Psychomania (Sharp, 1973): Cinema Museum, 7.30pm
This screening will be preceded by the famous Kenneth Anger short Scorpio Rising.
Time Out review:
The
first British Hell's Angels pic, and just about the blackest comedy to
come out of this country in years. It features a bike gang called The
Living Dead, whose leader (Nicky Henson) discovers the art of becoming just
that. So he kills himself and is buried along with his bike, until he
guns the engine and shoots back up through the turf; two victims later,
he drives to a pub and calls his mother (Beryl Reid), a devil worshipper
ensconced in her stately old dark house with George Sanders as her sinisterly
imperturbable butler, to say he's back. This level of absurdity could be
feeble, but director Don Sharp knows how to shoot it straight, without any
directorial elbows-in-the-ribs. Consequently, much of the humour really
works, even though the gang as individuals are strictly plastic.
David Pirie
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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