Motorpsycho (1965)

Part of the RUSS MEYER: The Southern Gothic Films (1965-67)

Director: Russ Meyer
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A motorcycle gang of three young men, led by Vietnam War veteran Brahmin (Steve Oliver), are headed for Las Vegas, but before they get there, they head straight into trouble. Brahmin spots a young woman sunbathing, creeps up on her and kisses her, and when she screams for her fisherman husband, he gets into a fight with the gang and loses. After ravaging the woman, they drive on, and encounter the wife of veterinarian Corey Maddox (Alex Rocco), who they menace on their bikes until Cory arrives and pushes them around. Brahmin won't let him get away with this, and waits for Cory to leave his house for work the next day, then makes his move…Written by director Russ Meyer and William E. Sprague, this was another of Meyer's highly idiosyncratic gentlemen's entertainments, packed with all the sex and violence he could get away with in 1965. Often seen as a companion piece to Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, instead of three aggressive young ladies as its main characters, it features this cut rate biker gang, and as such is the more conventional film. Motor Psycho is notable for its war veteran baddie (as well as it's veterinary hero, I guess), being one of the first in a long line of exploitation movie psychotics, the crazed Vietnam soldier. There's plenty of action, overripe dialogue and buxom women on offer here, and the cast is pretty good. CLIPS FROM MOTORPSYCHO:

Presented by Lady K and Lord Leigh Park, the film is supported by a full programme of period road safety and child-kidnapping horror shorts from the San Francisco Police Dept.

Other films in the RUSS MEYER: The Southern Gothic Films (1965-67):

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Film: Mudhoney (1965)

22 Jul 2009, 7:30 p.m.

In the first of our series of films from Meyer's Southern Gothic era, an odd job man gets involved with his employer's wife. Featuring a typical pneumatic female lead, a drunken sadist, a preacher with a mysterious past, and a lucrative inheritance, this is Meyer at his darkest. With a full programme of period shorts, newsreels and advertisements.

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Film: Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

25 Jul 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Period juvenile delinquency films … go-go dancers … psych sounds from Leeds freakbeat heroes THE BACCHAE and Sunderland's own surf-guitar legends SENOR BEATNIK … PLUS Sounds of Seduction DJs Michael Clunkie and Lord Leigh Park … And framing it all … Russ Meyer's masterpiece, starring his scariest starlet, Tura Satana. FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! Pussycat is the tale of three thrill-seeking gogo dancers in sports cars who terrorise a backwoods family with a hidden stash of loot. We'll have live bands, gogo dancers and period juvenile delinquency films, so tonight promises to be B-Movie heaven.

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Film: Common Law Cabin (1967)

30 Jul 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Because too much Meyer is never enough, we finish with Babette Bardot and Alaina Capri in a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River. A tale of alcohol, incestuous backwoods couplings and gogo dancing to surf rock and beat music. Presented by Lady K and Lord Leigh Park, with a full supporting bill of period US holiday and travel shorts.