Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night

Coons Night of the Bandits of the Night is a 2005 musical comedy horror satire film written and directed by Travis Irvin with a budget of 5000. The independent film is the first feature film commercial release from Ohio University communications undergraduate students. It premiered at film festivals and select cinemas before being released on DVD, and is considered on its way to becoming a cult classic by at least one reviewer. It was revealed that is the first known feature in cinema history to star an assortment of real, dead, frozen animals.

Outside the small rural town of Independence, college buddies Ty Smallwood Lehr Beidelschies and Zach Colin Scianamblo join a small group of college students visiting the Raccoon Creek Campground to have what they hope will be the best summer break of their lives. Their hopes are dashed when they have runins with frat guys, rednecks, hippies, bible students, and an inept set of camp counselors. Things go from bad to worse when they discover that maniacal raccoons have targeted the camp with an intention to wreak havoc on all humanity. When one camper is murdered, the rest seek revenge and retaliation.The film was created when Irvine was a senior at Ohio University. Inspired during a 2004 Florida camping trip when he discovered several raccoons seeming to work in a coordinated effort scavenging his campsite, Irvine began to research Man vs Nature movies and raccoons in particular, learning that rabid raccoons would act in nontypical ways to attack other animals and children, and that they have stomach bacteria that could infect the brains of humans who eat them. While studying abroad in London, he developed the script that became the film. With the microbudget of 5000, the film was shot in August 2005 in the Athens and Columbus areas of Ohio. Most cast and crew members have Ohio connections and producer Colin Scianamblo grew up with Irvine in Bexley. Tom Lyons, who played the role of The Mayor and who works at the OhioHealth media center spoke of Irvine and Scianmblo, Theyre both Bexley High School kids who interned for me about five or six years ago. The film also included members of the Ohio University comedy troupe the Wrong Man group, and due to budget constraints, most cast were forced to play multiple roles. The commercial release of the film marked it as the first feature film to ever be successfully completed by Ohio University communications undergraduate students. The film has been remarked upon a

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