2001 Maniacs

One little gem of a survivor movie is the 2005 flop 2001 Maniacs. When I first saw 2001 Maniacs I quite enjoyed it. However, upon rewatching it recently to refresh my memory I realized that the movie is quite bad! The acting is far below average, the comedy is very American Pie-ish, and there isn't really any horror value. I can objectively take a step back and admit that this movie is pretty bad. But there's something about it that's endearing to me that I can't really explain (and no, it's not all the gratuitous nudity).

Synopsis: On the way to spring break, a group of college kids takes a detour through an old Southern town. The people of Pleasant Valley insist the kids stay for their annual barbecue celebration...but instead of getting a taste of the old South, the old South gets a taste of them!

That's a very cheesey synopsis. I can reword it to make the movie actually seem more interesting - without even making stuff up - this is actually what happens:

Better Synopsis: On the way down south for spring break, a group of college kids get lost and stumble upon, what appears to be, a Civil War re-enactment attraction. What they don't realize is that they are at an abandoned grave site for a small Southern town whose inhabitants were all slaughtered by the North during the Civil War. The supernatural locals take revenge upon the college yankees and will not let them leave alive.

My synopsis is a bit more spoilerish and could use some grammatical polishing but I think it sounds more interesting. If you like crude, racial and sexual humor (and can stomach awfully bad acting) then 2001 Maniacs may be up your alley. I will also say this movie is great for the methods in which the victims get killed!

Yankees:

Anderson Lee (Jay Gillespie)
"Ever hear of a 60 second romance? Got a minute?"




Nelson (Dylan Edrington)
"Did I ever tell you how much I LOVE civil war attractions?"




Cory (Matthew Carey)
"It was so wrong bro, but soo right. Southern style!"



Kat (Gina Marie Heekin)
"I'm Kat, as in pussy"



Joey (Marla Malcolm)
"Whenever you're finished you can come up for air."




Ricky (Brian Gross)
"You know what the only difference between a frat boy and a gay boy is? A 6 pack of beer."




Malcolm (Mushond Lee)
"When was the last time you been somewhere where there's no electricity, water, cable, or hot black bitches?"



Leah (Bianca Smith)
"I feel like we're at a confederate frat party"




Who dies and how (click)

First Victim: Kat. A southern boy gets kinky with Kat and ties her limbs to four horses. Whip, snap and splat her limbs get yanked off in each direction.


Second Victim: Nelson. Forced to drink some moonshine that is actually acid.



Third Victim: Leah. During a hoe-down, Granny Boone drops a giant bell on the "China woman"


Fourth Victim: Ricky. The bisexual yankee gets a spear rammed up his ass.



Fifth Victim: Cory. A southern belle (with jaws) performs some deadly oral on him.


Sixth Victim: Malcolm. Squished to death in a cotton press.



Final Victims: Anderson and Joey. They manage to escape on Malcolm's bike, but one last trap ends up slicing their heads off.


Survivors: None