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2001 Maniacs
2001 Maniacs
Credits
Title: 2001 Maniacs
Directed by: Tim Sullivan
Written by: Chris Kobin; Tim Sullivan
Produced by: Jonathan Bross; Lisette Bross; David Fleming; David F. Friedman; Eric Miller; Brett W. Nemeroff; Eli Roth; Scott Spiegel; Christopher Tuffin; C. Scott Votaw; Boaz Yakin
Music by: Nathan Barr
Cinematography: Steve Adcock
Edited by: Michael Ross
Production
Distributors: BloodWorks
Raw Nerve
Velvet Steamroller Entertainment
Released: July 9th, 2005
Rating: R
Running time: 87 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $3,000,000 [1]
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2001 Maniacs is an independent American feature film of the psycho-thriller and comedy subgenres. It was directed by Tim Sullivan with a screenplay written by Sullivan and Chris Kobin. The film was produced by BloodWorks, Raw Nerve and Velvet Steamroller Entertainment. It premiered in Canada at the Fantasia Film Festival on July 9th, 2005. It premiered in the United States at the Screamfest Film Festival on October 21st, 2005. The movie stars Robert Englund as Mayor Buckman, Lin Shaye as Granny Boone, Giuseppe Andrews as Harper Alexander, Jay Gillespie as Anderson Lee, Marla Malcolm as Joey, Dylan Edrington as Nelson, Matthew Carey as Cory, Peter Stormare as Professor Ackerman, Gina Marie Heekin as Kat and Brian Gross as Ricky.

The setting of the film is the fictional town of Pleasant Valley in rural Georgia. The townsfolk host an annual festival called "Guts and Glory" to honor those soldiers who had fallen during the American Civil War. Eight college students from the North travel through Pleasant Valley, but soon find themselves victims of the seemingly pleasant townspeople. To compensate for the loss of 2,001 Confederate soldiers during the war, the people of Pleasant Valley demand recompense and are prepared to slaughter 2,001 northerners.

Cast

Credited cast

Uncredited cast

Note: The following is taken from the full credits list for this entry on IMDB. As it is a website with user-submitted information, some of the data listed here, including character names may be inaccurate.

Notes & Trivia

2001 Maniacs 001

Alternate film poster.

Welcome to Pleasant Valley

"Welcome to Pleasant Valley!"

Ricky, Anderson Lee, Joey and Malcolm

Ricky, Anderson, Joey & Malcolm.

Malcolm and Leah

Malcolm and Leah.

Don't kink-shame me

"Don't kink-shame me!"

Peaches

Peaches.

Peaches and Granny Boone

Peaches, the Milk Maiden & Granny Boone.

Ricky and Granny Boone

Granny Boone loves her some fresh barbeque!

  • The tagline for this film is, "You are what THEY eat!"
  • Production on 2001 Maniacs began on November 3rd 2003. Principal filming concluded on December 1st, 2003. [2]
  • 2001 Maniacs was released on region free Blu-ray by Lionsgate Films on August 31st, 2010. [3]
  • Actress Marla Malcolm is credited as Marla Leigh Malcolm in this film.
  • Actor Isaac C. Singleton, Jr. is credited as Isaac Singleton, Jr. in this film.
  • Actor Luther Wilson is credited as Steve Wilson in this film.
  • Actor William Sempel Spiegel is credited as William Sempel in this film.
  • Actor Wilfred Biggs' surname is mis-spelled as Briggs in the end-credit sequence.
  • Actor Rich King is credited as Richard King in this film.
  • On the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), 2001 Maniacs holds a weighted average rating of 5.3 out 10 based on more than 12,835 user ratings.
  • On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 2001 Maniacs has an audience score of 48% based on more than 5,000 ratings, averaging 3.1 out of 5. It does not have a Tomatometer rating, however, there are three posted critic reviews, two of which are positive, and one negative.
  • On Letterboxd, 2001 Maniacs has a weighted average score of 2.5 out of 10 based on 3,554 ratings.
  • Of the named female characters featured in this film, Granny Boone and Kat are the only ones who do not appear topless. Joey, Leah, Peaches and the milk maidens all appear in various states of undress throughout the course of the film.
  • The first evidence of cannibalism presented in this movie is when a piece of roasted meat is shown to bare remnants of a tattoo that one of the earlier murder victims possessed. Another film that uses this same visual cue is Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, released two years later in 2007.
  • This movie marks the directorial debut of Tim Sullivan. Tim will go on to direct the sequel, 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams in 2010.
  • Actor Robert Englund is a horror genre icon, best known for his portrayal of Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series.
  • Actress Lin Shaye is a genre regular and the sister of former New Line Cinema president Robert Shaye. Her legendary status was solidified in the 2010s for playing the part of psychic investigator Elise Rainier in the Insidious film series.
  • Actor & stunt performer Kane Hodder makes a cameo appearance in this film as one of the ghosts of Pleasant Valley. Known as a horror icon, Hodder has appeared in many genre works, but is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four of the post-Paramount Friday the 13th films.
  • Actor Bill McKinney, who plays the chef in 2001 Maniacs, is known for playing one of the antagonist mountain men from the 1972 film Deliverance. This film borrows heavily from the tropes established in that movie.
  • Director Tim Sullivan makes a cameo appearance in the film as the coffin maker, Coffin Harry.
  • Producer Scott Spiegel appears in the film as a strolling minstrel.
  • American country music singer Travis Tritt makes an appearance in the film as a gas station attendant who cryptically warns the motorists that they will be "...pushing daisies by midnight".
  • 2001 Maniacs is not the only horror movie remake released in 2005. Also this year were remakes to The Amityville Horror, The Fog, House of Wax and King Kong.
  • Allegedly, Eli Roth's character at the beginning of the film, Justin, is the same character from 2002's Cabin Fever, which Eli Roth directed. Roth is credited as David Kaufbird in this capacity in the film.


Appearances

Protagonists

  • Anderson Lee
  • Cory
  • Joey
  • Kat
  • Leah
  • Malcolm
  • Nelson
  • Ricky

Antagonists

  • Glendora
  • Granny Boone
  • Harper Alexander
  • Hucklebilly
  • Lester
  • Mayor Buckman
  • Milk Maiden
  • Peaches
  • Rufus

Recommendations

Psycho-Thrillers

External Links

References

  1. IMDB; 2001 Maniacs (2005); Box office & business; Budget
  2. IMDB; 2001 Maniacs (2005); Box office & business; Filming dates
  3. Blu-ray.com; 2001 Maniacs Blu-ray. Lionsgate Films, 2005.
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