When veterans returned from World War II some took to the road on motorcycles to fill that Nazi-killing hole in their hearts. Soon the fifties saw an explosion of bikers, biker clubs and the movies about them. This Memorial Day weekend we honor these men by watching some motorcycle movies. In reality, I forgot it was Memorial Day but it's like you can bullshit anything!
I mentioned in the invite that Psychomania was always one of the motorcycle movies we were going to watch. I just needed to find its pair. Virgins From Hell was an early contender.
But they might be riding something closer to mopeds. I guess that counts. And now that I just watched a few clips on Youtube we should totally watch Virgins From Hell soon! The Australian biker movie Stone was pretty good. BMN legend James Bryan has a biker movie called Hell Riders. The best part is second :54 here where the camera isn't in place and everyone is standing still waiting for action:
Incidentally, Code Red is putting out James Bryan's remaining, currently unavailable movies in one pack:
I couldn't possibly be more excited. I don't think I've ever collected the entire oeuvre of a director before.
I used up Northville Cemetary Massacre for Massacre Night so that just leaves The Stabilizer.
Now, is The Stabilizer a motorcycle movie? Well, there's a motorcycle in it. What more do you want from me? If it's another Arizal movie you want, I have a second one that's also awesome!
You need no other reason to watch Psychomania than it being the subject of a Little Friends of Printmaking poster:
Yes, I own it! I didn't know they made a poster for the protests:
Here's what happened last week:
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