2001 Maniacs (2005)
6/10
Why don't detour signs also say BEWARE?
24 September 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Wheather or not Herschell Gordon Lewis' 2000 MANIACS(1964) needed a sequel or not...here it is. Director and co-writer Tim Sullivan infuses tongue-in-cheek humor with gore and splatters. This film is crammed full of the sort of scenes you would expect in a very low-budget B-movie. Photography says different and there is actually a real good performance from Robert Englund.

On the way to spring break in Daytona Beach, a group of college kids end up taking a detour leading to a small town in Georgia, Pleasant Valley. The mayor(Englund)insists that the young people stay and take in the their annual barbecue and reenactment of the Civil War. Southern hospitality becomes unpleasant when the horny students one by one find themselves the main entrée.

Strong horror violence and gruesomely graphic images alternate with sexual implications for rated R fare. At least getting to the gore is imaginative. Also in the cast: Giuseppe Andrews, Gina Marie Heekin, Crista Campbell, Marla Malcolm, Matthew Carey and Lin Shaye. You'll squirm and then roll with laughter.
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