The Glory Stompers

I don't think I'd seen this since 2011. Been far too long. This was one of the very first biker movies I'd ever watched. Was about time we cycled it back into rotation.

The Glory Stompers is one of the most quintessential biker movies of all time. It really has it ALL. Absolutely definitive. The best love-in scene, weird headgear, bikes in every frame of the movie, sick choppers, mommas, old ladies, drugs, karate chops, fuzzed-out guitars, swastikas, violence, chains, kidnapping, death...I could go on and on. This movie has ever trope in the biker book. So it's amazing.

Oh yeah, did I mention Dennis Hopper is the lead and Casey Kasem is in it? He's got a cool role, too. Casey was in more than one biker flick from the 60's, in fact. Hopper is great in this, of course.

An absolute classic of the genre. Highly enjoyable.

The Losers

The Losers aka Nam's Angels.

Retreading old territory for motorcycle movie night. We checked out the Losers again. I think we'd only seen it one time before. It's got good ol' William Smith and his massive arms. It's got the infamous 'karate chop' move that was oh-so-prevelent in the 70's. It's got racism, blackface, and crappy motorcycles.

Not so good. But some pretty funny moments. Less of a biker flick and more of a crappy army flick that stars bikers.

Here's my original post from 2013.

Dig.

Wild Riders

I managed to dredge up an old biker flick that we hadn't seen before. I got copy of Wild Riders from 1971 and we fired it up on Wednesday night.

It opened with bikes and boobs. Some pretty awesome freakin bikes, to be honest. And a nice set of cans. But after the first minute or so it went downhill for the majority of the flick. And then BOOM it redeemed itself in the last minute of the movie in glorious style. Many of these biker flicks have a common component; a totally random / wacky / unexpected / shocking / nonsensical ending. And this movie really came through with a classic. The audience (all six of us) were pretty much on our feet. It required some rewinding for additional views.

The movie starts off as a biker flick in all the right ways but then after a couple of the dudes bugger off they leave the biker movie behind and it's pretty much a rape-y b-movie for an hour.

It was worth it for the ending.

Naked Angels

We watched Naked Angels at Motorcycle Movie Night this evening. We washed it down with some great Buddy's pizza and cider. Good times.

Naked Angels is the epitome of classic era biker flicks. It's by the king of biker b-movies, Roger Corman. And it was shot in 1969 with members of the Hells Angels. What more do you need? Here's my full description of the flick from the first time we watched it.

Hell Ride

How is it humanly possible that I haven't posted about Hell Ride before? I don't see it in my prior posts???...

Hell Ride is a film from about ten years ago. Larry Bishop acted in quite a few classic era biker flicks, and now he's responsible for this modern take on the genre. I think he pretty much did everything on this. Wrote, directed, and starred, if I'm not mistaken.

Hell Ride had Quentin Tarantino's backing and included Tarantino favorite, Michael Madsen. Not to mention small parts by Vinnie Jones, David Carradine and Dennis Hopper. So its not slouch in pedigree.

While you'd never mistake this for a Tarantino film (obv cuz of the dialogue), it's still certainly a kindred spirit. It's a grindhouse movie for the 2000's. It's fun. It's over the top.

Larry Bishop wanted to do a classic era biker flick for modern audiences. This meant he could get away with a lot more sexuality than the old classics. And Larry does a fantastic job in this department. The women throughout the film are drop dead gorgeous and full of variety. And the bikes are pretty fucking rad, too.

I think Larry Bishop really achieved what he set out to do. His vision was well executed. Top notch stuff (if sexually charged B-movie biker flicks are your thing).

There are Indians, Triumphs and Harleys in Hell Ride. Oh, and there are beautiful women, too. Almost forgot.