2001 Maniacs (2005)

Truly Dreadful Film

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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.

'2001 Maniacs.' You could sort of leave the review there. If the title alone doesn't tell you everything you'll need to know about the film then nothing will. It's a film like 'Snakes on the Plane' where you should know whether you'll like it or not before you even sit down. Basically, it's a pretty ludicrous premise – a handful of those annoyingly good-looking American teens end up in the wrong town at the wrong town where – guess what – they come a cropper up against 2001 complete nut-jobs.The stars, i.e. those we're supposed to root for, are pretty run-of-the-mill. They're basically there to be dismembered in as many gruesome ways possible. The real stars are the people we hope we never have to meet (and yet still enjoy seeing on screen). The town is filled by Americans from the 'North versus South' era of U.S. history and they're not too pleased with the way the war turned out. Therefore, now led by the ever excellent (and possibly insane) Robert Englund and Lin Shaye, they're looking to reap revenge on those stuck-up 'Northerners.' It's effectively a slasher film, only the town is basically one great home to slashers. You don't watch this sort of film for its character development or deep and meaningful story arcs. You watch it because it's daft and silly (and pretty damn gory – it does have some pretty inventive death scenes). If you're into your gore-fests then you'll probably enjoy it simply on Englund and Shaye's performances alone.Just put your brain on hold and appreciate it for being a very low-brow and completely twisted piece of entertainment. But, whatever you do, don't go near the sequel. This is one film that's best left on its own.

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.

I had the… fun of watching a very campy movie known as "2001 Maniacs," which I guess was a remake of the '64 movie "Ten Thousand Maniacs." It's really about a group of college kids that travel to a small southern town for spring break only to find out that everybody that inhabits this town are psychopathic cannibals. I don't know where to begin with this review.First off, there were a lot of bloody effects and it was pretty gory. I enjoyed this, and some of the strategies used to 'off' the characters were pretty gruesome. The main problem that I had with this movie was that the horror and gore aspect of the film is overshadowed by the slapstick comedy, the crude redneck humor the terrible puns. Most people would find some of the puns funny but I found them campy and unnecessary and it was so over the top.What I found a little displeasing was how they viewed Southerners: there is a retarded kid that likes to kill cats, a young man who wants to have sex with a sheep, inbred sisters, a dumbfounded black man and everybody seems talks in stereotypical southern lingo. I am from the south so I am a little iffy on that but I can overlook it.This movie wants to be a horror comedy but it failed as a horror movie and I can only consider it as a comedy. Sure there is gore, some scares and a lot of deaths and cannibalism but I found myself laughing over ridiculous actions. The movie, of course for sex appeal, it littered with gorgeous girls who serve no purpose but as eye candy. I have not seen the original one, I might have to so that I can compare them… but I could still watch this movie again and find it appealing as a dark comedy, but I cannot say that this is everything a horror is. If you like "Dead Alive," "The Frighteners" or even "Shaun of the Dead" then you might like this movie.