Two Thousand Maniacs! is a low budget 1964 splatter film directed and written by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It is the second part of what the director's fans have dubbed "The Blood Trilogy," including Blood Feast (1963) and Color Me Blood Red (1965). The film has since become known as a classic of the drive-in theater era.
The film is known for its scenes of full color gore and torture, as well as for B-movie type direction and acting. The film and ...
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Two Thousand Maniacs! is a low budget 1964 splatter film directed and written by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It is the second part of what the director's fans have dubbed "The Blood Trilogy," including Blood Feast (1963) and Color Me Blood Red (1965). The film has since become known as a classic of the drive-in theater era.
The film is known for its scenes of full color gore and torture, as well as for B-movie type direction and acting. The film and its director attracted a cult following, largely due to the over the top quality of the violence and the villains. The film starred 1963 Playboy Playmate Connie Mason. It was remade in 2005 as 2001 Maniacs, starring film actor Robert Englund.
The film's title song was written and sung by director Lewis. The movie would later inspire the name of the band 10,000 Maniacs.
The story of the film is based on the Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon (1947). Six Yankee tourists are lured into the small southern town of Pleasant Valley by the redneck...
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