Redneck Zombies
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Redneck Zombies is a 1987
very low budget independent horror comedy trash film directed by Pericles Lewnes and released by Troma Entertainment
.
dirtfarmers turn a misplaced barrell of chemical waste into a whiskey still
, going blind is the least of their worries as the toxic moonshine turns them into REDNECK ZOMBIES! Now they're ready to invite a group of wayward yankees to a down-home feast of southern-fried gore and mayhem that will turn your stomach and tickle your funny bone!
The title of the film was once used as an answer to a question in an 1980s edition of Trivial Pursuit
, the question being "What film has the tagline 'They're Tobacco Chewin', Gut Chompin', Cannibal Kinfolk from Hell! '"
Director Pericles Lewnes went on to work as a special effects supervisor on several other Troma productions, including The Toxic Avenger Part II
, The Toxic Avenger Part III, and Troma's War
, as well as Shatter Dead
.
and DVD
by Troma Entertainment
. A new 20th anniversary edition of the film was released on DVD January 27, 2009. It includes the never before released soundtrack on CD.
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
very low budget independent horror comedy trash film directed by Pericles Lewnes and released by Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974.The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce...
.
Plot
When a clan of hillbillyHillbilly
Hillbilly is a term referring to certain people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia but also the Ozarks. Owing to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of...
dirtfarmers turn a misplaced barrell of chemical waste into a whiskey still
Still
A still is a permanent apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor...
, going blind is the least of their worries as the toxic moonshine turns them into REDNECK ZOMBIES! Now they're ready to invite a group of wayward yankees to a down-home feast of southern-fried gore and mayhem that will turn your stomach and tickle your funny bone!
Cast
- Lisa M. DeHaven as Lisa Dubois
- James H. Housely as Wilbur
- Martin J. Wolfman as Andy
- Boo Teasedale as Sally
- Anthony Burlington-Smith as Bob
- Darla Deans as Theresa
- Joe Benson as Hoss (The Dog)
- Bucky Santini as Ferd Mertz
- William E. Benson as Jed (Pa) Clemson (as W.E. Benson)
- Pericles Lewnes as Billy Bob (Elly May) Clemson
- P. Floyd Piranha as Junior Clemson
- William-Livingston Dekker as Jethro Clemson
- Alice Fay Stanley as Imelda (Ma) Clemson
- Clemson E.W. Nesneb as Tobacco Man
- Austin "Amac" McLaurine as Tobacco Man's sexier brother
- Austin "Sexy Man" Brewer as illiterate hick
- Frank Lantz as Crazy Hitch-hiker
- Tyrone Taylor as Tyrone Robinson (The Soldier)
- Allan Hogg as The Colonel
- Stan Morrow as Dr. Kildare
- Brent Thurston-Roger as Dr. Casey
- Sandy Bishop as Miz Ashley
- Alex Lewnes as Fester
- J. Nick Alberto as Jake The Butcher
- Michael Poole as Butcher's Customer
- Jan Luffman as Butcher's Victim
- Jim Bellistri as Loren (The Gay Soldier)
- Steve Sooy as Mental Patient
- Ken Davis as Mental Patient Two
- Anthony M. Carr as Attendant One
- Joan Murphy as Knockers
- Peter Kief as Sherman
- Jeffrey McKinstry as Featured Zombie
- Steve Messick as Featured Zombie
- Ben Horney as Featured Zombie
Production
The movie is notable for being one of the first films shot entirely on videotape and then released to the homevideo market (making it a straight-to-video film).The title of the film was once used as an answer to a question in an 1980s edition of Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit is a board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions. The game was created in 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Canadian Chris Haney, a photo editor for Montreal's The Gazette and Scott Abbott, a sports...
, the question being "What film has the tagline 'They're Tobacco Chewin', Gut Chompin', Cannibal Kinfolk from Hell! '"
Director Pericles Lewnes went on to work as a special effects supervisor on several other Troma productions, including The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part II is a 1989 comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment. It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and features The Toxic Avenger in an adventure to Japan to meet his father. The film has received cult status among a new audience almost a generation after it was first released...
, The Toxic Avenger Part III, and Troma's War
Troma's War
Troma's War, also known as 1,000 Ways to Die in the United States, is a 1988 action/adventure film written by Lloyd Kaufman and Mitchell Dana and directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman...
, as well as Shatter Dead
Shatter Dead
Shatter Dead is a zombie film set in an unknown area following a woman named Susan's attempt to return to the apartment of her boyfriend in the midst of the return of the dead to a semblance of life...
.
Release
The film was released on VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
by Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974.The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce...
. A new 20th anniversary edition of the film was released on DVD January 27, 2009. It includes the never before released soundtrack on CD.