Werewolves on Wheels [Blu-ray]

Director: Michel Levesque, Mark Levestue Michel Levesque

Overview

This biker-horror oddity was directed by former editor Michel Levesque (Sweet Sugar). The plot concerns a motorcycle gang, The Devil's Advocates, led by Adam (Stephen Oliver). The bikers are turned on to Satanism by a creepy monk (Severn Darden), leading to lengthy scenes depicting various occult rituals, drug trips, and female nudity. The cycle-riding werewolf only appears in the last few minutes of the film, but cult devotees will be happy in the interim watching such minor celebrities as Billy Gray, the child star of Father Knows Best, who was fresh off a marijuana arrest, and Barry McGuire, singer of the seminal '60s protest song "Eve of Destruction." Stunt coordinator Chuck Bail went on to direct The Gumball Rally (1976) and several blaxploitation films.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/27/2021
UPC:	0738329253165
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	R
Source:	Code Red
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stephen Oliver	Adam,Adam
Severn Darden	One
D.J. Anderson	Helen,Helen
Deuce Berry	Tarot
Billy Gray	Bill
Gray Johnson	Movie
Barry McGuire	Scarf
Owen Orr	Mouse
Anna Lynn Brown	Shirley
Leonard Rogel	Gas Station Operator
Dan Kopp	Actor
Ingrid Grunewald	Actor
N.A. Palmisano	Actor
John Hull	Actor
Carl Lee	Actor
Tex Hall	Actor
Keith Guthrie	Actor
Marilyn Munger	Actor
Bart Smith	Actor
Don Gere	Composer

Technical Credits

Michel Levesque

David M. Kaufman

Chuck Bell	Stunts
Michel Levesque	Director,Screenwriter
Paul Lewis	Producer
Mark Levestue	Director
David M. Kaufman	Screenwriter
Sound Services	Producer
LeRoy Robbins	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The title promises ludicrous thrills galore for the psychotronic film devotee, but Werewolves on Wheels isn't quite the wild genre mash it pretends to be. More biker flick than horror show, more head trip than action film, it possesses elusive charms that only the most dedicated trash fan will be able to uncover. Director Michel Levesque has his bikers and Satanists clash quickly, but after a sinister ritual sequence and a quick monk-bashing brawl, the boys get on their iron horses for a long, slow ride that will test the patience of anyone expecting lycanthropic violence. Surreal psychedelic touches that might be groovy to those in certain states of mind should prove sleepy to anyone else, as the bikers drift into fogs of wind-blown sand and set fire to abandoned cars in the middle of the desert. Other than a few nighttime werewolf attacks, the viewer gets improvised campfire rap sessions and genre-standard motorcycle road footage. Most of the audience will probably figure out who is responsible for the werewolf killings early on, but even after the monster's fiery revelation, things get muddled even further with freaky flashbacks and satanic hallucinations. Several of Werewolves on Wheels' cast members appeared in Dennis Hopper's infamous 1971 ego trip The Last Movie, and others were professional stuntmen. They're appropriately bedraggled, bearded, and road worn, but these bikers are awful Hollywood, always quick to perform zany skits for the camera and let loose with John Wayne impressions. Werewolves on Wheels can't live up to its high-concept title, but it remains a unique entry into the biker film canon. Check out The Death Wheelers for a more entertaining horror/motorcycle hybrid, made the same year in England.

All Movie Guide - Fred Beldin