Werewolves on Wheels Movie Review
A biker gang comes across a group of Satanic monks, resulting in werewolves. No, there's not a typo in there anywhere, and I didn't dream this one up. This really is the basic premise of this 1971 movie that combines the horror genre with the ever-growing 1970's biker gang genre (I'm not making that up either). If you've never watched a biker gang movie, they are often filled almost exclusively with bikers riding around, smoking weed, drinking beer, and causing mayhem--this movie has plenty of that going on, including using real bikers, but there's also a lot of bikers frolicking and hugging each other as they roll down hills.
I'm not making this up either
The movie certainly leans more toward biker flick than horror film, and when the werewolves are revealed, they are far from scary, but wonderfully simplistic.
This beats CGI all day, every day
Sure, this movie is shot on the cheap, but honestly, there's tons to love about it. If you are a fan of the desert (as I am), you will love the locations. The music is good as well, capturing that early 1970's folksy-type sound. The dialogue will not do much for you, but it may provide a laugh, especially when the Satanic leader is explaining how and why he is setting up his ritual as if he is making a how-to video. You may also delight in the "wisdom" dispersed by Tarot, the resident biker guru. This being 1971, there's a good chance many of the people involved in making this movie were on drugs, and this shows through in this movie. Some of the stranger scenes feature the bikers and Satanic monks engaging in the one of the weakest looking fights you'll likely ever see, a mysterious cloud and wind swallowing the bikers and dumping them on sand dunes, and a biker chick who looks like she could be Diane Lane's mom beginning her transformation into a werewolf by...dancing with a snake.
She dances badly too
The most unfortunate thing about this movie is, despite the title, there are very few werewolf sightings, and when we do see them, it's brief. Make no mistake--this is not a good movie by any stretch, and almost everybody who watches it will dislike it; that said, if you are into 1970's B movies, this one is must-see, and had a lot of fun watching it--and I'm not making that up.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 7
Werewolves on Wheels Movie Trailer
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