Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1964
Running Times: 83 mins (UK - cut version)     87 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     16mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Friedman-Lewis Productions Inc
Producer: David F. Friedman
Production Manager: Andy Romanoff
Unit Manager: Jerome Eden

SCRIPT
Script: Herschell Gordon Lewis

DIRECTION
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Electrician: Lorin D. Hall
Lab: DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Robert Sinise

MUSIC
Music: Larry Wellington
Songs: Herschell Gordon Lewis (Rebel Yell (The South's Gonna Rise Again)); Lester Flatt (Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms)
Song Performed By: Herschell Gordon Lewis (Rebel Yell (The South's Gonna Rise Again)); The Pleasant Valley Boys (Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Old Joe Clark; Dixie)
Musical Director: Charles Scott

SOUND
Sound Recordist: David F. Friedman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Henry Lieberg

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: David F. Friedman
Carpenter: Lorin D. Hall

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Gretchen Blank
Production Assistant: David Guilbert
Crew Chief: Harry Kerwin

LOCATIONS
Locations: St. Cloud, Florida, USA

CAST
Thomas Wood (real name: William Kerwin) (Tom White)
Connie Mason (Terry Adams)
Jeffrey Allen (Mayor Buckman)
Ben Moore (Lester)
Gary Bakeman (Rufe)
Jerome Eden (John Miller)
Shelby Livingston (Bea Miller)
Michael Korb (David Wells)
Yvonne Gilbert (Beverly Wells)
Mark Douglas (Harper)
Linda Cochran (Betsy)
Vincent Santo (Billy)
Andy Wilson (policeman)
Candi Conder (switchboard operator)
The Pleasant Valley Boys (themselves)

PLOT SUMMARY

Six tourists find themselves in the southern town of Pleasant Valley where the locals seem friendly in a little overbearing. They're reluctantly made guests of honour in the town's centennial celebration. But the town is not what it seems and violent, bloody deaths await the tourists as the townspeople seek revenge for a 100 year old atrocity...

AVAILABILITY

Australia
DVD Distributors: Siren Visual Entertainment

Greece
Video Distributors: Art House

Spain
DVD Distributors: Manga Films S.L.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Box Office Spectaculars
Video Distributors: Comet Video; Force Video; Something Weird Video
DVD Distributors: Something Weird Video; Image Entertainment (ID 5998 SWDVD - Special Edition)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: K-18

France
Rating: -18

New Zealand
Rating: R16

Spain
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: unrated

TIMELINE

1963
October
Day Unknown: USA - filming begins

1964
March
20: USA - theatrical release

2000
February
22: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 5998 SWDVD - Special Edition))

2002
February
2: UK - television broadcast (on Film Four)

POSTER TAGS

An Entire Town Bathed In Pulsing Human Blood! Madmen Crazed For Carnage!

Brutal... Evil... Ghastly Beyond Belief!

Gruesomely Stained In Blood Color!

A town of madmen crazed for carnage!

The Most Diabolical Device Ever Contrived... Designed Solely for Carnage by a Town of Madmen Crazed with BLOOD LUST!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

2,000 Maniacs
2000 maníacos - Spanish title
2000 maniaques - France title
Centennial - working title
Deux mille maniaques - France title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Blood Trilogy Outtakes (1996)
Extra Weird (2003)
Film House Fever (1986)
Filmgore (1983)
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987)
Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985)
Terror on Tape (1983)

REMAKE
2001 Maniacs (2005)

KEYWORDS

american civil war, celebrations, centennials, confederacy, dismemberment, ghosts, gore, mayors, rednecks, revenge, splatter, tongues, torture, twist endings

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009