Psychomania (1973)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Don Sharp

Writers:

Julian Zimet (writer)
Arnaud d'Usseau (writer)

Release Date:

January 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Ride with the Living Dead!

Plot:

A Gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorise the population from their small town...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Biker Gang | Back From The Dead | Mass Suicide | Biker

Cast

Nicky Henson	...	Tom Latham
Mary Larkin	...	Abby Holman
Ann Michelle	...	Jane Pettibone
Roy Holder	...	Bertram
Denis Gilmore	...	Hatchet
Miles Greenwood	...	Chopped Meat
Peter Whitting	...	Gash
Rocky Taylor	...	Hinky
Robert Hardy	...	Chief Inspector Hesseltine
Patrick Holt	...	Sergeant
Alan Bennion	...	Constable
John Levene	...	Constable
Beryl Reid	...	Mrs. Latham
George Sanders	...	Shadwell
Jacki Webb	...	Mother

Also Known As:

Death Wheelers Are... Psycho Maniacs (Australia) (video box title)
The Death Wheelers (USA)
The Frog
The Living Dead

Runtime:

85 min (theatrical version)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:X | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Benmar Productions

Trivia:

Cliff Deakins, Nicky Henson's stunt double, was injured when a stunt went wrong.

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of times the same vehicles were used, even after being involved in accidents. Example: when the bikers are trying to kill themselves, one rides through the side of a furniture van. Later on, the riders go past traffic and the same van is there undamaged.

Quotes:

Chief Inspector Hesseltine: From the look of those skidmarks, something must have forced him over. Did you get anything out of the witnesses?
Sergeant: Yes sir. Exactly the same story from all of them. Two motorcyclists jabbing at his tyre with a knife.
Chief Inspector Hesseltine: Any identification?
Sergeant: Yeah, The Living Dead again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)

Soundtrack:

Riding Free

a delightful, kitschy film

This is a movie you cannot watch without smiling due to its many kitschy, laughable elements. The only son of a wealthy old English family of frog-worshippers heads a bike gang called the Living Dead that discovers how to come back from the Great Beyond by wishing really, really hard. Hijinks ensue as the bikers kill themselves one by one and come back, ready to commit better mayhem than they ever could when alive because now they are indestructible. The story features unbelievably short skirts on all the girls; a hippy folk song about the glory of living and dying as a biker; young moms being terrorized by the Living Dead as they push prams in their go-go boots and hot pants; interior decor that inspired the makers of 'Austin Powers;' and arcane frog-worship ceremonies that ultimately lead to the undoing of the gang. Never a dull moment.