Two Thousand Maniacs!

Two Thousand Maniacs!
Film poster
Directed byHerschell Gordon Lewis
Written byHerschell Gordon Lewis
Produced byDavid F. Friedman
Starring
CinematographyHerschell Gordon Lewis
Edited byRobert Sinise
Music byHerschell Gordon Lewis
Production
company
David F. Friedman-Herschell G. Lewis Production
Distributed byBox Office Spectaculars
Release date
  • March 20, 1964 (1964-03-20)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States

Two Thousand Maniacs! is a 1964 American horror film written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis and starring 1963 Playboy Playmate Connie Mason. It follows a group of Northern tourists who are savagely tortured and murdered during a Confederate celebration of a small Southern community's centennial.

The film has been noted by critics as an early example of hicksploitation in exploitation films, as well as for its sensationalizing of national perceptions between the North and South. The film was remade in 2005 as 2001 Maniacs. The story of the film was inspired by the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon.