One of H.G. Lewis' earliest flicks, this Down-South romp is also one of his better known ones. Which is good, since this is one of the better Lewis movies I've seen.

Lewis is referred to as the "Godfather of Gore," which this movie helps showcase his love for grue. The deaths in the movie are actually pretty damn interesting; one man is drawn and quartered, another is rolled down a hill in a barrel that has nails jutting out of it. All the while people are a hootin' and a hollerin'.

The actual gore is pretty good, especially for it's time. The little twist at the end of the movie gives it a little more push than most blood and death movies...though not too much that it takes away from what it is, a gore fest.

The accents in this are hideous, as is most of the music. Not the old-timey Southern music, the ear-jarring "organ" music that blasts through your speakers and straight to your skull. It doesn't fit at ALL. Most of the characters play as much into the Southern stereotype as much as they can, which is annoying (i.e. hilarious), because they are so obviously NOT southern. Like maybe they got some training beforehand, just enough to learn how to overstate eh-vah-ree syllable as much as possible.

I'd recommend this for a rental, MAYBE a purchase if you grab the DVD. If anything, check it out before the sequel/remake comes out in 2005.

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This is one of those movies that makes me proud to be a southerner. Portrays the true spirit of the south. Dixie flags, dixie women, and some good ol' dixie banjo playin' fellers. The music and quality of sound editing puts this movie in perspective. One of our better selections as far as not putting you to sleep. The fake southern acting is hilarious, with most of the sentences not easily understood. The sound actually slowed down to make the voices lower during one portion of the movie, although I'm not sure if that was intentional or just our tape. The deaths were pretty good considering a budget of approximately $0. I would definitely recommend a rental if you have nothing else to do and want to stay awake. Wooo doggy, son of a gun!

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This one...*scratching head* Eh, well..errr, um, yeah. Okay so it was, um, the accents were, umm. Ahh the hell with it. Check it, the SFX were interetsing giving the time this one was made. The stereotypes were all very blatant-liiiike. It was cool to take a trip down south to areas of early Joja and Floooda. Well the south is nothing like this, it's worse!! HA! Anywho always good to see Mr. Lewis's works since he had a deep appriciation for all things grody. If'n yure wun of them thar yanks, you may not take too kinlay to this'un, boooy! Either way this'n hur moooovie ain't not that bad. WWWHHHOOOOweee!! Whar's m'banjo?!

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