Redneck Zombies

Redneck Zombies is a 1987 American horror comedy Z film, directed by Pericles Lewnes and released by Troma Entertainment.

Plot

A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods, leading to some demented rednecks finding it, and using it as part of their still.
Everybody who drinks the liquor they produced turns into zombies.

Cast

Production

Redneck Zombies was one of the first films shot entirely on videotape and then released to the home-video market. The film was once used as an answer in a 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. William Benson went on to become an Emmy-award winning director for NASA.

Release

The film was released on VHS 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. In 2022 the film was re-released by VHS Haven on a limited edition VHS. The film was released on blu-ray in 2023 by Degausser Video, a straight-to-video imprint of Vinegar Syndrome.