Werewolves on Wheels (1971)

Director:

Michel Levesque

Writers:

David M. Kaufman (writer)
Michel Levesque (writer)

Release Date:

October 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Action

Tagline:

If you're hairy you belong on a motorbike!

Plot:

A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan...

Plot Keywords:

Biker | Satanism | Blood | Werewolf | Death

Cast

Steve Oliver	...	Adam (as Stephen Oliver)
D.J. Anderson	...	Helen
Gene Shane	...	Tarot (as Duece Berry)
Billy Gray	...	Pill (as William Gray)
Gray Johnson	...	Movie
Barry McGuire	...	Scarf
Owen Orr	...	Mouse
Anna Lynn Brown	...	Shirley
Leonard Rogel	...	Gas Station Operator
Severn Darden	...	One
Tex Hall
Dan Kopp
Ingrid Grunewald
Kieth Guthrie
John Hull
Carl Lee
Marilyn Munger
Nick Palmisano		(as N.A. Palmisano)
Bart Smith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay W. Jensen	...	Monk (uncredited)

Directed by
Michel Levesque

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David M. Kaufman		writer
Michel Levesque		writer

Produced by
Stuart Fleming	....	associate producer
Paul Lewis	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Gere

Cinematography by
Isidore Mankofsky

Film Editing by
Peter Parasheles

Art Direction by
Allan H. Jones		(as Allen Jones)

Art Department
James Dunn	....	props
Gil Valle	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
James Contrares	....	boom operator
Le Roy Robbins	....	sound

Stunts
Charles Bail	....	stunt coordinator
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt biker
Nick Palmisano	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
William Clause	....	grip
Joanne Lee	....	still photographer
Steven Wolper	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
James Eric	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Stuart Ganong	....	production assistant
Meryle Selinger	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• South Street Films

Distributors

• Fanfare Corporation, The (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• Apple Den (Australia) (video)
• Astral Films (Canada)
• Dark Sky Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Electric Video Inc. (EVI) (1981) (USA) (VHS)
• Iver Film Services (IFS) (UK) (VHS)
• Trolley Car Video (USA) (VHS)
• Unicorn Video (video)
• VPS Video (Germany) (VHS)
• Video Unlimited (1981) (UK) (video)
• Video for Pleasure (VFP) (1983) (Belgium) (video)

Also Known As:

Angel Warriors 2 (Australia) (video title)

Runtime:

85 min | Germany:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (cut) | Australia:R | USA:R

Company:

South Street Films

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Crew visible when the gang first gets to the Satanic temple. The leader of the gang sees a Satanic cross and starts mono-logging as he's heading toward it with the group. An individual is clearly seen in the high grass to the right of the screen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wolfman Chronicles (1991)

A cheesy 70's delight

Hey, Guess what? Werewolves on Wheels has just now been released by Dark Sky films on DVD and the transfer is great. I bet when DVD was invented the thought was that wonderful classic films would be released in all their glory and folks could "ooh" and "ahh" at the magic of DVD, but of course SOMEONE has to release Drive-In Trash films too....I liked this film more for the feel of it than the fact that it was an awesome film, but 70's horror flicks are my favorite so that accounts for some of why I liked it, I reckon. The Devil's Advocates are a biker gang that stops off at a Satanic temple for a little bite to eat and some wine, all served up by mysterious monks in black. Bad things happen after that. Bad special effects, mostly. I thought one had to be BITTEN by a werewolf to become a werewolf but apparently not in THIS movie. Anyway, the atmosphere of paranoia out in the desert, in the middle of absolutely nowhere, was appealing to me, as one by one, the bikers are stalked and killed by...SOMETHING. When the werewolf is finally revealed, it also reveals that at that point in time that werewolf special-effects had not advanced too much from the movies of the 40's and 50's, but what the heck. An enjoyable piece of 70's biker/horror trash.