Redneck Zombies

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Redneck Zombies
Redneck Zombies DVD Cover
Directed by	Pericles Lewnes
Written by	Zoofeet Pericles Lewnes P. Floyd Piranha Ed Bishop
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date(s)	1986
Running time	90 Mins
Language	English
Budget	$10,000 (estimated)
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Redneck Zombies is a 1986 ultra-low budget independent horror film directed by Pericles Lewnes and released by Troma Entertainment. The movie is notable for being one of the first films shot entirely on digital video.

The film is set in rural Maryland, where a 50 gallon drum of radioactive waste, misplaced by the military, is discovered by a group of rednecks who decide to use it as part of their new moonshine still. The resulting toxic alcohol turn the simple townsfolk into ravenous zombies, who attack a passing group of nearby campers.

Due to its quirky premise, poster, and title, Redneck Zombies remains one of Troma's most best-selling titles, as well as one of one of the most infamous low-budget horror films of the 1980s. Infamous enough, in fact, that 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.