Motorpsycho (film)

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 Meyer
Written by	James Griffith Hal Hopper Russ Meyer W.E. Sprague
Starring	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. Winters
Music by	Paul Sawtell (uncredited) Bert Shefter (uncredited) Sidney Cutner (stock music) (uncredited)
Cinematography	Russ Meyer
Editing by	Russ Meyer Charles G. Schelling
Distributed 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.

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

• Outlaw biker film
• List of biker films
• Exploitation film

External links

• Motor Psycho at the Internet Movie Database
• Motorpsycho at AllRovi