- Redneck Zombies
Infobox Film | name= Redneck Zombies
caption = Redneck Zombies DVD Cover
director =Pericles Lewnes
writer =Zoofeet P. Floyd Piranha Fester Smellman
distributor =Troma Entertainment
released = 1986
runtime = 90 min
language = English
budget = $10,000 (estimated)
rating =
amg_id = 1:40770
imdb_id = 0093833
Copyright Holder =Full Moon Pictures/ColorCast Productions, Inc."Redneck Zombies" is a 1986
low budget independenthorror comedy trash film directed byPericles Lewnes and released byTroma Entertainment .cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093833/maindetails|title=Redneck Zombies|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2008-08-03] The movie is notable for being one of the first films shot entirely on videotape and then released to the homevideo market.The film is set in rural
Maryland , where a 50 gallon drum ofradioactive waste , misplaced by the military, is discovered by a group of rednecks who decide to use it as part of their newmoonshine still. The resulting toxic mixture turns the simple townsfolk into ravenouszombie s, who attack a passing group of nearby campers.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!".The "Ain't Got No Shoes" song sung by Billy Bob (Elly May) Clemson can only be seen in the VHS version.
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 ".References
External links
*imdb title|id=0093833|title=Redneck Zombies
*imdb name|0507921|Pericles Lewnes
* [http://www.troma.com/ Troma Studios Website]
* [http://www.badmovies.org/movies/redneckzombies/ BadMovies.org Review]
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