Psychomania
Psychomania
| 05 January 1973 (USA)
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A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...

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Dotsthavesp

I wanted to but couldn't!

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Kailansorac

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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Hayden Kane

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Josephina

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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AngusMayonnaise

This movie was probably too much fun to watch. Sure the pacing was a little slow. Sure the graphics are a level of dated that I never thought possible. Sure its frog-worshiping, death-defying antics are laughable. But it's laughable. A biker gang systematically committing mass suicide to return as invincible superhuman zombies so that they can terrorize marketplaces and local bars is, to say the least, a ton of fun to watch. I would recommend this to anyone regardless of its timely technical difficulties.

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HumanoidOfFlesh

A gang of young hippie motorcyclists calls themselves The Living Dead.They terrorize various drivers on the roadways and citizens of British small town.The secret of eternal life is fairly simple:you must kill yourself without hesitation.So our bullying motorcyclists commit suicide one by one and they return literally as the living dead...Extremely cheesy and superbly funny horror/bikersploitation flick made by Don Sharp.There is plenty of violence but no blood and a Black Sabbath-esque proto-doom soundtrack is nicely groovy.The scene of Tom's burial in the ground of the Seven Witches has to be seen to be believed.The stunts are great and the plot is gleefully weird and silly.7 undead bikers out of 10.

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drystyx

The British are one of the few cultures with enough savvy to pull off a good cult cycle science fiction scenario.This one involves a family of a Satanic nature, the mother of whom is prim and proper, and whose other member, her son, is the leader of a Hellish motorcycle gang.Goerge Sanders is the wild card as the butler figure.The son learns that he can have an immortal and immoral life of evil just by dying, under the right conditions. The catch is a series of rituals along with an unfailing Faith in your resurrection into Evil.He paves the way and convinces the rest of his biker gang to join him. It is a small grass roots gang of 2 women and 5 other men. Most are willing, but a couple of them relent.Ann Michelle excels with a great presence as an evil biker girl. Too bad she wasn't a heroine more often, but the seventies were not a decade of risk taking, despite what people claim. Stereotyping was a seventies staple.Still, this film has a great atmosphere to it, a bit of humor, and some creativity, never detracting from the story line.

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slayrrr666

"Psychomania" is a rather decent if unspectacular biker film with horror elements.**SPOILERS**Living on the road, Tom Latham, (Nicky Henson) and Abby Holman, (Mary Larkin) the leader of a motorcycle gang, decides to gather around the other members, Jane Pettibone, (Ann Michelle) Bertram, (Roy Holder) Hatchet, (Denis Gilmore) Gash, (Peter Whitting) Chopped Meat, (Miles Greenwood) and Hinky, (Rocky Taylor) and have some fun. After managing to cause some trouble for the locals in town, one of them is accidentally killed during the process, shattering the group. When he suddenly returns days later alive and well, it's revealed that a sacred pendant is responsible for bringing him back to life from death and encourages the others to do the same and die like him. As the group starts coming the ritual and causing chaos in London, the police start trying whatever they can to stop them before they get out of control.The Good News: This one actually managed a few good parts here and there. One of the main points to this one is the fact that there's a lot of fun to be had with the group out-and-about terrorizing others with their bike antics. These are a lot of fun, especially the early game of chicken they play with one pretending to be another automobile by driving-side-by-side so there appears two headlights and causing it to veer off-the-road, and the main one is the film's highlight piece, where they travel along the road terrorizing and torturing others by pulling off the side-mirrors to smash the windows, pull slightly in front of them unexpectedly to force them to stop suddenly or poking and prodding at exposed parts of cars and trucks, in one instance causing it to crash in a massive fireball among other good times. That this last part is comprised of one extended sequence makes it all the better, as we're right up in there for all the action and it makes for a really fun time. Other vehicular fun includes another big section, where they ride through the town square and do everything from driving through signs and hitting people with their bikes to actually ramming into baby carriages and much, much more, which in turn leads to a full-on car chase with the police in pursuit which is a fun way of getting some more action into the whole affair. Aside from the action, it's got enough supernatural dealings to actually manage a few bright spots here as well, including a spectacular sequence where one of the gang envisions a rather freaky sequence where they are shown to be engaging in bizarre rituals and antics to be tortured through brief glimpses of nightmarish devices, and with the freakish repetitions of a mysterious frog featured throughout, it's quite chilling at times. Other good stuff occurs through the opening segment where, while riding their bikes, it shows them running around a fog-encased cemetery with them going in slow-motion, creating a very discerning feeling that works really nicely. The resurrection from the cemetery is also highly chilling, with the mysterious revving noises coming off in the distance, followed by the bike exploding from the crypt and running down the eyewitness in a really good scene. Also of note is the scenes where they all decide to go through with the pact and decide to commit suicide, oftentimes of the most comical means to the bystanders of such events that aren't prepared for such activities, and the light-heatedness of it allows for some levity in the film. The last good part is the film's finale, which mixes in the supernatural elements exceedingly well and makes for some great visuals as well due to the bike members gradually turning to dust in a fine scene. These here are the film's best parts.The Bad News: This one didn't have a lot of flaws, but they were quite serious. One of the biggest problems here is the fact that the means of resurrection for the group comes off as the single lamest, most moronic means of doing so. The logic behind it is fine, with the pendant being able to revive dead souls, but the fact that there's only one line to explain it fully to the group, which consists merely of the phrase that inspires such stupidity just makes it all the more irritating and completely aggravating. It's just one simple line that's used to explain all the features about how they came about from the resurrection. It's just stupid, lame and really shows a lack of creativity, made all the worse when it's featured in a sequence that reveals all to the others in the gang, but no one is shocked that it's happened and accept it without too much convincing. It's unrealistic, doesn't feel natural and feels like it's not all thought-out at all. The laid-back pacing of this one is another problem here, as it's very rarely infused with any sort of energy or momentum to keep this one from being dreary, dull and really lifeless at times, especially during the moments when the returned-biker is out among the populace, and this one really suffers from a rather dreary pace and tone that really makes it hard to get into. The last flaw to this one is the fact that there's such a huge body count packed with so little imagination in the kills, as everyone either dies off-screen or completely bloodless makes it really irritating considering it's so high. A little extra wouldn't have been so bad, but otherwise these are the only flaws.The Final Verdict: With some really good parts to it and some really irritating moments as well, this one ends up being quite middle of the road overall. Really only worthwhile for those who enjoy these kinds of Biker films or are a fan of the style presented here, but those who aren't so much fans should heed extreme caution.Rated PG: Violence

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