by: NYCalling
Posted on 01.15.10 in All Horror Films > Cult/Erotic > Exploitation
Release Date: 1982

Made only, oh, almost twenty years after the initial biker-exploitation wave of the mid to late sixties, this insane film from Spain and Sweden is still worth a look. I guess this is a combination Spain and Sweden productions, which in my mind should combine Ingmar Bergman and Luis Bunuel. Instead, it’s like the fevered dream of a exceedingly violent biker on acid. It’s so over the top  that the violence and mayhem become almost surreality funny. If you have ever watched the Monty Python skit of ‘Sam Peckinpah’s Salad Days’ you probably understand what I mean. As Eric Idle’s nasal voiced character would say, “Pretty strong meat there”, indeed.

Basically, some rich boy (who looks WAY older then his girlfriend) is trying to get his girl drunk and score with her for the first time. A motorcycle gang with an affinity for Nazi paraphernalia bumps into them and proceeds to score with her instead, beating our protagonist and taking his girlfriend’s virginity. The rich boy, of course, doesn’t take kindly to this. He then, with his trusty Karate knowing friends (and who doesn’t have a few dozen of them?), proceeds to get revenge on the bikers at a funeral. You then get some of the laziest Karate you’ve ever seen. They also give one of the main bikers a quick John Bobbitt. Needless to say, the gang takes unkindly to this and goes after the rich boy and the Karate class, and somehow, they find where the rich boy lives. It then escalates from there, even more, to a decent trick ending that appealed to the nihilist in me, even if it comes off a little stupid. I wish I could tell you some of the characters names, but they seem almost meaningless in this film. I doubt I could place any of the actors in anything but this paticular title.

The sheer amount of violence in this film is pretty staggering. The blood starts right from the beginning and never lets up. There’s cheesy Kung Fu beat downs, machine guns, death by shears, and a lobbed off penis, as mentioned. It also has tons of gratuitous nudity, including a pretty bizarre bondage scene, which of course always helps in a film of this genre.

There are some pretty disturbing images in this film, and it’s definitely a little vile, if stupid, in parts. The dubbing on the copy I saw was pretty abominable, which of course added to the charm. Going by the expressions on some of the actors faces, I’m pretty sure there’s quite a bit of over-acting going on, bad dubbing or not.

There are a few different versions floating around, some with hardcore inserts, so viewer beware. Picture John Waters doing a biker-revenge film and you sort of have an idea of what this film is like. It’s almost delirious in parts, as it seems to veer from one incredible scene of violence and nudity to the next. If you’re into Biker films or exploitation films in general, I highly recommend this one.

• ★★★★★

  Acting:

• ★★★★★

  Blood:

• ★★★★★

  Violence:

• ★★★★★

  Partying:

• ★★★★★

  Language:

• ★★★★★

  Humor:

• ★★★★★

  Predictable:

• ★★★★★

  Girls:

• ★★★★★

  Gore:

• ★★★★★

  Sexuality:

• ★★★★★

  Torture:

• ★★★★★

  Overall: