Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho
Theatrical poster to Motorpsycho (1965)
Directed by	Russ Meyer
Produced by	Eve Meyer Russ Meyer
Written by	James Griffith Hal Hopper Russ Meyer W.E. Sprague
Starring	Alex Rocco Haji Joseph Cellini Arshalouis Aivazian Richard S. Brummer George Costello Coleman Francis Sharon Lee Steve Masters Russ Meyer Stephen Oliver F. Rufus Owens Thomas Scott Holle K. Winters
Music by	Paul Sawtell (uncredited) Bert Shefter (uncredited) Sidney Cutner (stock music) (uncredited)
Cinematography	Russ Meyer
Editing by	Russ Meyer Charles G. Schelling
Distributed by	Eve Productions Inc.
Release date(s)	August 1965
Running time	74 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Motorpsycho or Motor Psycho is a 1965 film by Russ Meyer. Made just before the better-known Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), the film explores similar themes of sex and violence. This film deals with a male motorcycle gang, unlike the female gang of go-go dancers in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! The film is notable for containing one of the first portrayals of a disturbed Vietnam veteran character.

There are references to this film (and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) in the song "Thunder Kiss '65" by White Zombie.

Norwegian band Motorpsycho picked their name after watching this movie in a Russ Meyer triple feature. There were already bands named after the other two movies, Mudhoney and Faster Pussycat (after Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), so they used Motorpsycho.

Plot

The story involves a veterinarian whose wife is raped by a motorcycle gang led by a sadistic Vietnam veteran. After the gang kills an old man, his wife teams up with the veterinarian to hunt down the gang.

See also

• Outlaw biker film
• List of biker films
• Exploitation film

External links

• Motor Psycho at the Internet Movie Database
• Motorpsycho at Allmovie

v • d • e Films directed by Russ Meyer 1950s The French Peep Show (1950, short) · The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) 1960s The Naked Camera (1961, short) · Erotica (1961, short) · Eve & The Handyman (1961) · Wild Gals Of The Naked West (1962) · Europe In The Raw (1963, short) · Heavenly Bodies! (1963, short) · Skyscapers & Brassieres (1963, short) · Fanny Hill (1964) · Lorna (1964) · Mudhoney (1965) · Motorpsycho (1965) · Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) · Mondo Topless (1966, mockumentary) · Common Law Cabin (1967) · Good Morning and... Goodbye! (1967) · Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! (1968) · Vixen! (1968) · Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1969) 1970s Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) · The Seven Minutes (1971) · Blacksnake (1972) · Supervixens (1975) · Up! (1976) · Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra-Vixens (1979) 2000s Pandora Peaks (2001, mockumentary) other Who Killed Bambi? (1978, unfinished)

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