Halloween horror marathon: Two Thousand Maniacs

poster-2000maniacsThe Herschel Gordon Lewis gore-fest that is Two Thousand Maniacs is a movie that can only be described as “slimy.” The mayor, the townsfolk, all the characters – even the Yankees – are all two-faced individuals, quick to deceive.

Granted, it’s because the mayor and townsfolk are the angry spirits of a hamlet slaughtered by Northern soldiers during the Civil War, bent on vengeance. Don’t worry: this revelation spoils nothing. If anything, it makes the shrill cackling and maniacal laughter at every bad joke and unsubtle double entendre in the movie’s early moments easier to take.
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