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2001 Maniacs
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Tim Sullivan
Produced by	Christopher Tuffin Scott Spiegel Eli Roth Boaz Yakin Brett W. Nemeroff
Written by	Tim Sullivan Chris Kobin
Starring	Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews, Jay Gillespie
Music by	Nathan Barr
Cinematography	Steve Adcock
Editing by	Michael Ross
Distributed by	Lions Gate Entertainment
Release date(s)	October 21, 2005
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Followed by	2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

2001 Maniacs is a 2005 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Sullivan, starring Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, and Matthew Carey. It is a remake of the 1964 film Two Thousand Maniacs! written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. The film is distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment. It was filmed in Westville, Georgia.

Plot

Six prep college students and a biker couple travel south towards Daytona Beach for Spring Break, but a detour leads them into the seemingly idyllic Georgia town of Pleasant Valley (population 2,001), which is holding a "Guts and Glory Jubilee" in honor of the American Civil War. While they stay in the town, completely isolated from the outside world, they are systematically separated and killed in gory fashion by the town's residents. Two students manage to escape, but upon alerting the authorities they learn that "Pleasant Valley" is nothing but a cemetery - a memorial for 2001 Confederate villagers who were massacred 150 years earlier in the Civil War. A plaque reveals that the town's residents will not rest until the crime has been paid back on the Yankees: 2001 must be killed - an eye for an eye.

Cast

• Robert Englund as Buckman, mayor of Pleasant Valley
• Lin Shaye as Granny Boone, owner of the Inn where the students stay
• Ryan Fleming as Hucklebilly Boone, a resident of the town
• Giuseppe Andrews as Harper Alexander, a resident of the town
• Jay Gillespie as Anderson Lee, one of the vacationing college students. He is friends with Cory and Nelson.
• Matthew Carey as Cory Jones, another college student and a friend of Anderson and Nelson.
• Marla Malcolm as Joey, another of the college students. She is friends with Ricky and Kat.
• Gina Marie Heekin as Kat, another of the college students.
• Brian Gross as Ricky, a friend of Kat and Joey.
• Mushond Lee as Malcolm, a tourist who arrives on a motorcycle with Leah.
• Dylan Edrington as Nelson Elliot, another college student, friends with Cory and Anderson.
• Bianca Smith as Leah, Malcolm's girlfriend.
• Christa Campbell as Milk Maiden
• Wendy Kremer as Peaches
• Travis Tritt as a gas clerk
• Eli Roth as Justin, a hitchhiker

Sequel

On the official facebook page for the film, the sequel 2001 Maniacs: The Beverly Hellbillys was announced (later renamed to 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams). Mayor Buckman is now portrayed by Bill Moseley and Granny Boone is portrayed another time from Lin Shaye.^[1]

References

External links

• 2001 Maniacs at the Internet Movie Database
• 2001 Maniacs at Allmovie
• 2001 Maniacs at FEARnet