Werewolves on Wheels (1971)

Director:

Michel Levesque

Writers:

David M. Kaufman (writer)
Michel Levesque (writer)

Release Date:

October 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Action

Tagline:

If you're hairy you belong on a motorbike!

Plot:

A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan...

Plot Keywords:

Biker | Werewolf | Desert | Drugs | Satanism

Cast

Steve Oliver	...	Adam (as Stephen Oliver)
D.J. Anderson	...	Helen
Gene Shane	...	Tarot (as Duece Berry)
Billy Gray	...	Pill (as William Gray)
Gray Johnson	...	Movie
Barry McGuire	...	Scarf
Owen Orr	...	Mouse
Anna Lynn Brown	...	Shirley
Leonard Rogel	...	Gas Station Operator
Severn Darden	...	One
Tex Hall
Dan Kopp
Ingrid Grunewald
Kieth Guthrie
John Hull

Also Known As:

Angel Warriors 2 (Australia) (video title)

Runtime:

85 min | Germany:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (cut) | Italy:VM18 | Australia:R | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

South Street Films

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Crew visible when the gang first gets to the Satanic temple. The leader of the gang sees a Satanic cross and starts mono-logging as he's heading toward it with the group. An individual is clearly seen in the high grass to the right of the screen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wolfman Chronicles (1991)

Mediocre biker/horror film.

I rented this film on DVD recently. There's not much to it. It's a biker film from the early 70s, and there's nothing particularly special about it. The bikers here, are all stereotypical Neanderthals. They're shown hassling innocent folks in remote towns, guzzling beer, doing drugs, and indulging in constant sexual escapades.

The werewolf angle, is the only thing that makes this movie different from other biker flicks. When a biker's girlfriend is cursed by monks who turn out to be devil worshipers, the biker gang soon realizes that she starts acting strange. Trouble follows, as the bikers start getting killed one by one, by what they suspect may not be a human enemy.

This film is more silly than scary. The werewolf costumes look tacky, and poorly put together. The special effects are amusingly cheesy, even by B movie standards. You may roll around on the floor laughing at this movie, but it's doubtful that you'd find it the least bit frightening. Another early 70s film called The Deathmaster, was much better at combining the elements of horror, and hippies/bikers. That film is much more worth your while, than Werewolves On Wheels is.