Motor Psycho (1965)

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

James Griffith (story)
Hal Hopper (story)

Release Date:

August 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Cyclemaniacs assaulting and killing for thrills! Bike riding Hoodlums Flat-Out on their Murder cycles.

Plot:

Three bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping other people's women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian's wife...

Plot Keywords:

Rape | Delinquent | Buxom | Biker | Independent Film

Cast

Arshalouis Aivazian	...	Frank's Wife
Richard S. Brummer	...	Ambulance Driver (as Richard Serly Brummer)
Joseph Cellini	...	Dante
George Costello	...	Doctor
Coleman Francis	...	Harry Bonner
Haji	...	Ruby Bonner
Sharon Lee	...	Jessica Fannin
Steve Masters	...	Frank
Russ Meyer	...	Sheriff (as E.E. Meyer)
Steve Oliver	...	Brahmin (as Stephen Oliver)
F. Rufus Owens	...	Rufus
Alex Rocco	...	Cory Maddox
Thomas Scott	...	Slick
Timothy Scott	...	Slick
Holle K. Winters	...	Gail Maddox

Also Known As:

Motor Mods and Rockers
Rio Vengeance

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 | Finland:(Banned) (1966) | UK:18

Company:

Eve Productions

Trivia:

Steve Oliver's film debut.

Movie Connections:

References Fanny Hill (1964)

The best film title ever!

Really. How could anyone ever come up with a better film title than "Motor Psycho?" No one ever will. Now that we've said that, let's get on with the story. Alex Rocco makes his film debut as veteranarian Corey Maddox, whose wife is violently raped by a gang of motorcycle hoods. Maddox tries to hunt down the gang to glean a little retribution, or perhaps bring the gang to justice. In the process, he meets Ruby Bonner, whose husband has been murdered by the same thugs. Ruby and Corey team up and get caught in a canyon where they are forced to violently confront the by-now-totally-nutso leader of the group, who happens to be a wacked-out Vietnam vet. This film is a little-known Meyer gem; you get the opportunity to see how good he really was at shot composition and editing. What's it got going for it? Awesome title, incredible sixties twangy guitar soundtrack, great period dialogue, a great tense snakebite scene, and perhaps the first example ever of a film character who's clearly spent too much time in the Vietnam jungle. Odd side note: everyone in this 1965 film drives a Toyota. Three out of four stars.