hillbillies

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With rampaging hillbillies, a trippy hippie cult and a car-sized hog, this backwoods horror film has all the ingredients for a great B-movie experience, and it has moments so exciting that they can only be described with made-up words.

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  • Conlin sent one meaningful glance at the hillbillies, making sure they saw the gun. —  FSF,December2007
  • I think I pictured Titan as an out-of-the-way colony of shaggy hillbillies, gradually reverting to savagery on a bleak, unfriendly world Ha! —  SEPTEMBER, 1953 Vol
  • This Yankee Boy has grown up with an image of the South as a haven for armed hillbillies, NASCAR and beer. —  LewRockwell.com
  • Last week I was chastised on the message boards for using the word '' hillbillies '' to describe Steve and Linda. —  EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
  • Tweakers, hillbillies, yuppie scum, uptight moms, screaming kids and bros in backward ballcaps-lots and lots of bros in backward ballcaps.
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