Excellent, a Must See

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I watched this for the first time, the remake of The Godfather Of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis classic from the 60s which was directed by Tim Sullivan, written by Sullivan and Chris Kobin. Eli Roth, Scott Spiegel and Boaz Yakin are some of the producers of this film. It stars Horror Legend and my favorite, Mr. Robert Englund, as Mayor Buckman along with Lin Shaye, Jay Gillespie, Marla Malcolm, Giuseppe Andrews, and others. Tim Sullivan, Eli Roth and Scott Spiegel also had roles. I was surprised to see Kane Hodder and Danny Hicks as additional maniacs. Robert Englund is known for Freddy Krueger in the Elm Street franchise and all of the other characters he has played, he truly is a King whether its a small role or a large one. He's the best because of what he brings to the screen. Lin Shaye is incredible and frightening. The rest of the cast did an amazing job too. The special effects are very well done, there were awesome brutal gory deaths. Where there's sex, there's also violence. "Sex Kills," like Mr. Sullivan says. It also has scares, and comedy with great dialogues. It is a hell of a fun good gory ride. I love this movie and I would kill to watch it again. Welcome To Pleasant Valley, Feast Your Eyes On Babes & Barbecues, where The South Is Gonna Rise Again!!! Hell Yeah!!!

I probably could list 2001 reasons not to watch this movie but that would be exhausting.This is the second Eli Roth directed movie I've seen with the first being Cabin Fever. To this point I'm not impressed. The only thing 2001 Maniacs had going for it was Robert Englund and even he didn't do much to eliminate the B rating of this film.A group of young people get stuck in a little hick town and are killed one by one in horrific fashion. Even with that, the movie was more of a horror comedy (or comedy horror, not sure which is first). Much of the movie takes place in the day time which always has less of a horror feel to it. Furthermore, the way some of the unwilling hosts were killed was so absurd it had to be for laughs. I was working the night shift, I needed to stay awake, this was on. That's all I can say.

Just not with good results. This is a remake of the Gordon Herschell Lewis splatter film, 2000 Maniacs. And it's not an improvement.The 1964 version had some plausibility. This one the characters should have run screaming almost immediately, but I guess it's because we've had so many "Killer Rural People" movies since 1964, the Cliché hadn't been worn out yet.So the kills and the sex are more graphic, so that's something. Also, they outright say the ghosts are cannibals, something they only hinted at in the other movie.There's also a point where one of the victims is crushed just like the gal in the 1964 version. Except in this one, she supposed to be Chinese and the make a racist joke about eating her remains. Except the girl didn't even look remotely Asian. She was just some loser from a reality show trying to be an actress and failing. I mean, if you are going to insert a racist joke in your movie, at least get the casting right. (Or you could just avoid the racist joke, because it just wasn't funny. Neither were repeated bestiality jokes.) Okay, then we get to Robert Englund. Got to feel sorry for Robert, Freddie Krueger ruined his life. People forgot he could act. Here he's making a maudlin effort with bad material.

It really bugs me when a movie like this comes out that is obviously not trying to be "scary" or use state-of-the-art effects and someone HAS to comment on how bad it was with remarks like "This movie was not scary at all" or "the effects were so cheap and fake". That's exactly what this movie was going for, it's a horror movie, it's supposed to be horrible! The plot, I will admit was clichéd, preppy city kids headed to the beach get caught up with a bunch of Confederate cannibal hicks. Heard that or a variation of it before. But the movie has tons of gore and some good nudity thrown in to keep things interesting as well. It slows down a bit towards the end but it was still able to keep my attention. Did I mention that it is REALLY gory? I think the only reason this movie managed to avoid being "unrated" (which sometimes means nothing nowadays) was because the gore was so ridiculous and over the top. Watch Cabin Fever, Waxwork 2, or Slither, you'll see what I'm talking about. Quartering, impalement, acid-drinking, pressurized eye-popping, blood spurting and such. Come on. When's the last time you saw someone get drawn and quartered in a horror film? The make-up effects department gets really creative on this one. Watch this alone or with someone who "gets" it. Watch it with someone who enjoys movies like the re-make of "The Hills Have Eyes" or "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and more than likely you will hear one of the comments mentioned above.