2000 Maniacs Movie Review 1964

One of cult director Lewis' most enjoyably watchable films. A literal Civil War "ghost town" takes its revenge 100 years after being slaughtered by renegade Union soldiers by luring unwitting "yankee" tourists to their centennial festival. The hapless Northerners are then chopped, crushed, ripped apart etc. while the ghostly rebels party. Quite fun in a cartoonishly gruesome sort of way. Filmed in St. Cloud, FL.

Distribution

Something Weird Video, PO Box 33664, Seattle, WA 98133, URL: http://www.somethingweird.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 75 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

American South, Revenge, Special FX Wizards: Herschell Gordon Lewis

Screenplay

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Cast

Thomas Wood, Connie Mason, Jeffrey Allen, Ben Moore, Gary Bakeman, Jerome (Jerry Stallion) Eden, Shelby Livingston, Michael Korb, Yvonne Gilbert, Mark Douglas, Linda Cochran, Vincent Santo, Andy Wilson

Cinematography

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Director

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Music

Herschell Gordon Lewis, Larry Wellington

Producer

David F. Friedman