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This article refers to the Russ Meyer film, for the Norwegian Rock Band see Motorpsycho (band).
Motorpsycho
Theatrical poster to Motorpsycho (1965)Directed by Russ Meyer Produced by Eve Meyer
Russ MeyerWritten by James Griffith
Hal Hopper
Russ Meyer
W.E. SpragueStarring 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. WintersMusic by Paul Sawtell (uncredited)
Bert Shefter (uncredited)
Sidney Cutner (stock music) (uncredited)Cinematography Russ Meyer Editing by Russ Meyer
Charles G. SchellingDistributed by Eve Productions Inc. Release date(s) August 1965 Running time 74 min. Country USA 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.
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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.
Legacy
Norwegian band Motorpsycho picked their name after watching this movie in a Russ Meyer triple feature. There was already a band named after Mudhoney and a band named after Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - the other two films on the triple feature - so they used Motorpsycho.
There are references to this film (and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) in the song "Thunder Kiss '65" by White Zombie.
See also
External links
- Motor Psycho at the Internet Movie Database
- Motorpsycho at AllRovi
Films directed by Russ Meyer 1950s 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)Categories:- English-language films
- 1965 films
- American films
- Films directed by Russ Meyer
- Action film stubs
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