Psychomania
Psychomania is a 1973 film from the UK, directed by Don Sharp, running 85 minutes. reelscum files it under folk horror and biker.
- Year
- 1973 · 1970s films
- Country
- UK
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Director
- Don Sharp
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- obscure (59/100)
- Also known as
- The Death Wheelers · La Revanche des Mortes Vivantes · Death Wheelers Are... Psycho Maniacs
Defined in the glossary: Folk horror, Biker
Zombie bikers, toad worship and George Sanders' last film. As English as horror gets.
A leather gang called The Living Dead, a ring of standing stones known as the Seven Witches, a devil-worshipping mother and a sacred toad. Nicky Henson's biker works out that if you die while truly believing, you come back harder to kill than before, and sets about talking his whole gang into the grave. Don Sharp stages the resurrections deadpan straight, best of all a rider gunning up out of his own graveside while the mourners gape. It welds a folk-horror premise to a rockers-on-bikes picture and holds a completely straight face throughout, which is most of the charm. George Sanders, in his final screen role, presides over the toad-worship with the air of a man mildly amused to find himself there.
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