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Cycle Psycho

  • 1973
  • R
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
3.5/10
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Cycle Psycho (1973)
HorrorThriller

A sexual pervert murders a businessman's wife, then blackmails the businessman into procuring young girls for him to torture and kill. The businessman hires a biker gang to kidnap two young ... Read allA sexual pervert murders a businessman's wife, then blackmails the businessman into procuring young girls for him to torture and kill. The businessman hires a biker gang to kidnap two young girls for that purpose.A sexual pervert murders a businessman's wife, then blackmails the businessman into procuring young girls for him to torture and kill. The businessman hires a biker gang to kidnap two young girls for that purpose.

  • Director
    • John Lawrence
  • Writer
    • John Lawrence
  • Stars
    • Tom Drake
    • Steve Oliver
    • Joe Turkel
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.5/10
    317
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Lawrence
    • Writer
      • John Lawrence
    • Stars
      • Tom Drake
      • Steve Oliver
      • Joe Turkel
    • 13User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tom Drake
    Tom Drake
    • Dick Ridelander
    Steve Oliver
    Steve Oliver
    • Chelsea Miller
    • (as Stephen Oliver)
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Harry
    • (as Joseph Turkel)
    Sean Kenney
    Sean Kenney
    • Romeo
    • (as Sean David Kenney)
    Amy Thomson
    • Lorie
    Tanis Gallik
    • Jenny Madison
    • (as Tanis Galik)
    Kitty Vallacher
    • Faye
    Bill Barney
    • Irish
    Peter Dane
    Stafford Repp
    Stafford Repp
    Marga Jean
    • Sarah Ridelander
    • Director
      • John Lawrence
    • Writer
      • John Lawrence
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    chaosnbeer

    sex drugs and sleaze from the early 70's

    Not really so much a harrowing experience and glimpse into the dark depravity of humanity as the movie promotes itself but certainly a laughable cheapie drive in schlocker from 1972. A gang of bikers kidnapp two girls and hold them hostage in exchange for $10,000 from a sex crazed psycho who wants to kill the girls for his own private pleasures. The extremities are very limited , the worst thing the biker gang does to the girls is force them to disrobe only to their underwear and force them to smoke pot. Not really a shocking movie , and actually a pretty funny historical relic of the days of cheap drive-in fare , but worth a look at for some early sleaze

    8/10
    NotoriousNate

    Misleading title

    I would have thought the title would be more towards the main character but I guess "Cycle Wuss" doesn't have much selling potential. There's more than one biker and none of them are exactly "psycho", they resemble hell's angels rejects. This makes me wonder why our hero decided to hire bikers to do his dirty work? Anyway, the abduction of the two hippie girls isn't all that "savage", its just the girls gagged and left on a couch where they cry and moan. I don't know were they came up with a title like "Numbered Days". As for the film itself in a whole, you can really decide for yourself but probably won't feel any better or worse for doing so.
    2Scott_Mercer

    Extremely Dire

    This is not the worst movie ever made, but it is pretty close. This hovers near territory inhabited by Monster-A-Go-Go, The Guy From Harlem, The Creeping Terror, and Manos: The Hands of Fate.

    The acting is awful, and the writing is even worse. Like Al Adamson's Hell's Bloody Devils, this is a movie masquerading as a biker movie, which is not really a biker movie.

    Bikers are involved, but only secondarily. The main focus is a psycho pervert who likes to dance with female mannequins and plunge butcher knives into their chests. Now, he wants to do this on a real live girl, so he hires a "biker gang" (three unshaven bad actors) to kidnap some teenage talent and hold them hostage until Mr. Pervert can show up and have his way with them.

    There's very little motorcycle riding, the pace is very slow, and any attempts to build tension are laughable. About the only entertaining things to look at are the truly ridiculous 1972 fashions and furniture. Especially the horrible wallpaper in every room! I can only recommend you watch this film if you like to wallow in low budget 1972 sleaze. I guess there may be a few of you out there, so, by all means, enjoy.
    2jfrentzen-942-204211

    Lunatic in Obnoxious Flowered Shirts Kidnaps Girls

    A mama-obsessed psycho (Joseph Turkel) kills the wife of a respected lawyer, and then blackmails the lawyer into kidnapping two teenage girls for more unsound fun. Most of the story, though, is devoted to the poverty-row motorcycles gang, led by Stephen Oliver, who captures the teenagers. Oliver, his girlfriend, and two feeble sidekicks bicker and fight constantly. Turkel gets his hands on the girls, but a sympathetic biker overpowers him and puts him out of his sick misery.

    Lawrence's slow-moving B-movie promises teenager torture, but never delivers. The highlight is Turkel, who seduces a mannikin and plays the middle-aged lunatic in bug-eyed lunatic fashion, although his wardrobe -- consisting of early-70s styled flowered shirts -- is pretty obnoxious, too. Stafford Repp (the Irish cop from TV's "Batman") has a cameo role.
    4BA_Harrison

    A not-so-savage abduction.

    Attorney Richard Ridelander (Tom Drake) gets rich sicko Harry (Joe Turkel) to murder his unfaithful wife. Excited by the thrill of the kill, Harry blackmails Richard into procuring new victims for his perverted pleasure. Dick turns to a gang of renegade motor-cyclists for help, who agree to abduct two girls in exchange for $10,000, a sum that Harry is only too happy to pay.

    As wonderfully sleazy as it sounds, Savage Abduction is far less exploitative than many a '70s drive-in movie, the film offering up only a modicum of those core ingredients, sex and violence. The not-so-savage abduction of 17-year-old hitch-hikers Jenny and Faye (Tanis Gallik and Kitty Vallacher) involves the girls being locked in a closet, forced to smoke pot, and made to strip to their underwear, before being bound and gagged and handed over to Harry.

    Harry clearly has bad things in store for the poor girls, judging by the bag of sharp implements he has brought with him, but he is unable to carry out his evil deeds thanks to the timely intervention of biker Romeo (Sean Kenney), who has been struggling with his conscience. All of this 'mild peril' is bound to disappoint fans of gritty low budget trash, who quite rightly expect more from a psycho killer/biker movie with such a lurid title.

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      • 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Savage Abduction
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA(Filiming City)
    • Production companies
      • Cinémation
      • Frank Worth Productions
      • Lawrence Film Productions
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      • 1h 22m(82 min)
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