She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
Nomination Year: 2010
SYNOPSIS: You know "Queenie" and "Karen" and "Whitey" and "Russian,"
"Supergirl," "Deita," "Ginger Snap," and "Poodle"
... but do you recall ...
the most famous Man-eater of all?
Actually, I've named all of them except the minor character "Mac" and the MacGuffin character "Honeypot," so it's OK if you don't....
The film is not so much a narrative as a series of vignettes. A biker chick gets too fixated on a particular stud. A male gang tries to muscle in on The Man-eaters' territory. A newbie Man-eater is initiated into the gang. That sort of thing.
When presented with a movie like this, the director has two options. Use actors who may or may not be able to ride bikes. Use bikers who may or may not be able act. H.G. Lewis chose the latter. For the most part, this works in his favor, as it does give the film an almost-eerily banal sense of reality. The one mistake is the leader of the Man-eaters, Queen. She doesn't so much emote as holler. She yells her lines. All of them. All the time. That might be okay if she didn't have such a large role. But ... she does. It kind of enhances the overall realism of the film, if not my enjoyment.
"Supergirl," "Deita," "Ginger Snap," and "Poodle"
... but do you recall ...
the most famous Man-eater of all?
Actually, I've named all of them except the minor character "Mac" and the MacGuffin character "Honeypot," so it's OK if you don't....
The film is not so much a narrative as a series of vignettes. A biker chick gets too fixated on a particular stud. A male gang tries to muscle in on The Man-eaters' territory. A newbie Man-eater is initiated into the gang. That sort of thing.
When presented with a movie like this, the director has two options. Use actors who may or may not be able to ride bikes. Use bikers who may or may not be able act. H.G. Lewis chose the latter. For the most part, this works in his favor, as it does give the film an almost-eerily banal sense of reality. The one mistake is the leader of the Man-eaters, Queen. She doesn't so much emote as holler. She yells her lines. All of them. All the time. That might be okay if she didn't have such a large role. But ... she does. It kind of enhances the overall realism of the film, if not my enjoyment.
Kevin Hogan
Herschell Gordon Lewis
David Harris
