' best efforts. The gore is every bit as full on as 'Blood Feast' and Connie Mason's acting has improved considerably in this film. I really like the look of this movie (the colour red is just so red! (as in 'Blood Feast')). The re-make (2001 Maniacs starring Robert 'Freddy Krueger' England) wasn't half bad either! Though the original is still, obviously, the best. Yeeeee---haaaa!!! |
| User ReviewNicky Mdon't mess with the south or you will be rolled down a hill in a spike filled barrel! |
| User ReviewRigo STwo Thousand Maniacs" is a wonderful Brigadoon-esque film about two groups of Yankees who become guests of honors for the southern town of Pleasant Valley's centennial. What these "guests" don't realize, though, is that they are going to be murdered in bizarre (and I mean, BIZARRE) fashions because of a war lost by the south 100 years ago. The festivities include a woman being dismembered and barbecued, a man being quartered with four horses, and the infamous "barrel roll" sequence where a man is pushed down a hill in a barrel that has nails driven into its sides. The movie altogether has a wacky, feel-good charm (despite its gruesome nature) that keeps you smiling, and you'll surely be singing its theme song after the movie's over! I sure as hell was. |
| User Reviewcarm bYEEEHAAAW....the south is gonna rise again!!! i LOVE this movie!!! i love everything about it! |
| User ReviewCody WAn entire town bathed in pulsing human blood! H.G. Lewis second film in the blood trilogy. |
| User ReviewPete SThe first very gory realistic movie I ever saw |