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* Setting: [[California]](?) USA, [[1960s]] or [[1970s]] | * Setting: [[California]](?) USA, [[1960s]] or [[1970s]] | ||
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| − | * Kyle Anderson at The Nerdist, ([http://nerdist.com/schlock-awe-werewolves-on-wheels/ link]) - "There was so much potential for insanity here, but Werewolves on Wheels is little more than just a meandering exercise in shoving two genres together with only the thinnest strand to connect them. None of the acting is very good, the writing is kind of nothing, and the horror is about as unhorrifying as it gets. The opening sequence is pretty impressive, though, I will admit that | + | * Kyle Anderson at The Nerdist, ([http://nerdist.com/schlock-awe-werewolves-on-wheels/ link]) - "There was so much potential for insanity here, but ''Werewolves on Wheels'' is little more than just a meandering exercise in shoving two genres together with only the thinnest strand to connect them. None of the acting is very good, the writing is kind of nothing, and the horror is about as unhorrifying as it gets. The opening sequence is pretty impressive, though, I will admit that...." |
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* Michael Den Boer at 10,000 Bullets, ([http://10kbullets.com/reviews/werewolves-on-wheels/ link]) - "Overall ''Werewolves on Wheels'' tries to mix too many genres into one cohesive film and what we are left with is a highly entertaining but flawed film...." | * Michael Den Boer at 10,000 Bullets, ([http://10kbullets.com/reviews/werewolves-on-wheels/ link]) - "Overall ''Werewolves on Wheels'' tries to mix too many genres into one cohesive film and what we are left with is a highly entertaining but flawed film...." | ||
| + | * Joe Kenney at Glorious Trash ([http://glorioustrash.blogspot.com/2020/03/random-movie-reviews-volume-11.html link]) (Review also covers two other Biker movies.) - "... I was under the impression this would be a campy biker-horror cash-in, but as with ''The Peace Killers'' I was surprised at how good ''Werewolves On Wheels'' really was. It’s more along the lines of Easy Rider with an overlay of the Satanic renaissance that was going on at the time in the counterculture; I mean if Kenneth Anger ever made a werewolf biker film it would’ve surely been like this. Somehow this low-budget bikersploitation picture captures the burned-out, occult-heavy vibe of the early ‘70s, and it does so incredibly well." | ||
| + | * Marty McKee at Johnny LaRue's Crane Shots ([http://craneshot.blogspot.com.au/2006/08/werewolves-on-wheels.html link]) - "Give Levesque and Kaufman credit for trying something new with the well-worn biker genre. ... ''Werewolves on Wheels'' is not particularly good, but it offers some nice cinematography, decent acting, enjoyable music..." | ||
| + | * Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars), ([http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/werewolvesonwheels.htm link]) - "For the most part ''Werewolves on Wheels'' does a fine job of presenting itself as a serious biker movie... When it comes to the werewolf half of the premise, Michel Levesque interestingly keeps the werewolf attacks all off-screen - this has the effect of transcending the film's undeniable schlock premise and treating the concept with a seriousness that is very different to what one expects of the film. Ultimately though, the downside of this is also an avoidance of the premise – the werewolf is on screen so little that the only dramatic thing for the film to do is play a game of whodunnit in trying to work out which of the gang is the werewolf...." | ||
==Synopsis (SPOILERS)== | ==Synopsis (SPOILERS)== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:59, 24 March 2020
Werewolves on Wheels, AKA Angel Warriors II
Summary
"This gang thought it was tough... 'til it found a new type of hell... the bride of Satan!" When a biker gang visits a monastery dedicated to a cult of devil worshipers, they rescue a woman who will be sacrificed as the bride of Satan, and incur the curse of the cult, discovering that one of their number is a werewolf, and the gang is being slaughtered by the monster, one by one!
Details
- Release Date: 1971
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Thriller, Horror (werewolf and Folk Horror)
- Setting: California(?) USA, 1960s or 1970s
- Runtime: 1 hr 25 min
- Starring: Steve Oliver, Donna Anders, Gene Shane
- Director: Michel Levesque
- Writer: David M. Kaufman, Michel Levesque
- Producer/Production Co: South Street Films
- View Trailer: (link)
- View Film: (link)
- IMDB Page: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (mild Violence, mild Adult Content and Profanity, brief Nudity)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Not very Lovecraftian, but it does have a groovy cult of satanic hippy monks, and the whole biker-werewolf thing feels roughly like a goofy but fun left-over idea from the Night Stalker (1972 franchise), dialed up to an 'R' rating with content borrowed from a Rosemary's Baby (1968 film) style satanic horror movie or inspired by British folk horror......
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Kyle Anderson at The Nerdist, (link) - "There was so much potential for insanity here, but Werewolves on Wheels is little more than just a meandering exercise in shoving two genres together with only the thinnest strand to connect them. None of the acting is very good, the writing is kind of nothing, and the horror is about as unhorrifying as it gets. The opening sequence is pretty impressive, though, I will admit that...."
- Michael Den Boer at 10,000 Bullets, (link) - "Overall Werewolves on Wheels tries to mix too many genres into one cohesive film and what we are left with is a highly entertaining but flawed film...."
- Joe Kenney at Glorious Trash (link) (Review also covers two other Biker movies.) - "... I was under the impression this would be a campy biker-horror cash-in, but as with The Peace Killers I was surprised at how good Werewolves On Wheels really was. It’s more along the lines of Easy Rider with an overlay of the Satanic renaissance that was going on at the time in the counterculture; I mean if Kenneth Anger ever made a werewolf biker film it would’ve surely been like this. Somehow this low-budget bikersploitation picture captures the burned-out, occult-heavy vibe of the early ‘70s, and it does so incredibly well."
- Marty McKee at Johnny LaRue's Crane Shots (link) - "Give Levesque and Kaufman credit for trying something new with the well-worn biker genre. ... Werewolves on Wheels is not particularly good, but it offers some nice cinematography, decent acting, enjoyable music..."
- Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars), (link) - "For the most part Werewolves on Wheels does a fine job of presenting itself as a serious biker movie... When it comes to the werewolf half of the premise, Michel Levesque interestingly keeps the werewolf attacks all off-screen - this has the effect of transcending the film's undeniable schlock premise and treating the concept with a seriousness that is very different to what one expects of the film. Ultimately though, the downside of this is also an avoidance of the premise – the werewolf is on screen so little that the only dramatic thing for the film to do is play a game of whodunnit in trying to work out which of the gang is the werewolf...."
Synopsis (SPOILERS)
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
When a biker gang visits a monastery dedicated to a cult of devil worshipers, they rescue a woman who will be sacrificed as the bride of Satan, and incur the curse of the cult, discovering that one of their number is a werewolf, and the gang is being slaughtered by the monster, one by one!
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- cult: Human Cultists
- race: Werewolf
- cult: The Devil's Advocates, a biker gang that hangs out with weird satanic cults and is cursed to be joined by a werewolves on wheels....
Keeper Notes
