2001 Maniacs

Plot 10 out of 20
An oddly assembled group of young people are detoured through a hillbilly infested town called Pleasant Valley, just in time for the Guts and Glory Festival. 3 college slackers, 2 sorority chicks and their gay friend, and a black biker and his Chinese girldfriend. Racial jokes abound. As the evening progresses, and members of the group start to disappear, you realize that the good citizens of Pleasant Valley are bloodthirsty cannibals, with an imagination ripe for mutilation.

One by one, the kids are slaughtered, butchered, and consumed, in the usual order, from slut to "hero", until the usual suspects escape. Or do they?

Big Bad 15 out of 20
This is purely FUN! Confederate, cannibal, hillbillies. Generally, hillbillies scare the crap out of me. These hillbillies are hilarious (especially the kid that keeps losing his pants while chasing his pet sheep), and slightly lovable, it their horrible way.

Hero 1 out of 20
The good ol' Southern Boy that saves his girlfriend and escapes, was pathetic to the end.

Effects 10 out of 20
The disemboweled armadillo was amusing. Watching "Miss Pussy" get drawn and quartered in the first 30 minutes of the flick was AWESOME!! The Milkmaid's special "moonshine" led to a horrible death. I don't know if my favorite part was when they juiced the black guy, or the metal-mouthed blow-job. The effects were your run-of-the-mill, B-move gushers, but so much fun, they were forgivable. The eyeball full of maggots was the worst.

Bonus 20 out of 20
A reappearance (prelude?) of/to Grim and his dog Dr. Mambo! Robert Englund as the crazy confederate mayor!! The return of Giuseppe Andrews as the tortured Southern poet type? Mega points for the minstrals. And the end? Perfection!!

Total Points 56 out of 100

Final Judgement Worth It
Well worth it! Rent it!! Watch it!! Love it!! I plan on buying it. This is one of those little known gems of the genre.