They run through a nearby swamp, where Harper gets stuck in a pool of quicksand and apparently sinks to his death. Meanwhile, Tom and Terry attempt to sneak out of the hotel, but Harper sees them and gives chase. Beverly is forcibly tied down to the platform and the crowd take turns throwing rocks at the target, before Lester eventually manages to hit the target, releasing the boulder and causing it to crush Beverly to death. Later, Lester brings Beverly to the town square to be the judge for the next event a dunk tank-esque attraction, but one which has a boulder instead of a water tank. Rufus and another man force David into a barrel, which Mayor Buckman hammers nails into before rolling it down the hill, killing David. The next morning, Betsy takes David to a gathering on a hill near the lake. After Harper escorts the couple back to the hotel, the townspeople surround John and tie both his arms and legs to four horses that are sent running in different directions, dismembering him. Meanwhile, back at the festivities, Harper's girlfriend Betsy gets Bea's husband John drunk on moonshine while the final two tourists, David and Beverly Wells, secretly watch. ![]() Buckman, Rufus, and Lester spot Tom and Terry and chase after them, but the couple manages to escape. They realize that this "centennial" is really an act of revenge for the destruction of the town one hundred years ago, and that they and the other tourists are the intended victims. During a barbecue later that night (where, unbeknownst to the tourists, Bea's arm is being slowly spit-roasted), Tom quietly leads Terry away to a plaque he found in the woods, which states that a group of renegade Union soldiers massacred much of the Pleasant Valley townsfolk near the end of the Civil War in 1865. Meanwhile, two other tourists, Tom White and his girlfriend Terry Adams, begin growing suspicions about the town. As the other three hold her down, Rufus hacks off her arm with an axe, killing her. Bea is then accosted by Buckman, Rufus, and Lester. She accepts the invitation and he leads her into the woods nearby, where he suddenly takes out a knife and cuts off one of her fingers. That night, while one of the tourists, Bea Miller, is alone in her hotel room, she gets a call from local store owner Harper, who invites her to take a walk with him. The mayor promises to provide the tourists complimentary hotel rooms, free food and entertainment throughout the celebration, and the visitors decide to go along with it. ![]() The tourists are invited to be "guests of honour" for their centennial celebration being held over the weekend. Upon their arrival, they are warmly welcomed by the townsfolk, and are introduced to some of them, including Rufus, Lester, and town mayor Earl Buckman. In 1965, two rednecks named Rufus and Lester use detour signs to lure six young tourists into their rural town of Pleasant Valley, Georgia. The story of the film was inspired by the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon. The film was remade in 2005 as 2001 Maniacs. The film has been noted by critics as an early example of hicksploitation in grindhouse films, as well as for its sensationalizing of national perceptions between the North and South. It follows a group of Northern tourists who are savagely tortured and murdered during a Confederate celebration of a small Southern community's centennial. Two Thousand Maniacs! is a 1964 American horror film written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis and starring 1963 Playboy Playmate Connie Mason.
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