Psychomania
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Actor: Ann Michelle, Denis Gilmore, Mary Larkin, Nicky Henson, Roy HolderDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Psychomania
Movie Review: Cult movie with an awesome soundtrack!
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is one of my all-time favorites... There's just something about it that's so deliciously kooky it's completely priceless. It's the very definition of a cult film - it's certainly not for everyone, but those who love it love it with a passion. For me, it's part of a small group of films (including the likes of 'The Abominable Dr Phibes', 'The Omega Man', and the 'The Asphyx') that I saw on late-night TV many years ago and have loved ever since.
It's a virtually bloodless, blackly comic journey into the bizarre that concerns the leader of a gang of bikers - prophetically named The Living Dead - who discovers that the secret of eternal life is to commit suicide in a state of mind of absolute conviction that you will return. Once a couple of members of the gang pull this trick off, and quite literally become the living dead, the rest of the gang kiss their doubts (and their mortality) goodbye in a suicide free-for-all that's as amusing as it is inventive.
Throw in black magic, frog-worship, stone circles, Beryl Reid (!), an undead biker leaping from the grave bike and all, and the devil himself ... and you have the ingredients of a film like no other that's a genuine-article cult item.
And finally, there's the soundtrack - an unforgettable dose of psychedelia without which the film just wouldn't be same and might even not work at all, it's that integral to the atmosphere. The recurrent riff that runs through the film is every bit as much a part of the 'feel' of the movie as anything that's on the screen. The thundering bass-line, towering minor-key organ chords, and funky 70's wakka-wakka guitar riffs are more than just the icing on the cake.
Fans of the film's soundtrack may be interested to know that is available on CD in the UK, released 2003 on the Trunk Records label. Head on over to Amazon.co.uk and you'll find it there. :)
The film's only on DVD in the US and the soundtrack's only available in the UK - go figure - but hopefully one day there'll be a Special Edition of this film which includes the soundtrack as a bonus disc. Hey, Anchor Bay / Blue Underground / Elite - that last comment was aimed at you guys!
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