subject: 2001 Maniacs: A Movie Review- A Something Different [print this page] Cast: Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews, Jay Gillespie, Marla Malcolm, Matthew Carey, Dylan Edrington, Mushond Lee, Bianca Smith, Brian uncivilized, Gina Marie Heekin, Adam Robitel, Brendan McCarthy, Christa Campbell, Wendy Kremer, Kane Hodder.
My Thoughts:Predictable
Review: "2001 Maniacs" is expected to be a restructure of Herschell Gordon Lewis' "Two Thousand Maniacs". While I suffer not at all seen to picture, the drawback with "2001 Maniacs" is to it's too predictable. .
The story follows 2 separate groups of offspring colonize who are headed to Daytona Beach Fl. On behalf of spring break. Unfortunately they roll up across a indirect route sign in the road and as in the least profit horror fan knows, "Detour" cryptogram constantly mean "danger" in a horror picture. Before they know it, both groups of adolescence suffer stumbled ahead a hick town called "Pleasant Valley", everyplace the colonize albeit different as a nightmare, seem friendly as much as necessary. Soon one more handful of offspring colonize arrive into town, a black guy named Malcolm and his asian girlfriend Kat.
The citizens of Pleasant Valley meet all of the northern offspring people their guests of honor and ravage refusal measure in presentation a little smidgen of southern hospitality. But soon certain of the offspring northern travelers inaugurate to disappear, and it becomes evident to all may perhaps not be could you repeat that? It seems with the so called profit people of Pleasant Valley who behind the unsuspecting northerners backs, are planning a massive "Feast"...Accurately. "2001 Maniacs" offers up a profit subplot which explains the towns hasty emergence impossible of nowhere. It seems back at some stage in the civil war a put together of betrayer northern soldiers wiped impossible the full town of Pleasant Valley, all 2001 of it's citizens in truth.
Now they suffer roll up back on behalf of revenge adjacent to the north, on the same daytime their town was desecrated all of folks years back refusal a lesser amount of, and it's made obvious untimely on to these northern travelers are in on behalf of certain bad epoch. However...It takes the travelers a jiffy to realize it and the question becomes, will they be able to place 2 and 2 jointly earlier it's too after everything else? While "2001 Maniacs" certainly delivers in the blood, spike, and overall splatterfest district...The film lacks an ora of mystery and telegraphs itself way too untimely. Everything happens the way you would expect it to up until the purpose, everyplace a little smidgen of creativity is publicized while the go on two survivors are thrown into a fight on behalf of their lives. The kills are pretty creative but you can pretty much numeral impossible who's disappearing to pack up and in could you repeat that? Order which promote enhances this films predictable nature. The colonize of Pleasant Valley themselves are an exasperating bunch, even the very charismatic girls in the town are throbbing to watch while they start chatting.
The southern stereotypes from beastiality jokes, incest jokes, and emphatically overall southerners being disturbingly funny jokes are all on top of the place in this picture. And that's could you repeat that? Kills a good number of the fun. It would've been a trivial cash of pace to suffer the people of Pleasant Valley disagree in qualities pretty than having every one solitary take effect the same as the other. The adolescence of the picture are portrayed a little smidgen better. While we acquire the usual put together of guys impossible to acquire laid, we in addition acquire a guy with two female links who has a massive twist practical to his character afterward in the picture. You'll suffer to date it on behalf of by hand but take my word on behalf of it it's pretty funny, and we acquire the interracial connect in which the black guy is a biker and digs Led Zepplin...Which pretty much is the ultimate in creating an outside the box character.
Robert Englund gives a profit performance as Mayor Buckman of Pleasant Valley which is rivaled lone by Lin Shaye as Granny Boone. But even the two of them can't fully meet up on behalf of the breather of the actors who portrayed Pleasant Valley citizens in a very subpar comportment. "2001 Maniacs" does suffer it's profit points in addition, and director Tim Sullivan who in addition co-wrote the film with penner Chris Kobin - really knew how to meet this a "horror movie". No exasperating slash aways or shortening of scenes to get around presentation too much blood on screen. No we acquire the round deal now which includes body crushing, mutilations, eyeballs popping impossible of their sockets, death by acid, and two others kills which are even more twisted than folks I emphatically mentioned. I emphatically craving they had surrounded all of this intense blood, spike, and mayhem with certain better villains.
While I attention Englund was a intense crook as Mayor Buckman, the other baddies were either portrayed by bad actors or were emphatically too exasperating to be cool villains. Now you may perhaps say for the reason that I'm a northern guy I don't link up with the intact southern qualities object, which is why I didn't forethought on behalf of a good number of the crook typeset. But on the flipside of to I attention the Firefly clan in "House of 1000 Corpses" which was yet one more psycho redneck flick, were remarkable villains. But they were much more hardcore than the Pleasant Valley folk, who came sour to me as emphatically a little smidgen too cornball and not serious as much as necessary to meet them profit villains.
Pros: Creative kills, blood and spike be plentiful, the northern travelers were likeable on behalf of the a good number part. The films final take effect which includes a showdown stuck between the two survivors and Mayor Buckman and the citizens of Pleasant Valley was remarkable. Lin Shaye gives a profit performance as Granny Boone despite inadequate screen measure.
Cons: With the exception of Robert Englund as Mayor Buckman The villains weren't badass as much as necessary, and like I confirmed in the re-evaluate everything is spelled impossible to the viewer too quickly as to could you repeat that? Will go off to these kids and how. I in addition did not like the finale and the series of dealings which advantage up to the films final finale not here me shaking my head.
Overall: Average horror picture to has a not many items which save it from being a totality ravage of measure. Worth a rental while it hits dvd stalk 28th.
by: Abhik
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