NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

hellholehorror Not the best movie of all time but still a fun and violent horror. There is some great gore, although it is slapstick gore. It is not the funniest or that memorable. Fun but uninspiring serial killer townsfolk brutally murdering people. I just wish it had gone further and setup a more interesting world.

Sandcooler Nobody can imitate the fiendish charm that comes with everything cult director Herschell Gordon Lewis touches, but this movie seems more than willing to give it a try anyway. It's all there: the cartoonish gore, the delightfully sinister story, the gratuitous nudity, the ridiculously hammy acting, it's pretty much the best exploitation movie 2005 can hand you. It may lack that ugly, grainy 60s film stock, but trust me it still looks low-budget enough. The pace is pretty good and the build-up is nicely written, though it is kinda weird that the first kill to me is the best/funniest. All of them are good, but the coolest one they came up with is already used fifteen minutes in. Speaking of weird, the supposed Southern belles that still live in the 1800s all look like Playboy models, which is distracting in more ways than one. One even had fake nails for God's sake, doesn't make too much sense. And what's with that Chinese character? Most horror movies at least get Asian actors so they're close enough, here they just use a Caucasian actress and say she's Chinese about five times a minute. Heck, they'll believe it eventually. None of this bothers me too much though. "2001 Maniacs" is a lot of gory fun, but obviously it's still no "Two Thousand Maniacs".

Arlis Fuson It's spring break and all the kids head off to Daytona, but are mislead down a detour that ends them up in a hillbilly heaven...or hell as they soon learn. The people all have southern hospitality and the kids think its a Cival War reenactment, but soon find out they are cannibals ghosts of the dead soldiers and families from centuries before.I liked this film, although its a remake of Hershel Gordon Lewis' 64 classic it really isn't a carbon copy. It is completely original on ideas and methods of killing. Lewis did his movie in a time when it was rare to see blood and guts, but in 2005 when this one was made it was just another horror flick. It did have lots of blood and gore and also something that is missing from many horror movies...sex and nudity. I loved that aspect of it, it was loaded with sexuality, even homosexuality and I think sex is great in horrors.The kids playing these parts were your average jerks that you actually wanted to see die, it was a slasher lovers fantasy to see them taken out one by one.The direction was OK, and the music was fun and appropriate, the hillbilly ways seemed authentic and I must say its a nice film. Very 80's feeling.Great actors like Robert Englund and my favorite actress of all time Lin Shaye. Eli Roth was one of the producers and he played the same guy he had played in his movie Cabin Fever. Other great actors Gioseppe Andrews, Peter Stormare, Brian Gross, Ryan Flemming, Travis Tritt and a small part for Kane Hodder...great casting.I should give this movie a higher rating but this made my 4th time watching it and it seems to lose charm the more I see it, its got blood and gore and t&a and comedy and great acting and great kills...4/10 stars

Horrorible_Horror_Films Well, at least everyone was killed. This is a pretty crazy zany movie. Uh, but yes of course it is also a bad movie. If you like bad horror movies like me then yes, you'll probably see this. If not, then you should pretty much avoid at all costs. This ridiclious plot involves a few cars happening upon some small town in the middle of nowhere that wants to kill them. Eventually that happens. The acting and plot, as usual in these movies, are really horrible. The production and everything else is OK. I would not pay to see this movie - its free on fearnet right now. Each character is so highly annoying, I said to myself at the beginning of this "film": "Self, I hope every single one of these people gets killed." And lo and behold myself was correct!