Watched this for a second time at Motorcycle Movie Night. You can see original review here. I rated it more harshly than I remember. I actually really dig it now. I've a lot more experience with motorcycle exploitation flicks so I know what a REAL shitty film looks like. And Werewolves on Wheels is significantly better than a lot of the other ones I've seen. I totally back it.
Bikes. Boobs. Satan. Snakes. Werewolves. It's pretty bad ass.
Motorcycle Movie Night kicked off in an absurd and sickening fashion. Dear God No! is an over the top modern exploitation flick. It pays homage to a bunch of classic biker flicks, rolls them together, and puts its own legitimately unique spin on it.
It's almost impossible to fault. It's so good at what it's supposed to do. The dialogue is hilarious, the plot is bone-headed, the music is good, and the violence is over-the-top. But the one place it loses points is crucial...the fucking bikes! They all have some sweet rides but you don't see them after the first ten minutes or so of the movie. So that's my only gripe.
But back to the violence. I said it was over-the-top. It is INSANE. I've never seen anything quite as sick as some of these scenes, and that's saying something. Best watched in a group of light-hearted individuals. Not recommended for date night w/ the missus.
Wow. That was heavy. That was really freakin' good.
Road is a documentary about the Dunlop family of motorcycle road racers. Two generations of Irish brothers constantly succeeding at the highest level of competition.
The sound design in this movie is particularly good. The editing is great. And the overall story arc is wonderful. The Directors really did a fantastic job of pulling this all together. It's not a high budget film, but it didn't need to be. The story-telling is just so spot-on. It's a great achievement. Terrific sporting documentary.
Last time I watched this was 2011. I bought a DVD copy so we could revisit it for this week's Motorcycle Movie Night.
Satan's Sadists is probably the heaviest of all the biker flicks. It's a grim film. It has all the typical ingredients of a 1969 biker flick, but it goes over the edge. It's remorseless raping and killing from a truly psychopathic lead character. Your typical biker flick of this era is anti-establishment, it's wild and over the top, but it's also comical on many levels. Satan's Sadists has the comic relief due to its terrible production value, fake mustaches, and redface (like blackface, but for Native Americans), but it's overshadowed by how ruthless the Prez is. He's so nasty and nihilistic in fact that all his gang are sickened by his actions. It ends up watching like more of a slasher than a biker flick. It crosses that line.
It's still a classic biker flick. All the elements are there. I'm just saying that for once the dramatic hyperbolic claims on the poster are kinda true. It's probably the most visions and violent film of the 60's!
We revisited another old biker flick from one of our prior bike night seasons. This one is a local favorite. Filmed in Michigan and starring real 1%'ers from back in the day.
Instead of forcing us to watch a brand new biker flick each time, I've decided to start sprinting in some of the classics that we started watching 4 years ago. Not everyone has seen the likes of Satan's Sadists, Glory Stompers, Devil's Angels, etc. So the first one I brought back was the archetypical Wild Angels.
It stars Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra. It's THE textbook biker flick from the 60's. Swastikas, love-ins, rape, mammas, old ladies, AMAZING choppers, causing trouble in a small west coast town, disdain for "the man," racism, and plenty of beer soaked revelry. It checks every box. Oh yeah, including the "very thin excuse for a plot" check box. The Prez is too cool for school. He's even too cool for his gang. It's awesome.
We don't need to go into much detail on this movie. There's nothing of any real artistic merit to critique. It's simply one of the immortal 60's biker flicks, so that's why it was the first for us to revisit.
I don't have a ton to say about this cuz the transfer was so bad that it was hard to freakin' watch. I'm sure it was a crap movie, but it was made even worse by such an awful transfer. It looked like the whole movie was shot day for night. But it wasn't. I don't think any of it was.
The copy I have looked incredibly purple with yellow accents. Contrast was very high. Lots of darkness. We had to adjust the brightness on the TV to 100% in order to make it even somewhat viewable. Sometimes you didn't know if it was a dude or a chick on screen. That can get awkward. And you weren't sure who was talking.
The funny part about the overall darkness and heightened contrast made it look like it was an art house flick. An unintentional Bergman shot in Texas with shit actors.
It's a 1971 biker flick, so no surprises on the content. Cops vs bikers with a twist ending, like many of them have. It's never over til the fat lady sings. You learn that quick when you've seen enough biker flicks of this vintage. The unique flavor for this particular biker flick is the inclusion of a nun-on-the-run, and a scene where the crooked cops bury some bikers up to their necks in sand and leave them for dead in the desert.
Tippy Walker played the nun. She was pretty freakin hot in this flick.
So I already wrote about On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter about a year ago. PJ brought over the blu-ray and I checked it out. However, since we started up a new season of Motorcycle Movie Night, I decided to share it with the whole group.
We watched it on the Chief's glorious big-ass TV and it looked fantastic. It's a very visually stimulating movie. It's got a real chill vibe. Very Cali. Very down to Earth and friendly. The Browns are big on the positive and familial aspects of motorcycle culture. It's not about 1%s and 'freakin' out the squares.'
There's some very inspirational footage of disabled and deaf riders absolutely tearing it up way harder than I'll ever accomplish.
I'm not gonna write much more about it cuz you can just click the link above and see what I wrote the first time around. It all still holds true.
Watch this trailer. Tell me you don't want to see this flick. I dare you.
This was as bad ass as it looks. Only better. It had a witch in it for god's sakes. Nudity, exploding heads, a witch, awesome bikes, and a great soundtrack.
Oh how things can change between the late 60's and the early 70's. This flick is one of the edgier ones. I forgot to mention the "i" word...INCEST. Yeah, this flick had it all.
Definitely one of the more entertaining biker flicks. This one's up there. I gotta try and get ahold of the soundtrack. Cool proto-metal shit like T2 etc.
A must-see if you like awful acting, weird plots, and angry women on violent rampages.
