Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

Directors:

William Dear, Thomas L. Dyke

Writers:

William Dear (screenplay), Thomas L. Dyke (screenplay),

Stars:

David Hyry, J. Craig Collicut, Carson Jackson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Hyry	...	Chris
J. Craig Collicut	...	Putnam (as Craig Collicott)
Carson Jackson	...	Deke
Jan Sisk	...	Lynn
Herb Sharples	...	John Tyner
Len Speck	...	Armstrong
Beatrice Endahl	...	Lady in Car
Harry Endahl	...	Man in Car
Brooke Evens	...	Hollywood
Jill Biggers	...	Bride
Ward Clawson	...	First Road Ranger
Richard Davis	...	Second Road Ranger
Buzz Brown	...	Part Time Judge
Audrey Speck	...	Tina
Chuck Whaley	...	Tiny

Storyline

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

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Plot Keywords:

rape | small town | biker | shot in the back | harley davidson | 

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Taglines:

The day that law and order went beserk...

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Genres:

Crime | Action | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

Harley's Angels

Filming Locations:

Jolly Roger Drive-In Theatre, Taylor, Michigan, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 82 min (heavily cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 1972, not released until 1976.

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Crazy Credits

All characters in this photoplay are imaginary and any similarity to persons living or dead is coincidental or pure luck.

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Soundtracks

"Lord Please Make Me Happy"
By Dale Poston

User Reviews

Useless Trivia

I saw The Northville Cemetery Massacre along with Satan's Sadists as part of the monthly Grindhouse dbl feature in Hollywood at the New Beverly Cinema. The director, William Dear, humbly introduced the film and shared some amusing antidotes. Hopefully I am remembering them correctly.

The title of the movie was supposed to be Freedom R.I.P. As was the case with many genre films of the 70's, distributors changed the title without informing the film makers. The print that we saw had the title Wheels Of Death.

The film which was only supposed to take a few weeks to shoot actually wound up taking several years. They would run out of funds and when they had more funds would resume filming. This explains a few continuity issues.

Due to budget limitations, the blanks used in the guns were for revolvers/rifles/ shotguns. No automatic weapons. This explains why the arms dealer only gives the bikers the firearms that he does. The biker firing a fully automatic assault rifle is firing live rounds.

Nick Nolte does a voice-over for one of the characters.