In the 1964 grindhouse horror film, Two Thousand Maniacs, directed by the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Gore” Herschel Gordon Lewis, six people are lured to the town of Pleasant Valley, Georgia for a centennial celebration. Once there, the locals proceed to kill them off one by one. The exploitation-era film directly inspired the band name 10,000 Maniacs. […]
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