History Film / TwoThousandManiacs

* EvenEvilHasStandards: PlayedForLaughs in the remake; Mayor Buckman has no problem slaughtering and cannibalizing Yankees, but he's definitely more than a bit concerned about his son Lester's "relationship" with Jessabelle... [[BestialityIsDepraved who happens to be a sheep]].

* AnachronismStew: Georgia was a state in the Confederacy, and that's about the only historically accurate part of this movie. In spite of being [[spoiler:Civil War-era ghosts]], the townspeople all dress in modern (1960s) clothing and hairstyles and have no issue acclimating to modern technology. They even use the wrong flag for the Confederacy, and call themselves "Southerners" as opposed to the period-correct "Southerons". Amusingly, the town where the film was shot (St. Cloud, Florida) was founded in 1909, more than four decades after the Civil War -- and what's more, it was originally developed as a retirement community for ''Union'' war veterans.

The name of the alternative rock band Music/TenThousandManiacs is a ShoutOut to this film, as is the title of Creator/JohnWaters' film ''Multiple Maniacs''.

''Two Thousand Maniacs!'' is a 1964 American [[{{Gorn}} splatter horror]] film written and directed by Creator/HerschellGordonLewis. The second entry in his informal "Blood Trilogy" ThematicSeries, following ''Film/BloodFeast'' and followed by ''Film/ColorMeBloodRed'', it is known for its scenes of full-color gore and torture, which – along with its BMovie quality direction and acting – have earned the movie a cult following.

* AnswerCut: A rather odd version. After the "guests of honor" have been checked in to their hotel rooms, two of them make comments that are answered by a pair of locals, despite the latter being outside on the street and seemingly unable to hear the former.

Six Yankee tourists are lured into the quaint Southern town of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Pleasant Valley]], where they're selected as the "guests of honor" for the town's centennial celebration. They quickly discover, however, that the festivities are nothing like they expected, as they are forced to take part in a series of extremely violent and gory games.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Pleasant Valley slaughters Yankees every year for their festival.

** [[spoiler: Curiously in the remake the townsfolk express no prejudice towards their fellow ghosts who are Black. Not only treating them like equals, but even celebrating the birth of a mixed race child(to a white woman and her former slave no less.) This is actually explained in Field of Screams, Crow explains that when the Union Troops destroyed the town they killed everyone even the slaves. This collective trauma caused a new identity to form based on the experience that overpowered the previous racial and social order. Now, Black Americans who are not their fellow ghosts...]]

Six Yankee tourists are lured into the quaint Southern town of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Pleasant Valley]], invited as the guests of honor in a centennial commemoration of the day [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Union troops]] destroyed the town. They soon discover, however, that the festivities are nothing like they expected, as they are forced to take part in a series of extremely violent and gory games.

''Two Thousand Maniacs!'' was [[TheRemake remade]] by writer-director Tim Sullivan in 2005 as ''2001 Maniacs'', starring Creator/RobertEnglund and Creator/LinShaye, with Creator/PeterStormare appearing in a minor role. A direct-to-video sequel, entitled ''2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (and [[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Robert Englund with Creator/BillMoseley), was released in 2010. It had the townspeople going on a road trip – due to the fact that there weren't enough fresh Yankees coming into town for them to kill – and coincidentally running into the cast of a {{reality show}}, centered around [[RichBitch wealthy socialites]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Rome and Tina Sheraton]].

* DeepSouth: The film is set in a U.S. Southern town and the townspeople exhibit many of the stereotypes. Rednecks and prairies as far as the eye can see.

* AFeteWorseThanDeath: The protagonists are ostensibly the guests of honor for a centennial festival commemorating the Union troops taking the town.

* AnachronismStew: Georgia was a state in the Confederacy, and that's about the only historically accurate part of this movie. The cast all dress in modern(1960's) clothing and hairstyles and have no issue acclimating to modern technology. They even use the wrong flag for the Confederacy, and call themselves Southerners as opposed to the period correct Southerons. Humorously the town where the film was shot, St. Cloud Florida, also was built after the Civil War.
** Averted in the remake in which everything is almost painstakingly period accurate, except Mayor Buckman's Confederate Flag eye-patch. The crew borrowed all the buildings, clothing and props from Westville Georgia. A town built explicitly as a Civil War historical tourist attraction ala Colonial Williamsburg. Some of the items featured in the movie are even from the actual civil war!

* AFeteWorseThanDeath: The protagonists are ostensibly the guests of honor for a holiday celebrating the Union troops taking the town.
* {{Fingore}}: Harper lures Bea out to the woods and cuts her thumb off before dragging her to the mayors office, the medical fees quite literally costing her AnArmAndALeg.

''Two Thousand Maniacs!'' was remade in 2005 as ''2001 Maniacs'', starring Creator/RobertEnglund and Creator/LinShaye, with Creator/PeterStormare appearing in a minor role. A direct-to-video sequel, entitled ''2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (and [[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Robert Englund with Creator/BillMoseley), was released in 2010. It had the townspeople going on a road trip due to the fact that there weren't enough fresh Yankees coming into town for them to kill, and coincidentally running into the cast of a TV {{reality show}} centered around [[RichBitch wealthy socialites]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Rome and Tina Sheraton]].

''Two Thousand Maniacs!'' (1964) is a low budget [[{{Gorn}} splatter]] {{horror}} {{film}} written and directed by Creator/HerschellGordonLewis. It is the second part of the informal "Blood Trilogy", following ''Film/BloodFeast'' and followed by ''Film/ColorMeBloodRed''. It is known for its scenes of full-color gore and torture, which together with its BMovie quality direction and acting earned the film a cult following.

Six Yankee tourists are lured into the quaint southern town of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Pleasant Valley]], invited to be the guests of honor in a centennial celebration of the day [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Union troops]] destroyed the town. They soon discover, however, that the festivities are nothing like they expected, as they are forced to take part in a series of extremely violent and gory games.

''Two Thousand Maniacs!'' was remade in 2005 as ''2001 Maniacs'', starring Creator/RobertEnglund and Creator/LinShaye, with Creator/PeterStormare appearing in a minor role. A direct-to-video sequel, entitled ''2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' ([[TheOtherDarrin which replaces Robert Englund with]] Creator/BillMoseley), was released in 2010. It had the town going on a road trip due to the fact that there weren't enough fresh Yankees coming into town for them to kill, and coincidentally running into the cast of a reality show centered around [[RichBitch wealthy socialites]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Rome and Tina Sheraton]].

* ExcitedShowTitle: Just look at that exclamation point!

%% * FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Joey]] in the remake. [[spoiler: Rome & Tina]] in ''Field of Screams''. [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll Not that anyone survives.]]]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:In the remake, none of the protagonists survive]].

* AnachronismStew: Georgia is a state in the South, and that's about the only historically accurate part of this movie. The cast all dress in modern(1960's) clothing and hairstyles and have no issue acclimating to modern technology. They even use the wrong flag for the Confederacy, and call themselves Southerners as opposed to the period correct Southerons. Humorously the town where the film was shot, St. Cloud Florida, also was built after the Civil War.
** Averted in the remake in which everything is almost painstakingly period accurate, except Mayor Buckman's Confederate Flag eye-patch. That flag didn't exist until after the Civil War, but it's implied the townsfolk have been incorporating elements of PopularHistory to make their story more believable.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Played with in the remakes as Mayor Buckman doesn't want to kill Justin. Primarily as Justin is also a Southerner and thus "one of them." But also as a Southerner he won't count towards the total. The sequel actually states only people from the Northern United States count, Americans from anywhere else, even Mexican Americans, don't count.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: Bea is killed when a few townflok hold her down on a desk and one of them chops her arm off with an axe. The rest of her limbs are chopped off off-screen and her torso is seen being roasted on a spit.

* AntagonistTitle: The protagonist is named Tom. The two thousand maniacs refers to the population of the town which terrorize Tom and his friends.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: For the original film. Despite the town having been destroyed and it's residents slaughtered in 1865, not only does the town have paved roads, electricity, streetlamps, modern road signs and even an auto repair shop, it's residents have inexplicable knowledge of and accustomation to how to use modern-day electric devices such as phones and radios, the existence of Major League Baseball, fashions of the then-present time and even up-to-date magazines. Not only that but at least a few of them even know how to repair and operate cars as evidenced by the final two survivors being pursued by a few residents in a rusty pickup.
** The remake averts this wholesale; the town and it's residents look like they came straight out of an episode of Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie

* BestialityIsDepraved: Lester in the remake. His “darlin’” Jessabelle is a sheep.

%% * DeepSouth: The film is set in a southern town and the townspeople exhibit many of the stereotypes.
* DepravedHomosexual: Rufus in the remake is hinted to be one.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: PlayedForLaughs in the remake; Mayor Buckman has no problem slaughtering and cannibalizing Yankees, but he’s definitely more than a bit concerned about his son Lester’s “relationship” with Jessabelle... [[BestialityIsDepraved who happens to be a sheep]].

* {{Fingore}} Harper lures Bea out to the woods and cuts her thumb off before dragging her to the mayors office, the medical fees quiite literally costing her AnArmAndALeg.
%% * FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Joey]] in the remake. [[spoiler: Rome & Tina]] in Field of Screams. [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll Not that anyone survives.]]]]

%% * {{Politically Incorrect Villain}}s: Considering the antagonists are not only white American Southerners, but Civil War-era white American Southerners, this trope is milked for all it's worth.
%% * RoadSignReversal: The diversion sign with which it all starts.
%% * TheSavageSouth: It's hard to call these proud southerners "civilized".
%% * SoundtrackDissonance: The original's main theme is a sprightly bluegrass number.
* TeamTitle

* TownWithADarkSecret: Pleasant Valley [[spoiler:slaughters Yankees every year]] for their festival.

%% * VanishingVillage: Pleasant Valley.

* AntagonistTitle: The protagonist is named Tom. The two thousand maniacs refers to the population of the town which terrorize Ton and his friends.

* TheBadGuyWins: At the remake's end all the tourists diverted into the town have been killed.

** In the remake, [[spoiler: the gay character dies [[CruelAndUnusualDeath in a cruel and sadistic manner]], but not without a hint of dark irony. He's bent over a table and has a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice giant skewer]] [[AssShove shoved up his rear]] until it comes out of his mouth. The old woman tasting the blood is bad enough, but if you look closely [[{{Squick}} you can see bits of corn on the tip of the skewer.]] He had just been having a picnic minutes ago.]]
** In the remake's sequel, [[spoiler: a gay guy [[ShoutOut has his]] [[Film/BrokebackMountain back broken.]] The lesbian producer has her face shoved into another woman's "pootch box" which proceeds to rip her face off.]]

%% * TooDumbToLive: Rome and Tina in ''Field of Screams''. Strangely, they're the {{Final Girl}}s. [[spoiler:Or not -- they get splattered by Huck's truck at the end.]]

* AntagonistTitle: Tom is the protagonist; the maniacs are the antagonists.

* TheBadGuyWins: At the original film's end all the tourists diverted into the town have been killed and two of the inhabitants talk eagerly about what it might be like when they return to the world a hundred years hence.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:In all three films, none of the protagonists survive]].