Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night (2005) on Netflix
A summer at the Raccoon Creek Campground brings students run-ins with frat guys, hippies and bible students. Ty Smallwood and Zach are among them, and raccoons have targeted the camp.
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Plot summary
Ty Smallwood and Zach are college buddies who join a small group of students at the Raccoon Creek Campground, outside the rural town of Independence, hoping for a summer of good times, plenty of drinking and romance. Their plans run into obnoxious frat guys, rednecks, backwoods hippies, bible students and camp counselors so far out of their depth that a government official would look capable by comparison. Then there are the maniacal raccoons. No longer willing to scavenge the garbage for their meals, the animals have set their sights on the camp and on everyone in it, and they are hungry for human flesh.
Cast
- Brian Kamereras Ranger Danger / Greg
- Zach Riedmaieras Dr. Billington / Clayton
- John Sarvasas Store Owner / Jon
- Colin Scianambloas Zach / Rev. Pookie
- Dan Velezas Agent Charlesworth / Zane
- Travis Irvineas Dick Weener / Ryan
- Tom Lyonsas The Mayor
- Alexander Raghuviras Al Jazeera
- Kasey Cooperas Shane
- Lauren Bowmanas Janine
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night (2005)
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- For the killer coons, director Travis Irvine consulted Ohio State University experts after learning that preparing a single animal by taxidermy could cost hundreds of dollars; production instead used seven legally donated frozen raccoons, thawed, positioned and refrozen repeatedly for new poses.
- The film has been called the first known feature in cinema history to star an assortment of real, dead, frozen animals, rather than live, trained, stuffed, animatronic or puppet raccoons.
- Travis Irvine got the idea on a 2004 Florida camping trip when he saw raccoons apparently working together to scavenge his campsite; researching "Man vs Nature" movies, he learned rabid raccoons attack in non-typical ways and carry stomach bacteria that can infect the brains of humans who eat them.
- The Lantern reported that showings at the Drexel Theater in Columbus were held over for three extra weeks because of public demand for the film, and that the theater planned to start midnight weekend movies on March 3.
- The commercial release of Travis Irvine's film made it the first feature film ever to be successfully completed by Ohio University communications undergraduate students.
