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A Major Disappointment

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Savages from Hell (1968) * (out of 4) If you're looking for high art then this here certainly isn't that. A small town in Florida comes under attack when a vicious motorcycle gang moves in. The leader of the gang catches his woman flirting with another man and this here sets off a chain of events full of violence and mayhem.SAVAGES FROM HELL comes from director Joseph P. Mawra who made a number of exploitation pictures including the OLGA series. This film here is beyond awful and it really deserves a BOMB rating but what makes the picture somewhat entertaining is how bad it actually is. This is a film that's thankfully "so bad it's good" or at least entertaining. The film appears to have had a budget less than a thousand bucks as the technical quality of this picture is ultra cheap even for a biker flick from the drive-in era.As I said, there's really nothing good to be found here. The editing and direction are pretty darn awful but I guess the director was just trying to get anything on the screen. The "savages from hell" are far from that. This here is basically a cross between THE WILD ONE and a number of other exploitation pictures of the era but it doesn't do anything right. Even worse is the fact that the "savages from hell" are rather tame and nothing too shocking happens here.Biker pictures from the drive-in era have a small cult following today and those fans will certainly want to check this out just to see how cheap and how bad it actually is.

This movie begins with a young man named "Marco" (Diwaldo Myers) driving a large vehicle in a parade with his younger sister "Teresa" (Viola Lloyd) riding beside him. Although they live with their parents both of them dream of the day they cease being migrant laborers and settle down once and for all. So when Marco is offered a steady job at a gas station making more money than his father both Teresa and her mother are excited about it. Marco's father, on the other hand, is more pessimistic but eventually comes around to their point of view. The problem, unfortunately, is that Teresa has caught the eye of a motorcyclists named "High Test" (William P. Kelley) who wants her in the worst possible way and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. This displeases his girlfriend "Lucy" (Bobbie Byers) who is equally intent at keeping what she regards as hers. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was clearly a low-budget production which is quite evident by the film quality and the less-than-stellar acting. Fortunately, the plot contained enough suspense to keep things interesting for the most part. Additionally, I really liked the way the plight of migrant workers was depicted as well. In any case, while this certainly wasn't a great movie by any means it wasn't too bad and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

If it's an indication of how bad this movie is, there's only two of us out here who wrote a review...ten years apart! That would mean that probably 6 people in the world managed to watch it to the end. I'm the guy who collects "Cheap Biker Movies" having 41 or so. This one, in my opinion, is the second from the worst, the worst being "Hell's Bloody Devils". It seems amazing that the more horrific the movie title, the worse the movie is. There is little violence in this "Savage" movie. Mostly an inner family squabble over a daughter that seems to have a mild mental retardation problem, or just her acting was so bad she appears mentally challenged. She falls in love with the confused "leader" of the nameless "Motorcycle Club". Some of the "members" have a blank, white patch sewn to their backs. The rest have nothing. "Hi-Test", the "President" of the club seems to be the biggest coward I've ever seen. In a scene where the locals surround him, instead of "One On All", he cowers away with idle threats of reprisal. His "Old Lady" rides a Honda Scrambler with high swept up-pipes, the bike being a comedy in itself. She loves Hi-Test when he smacks her around and hates him when he doesn't. Talk about a backwards "love-hate relationship"! I could go on but what's the point? The only reason to buy this would be if you collected these "cheap biker movies". If you were to have the availability to watch it, stock up on the No-Doz. I ended up fast-forwarding through most of it.

this movie is terrible, but i have to say that it's also one of the best unintentional comedies that i have ever seen. the over the top acting, the rubbish dialogue, the concept!!!! the only decent actor in this one is a certain bobbie byers, who in spite of the fact the film is horrible manages to make you believe that she's actually got talent as an actress. anyway, the story goes like this.......well, you really must actually seek out the film for yourself, because you really wouldn't believe me if i told you!