Tuesday, November 13, 2007

She Devils on Wheels

     First of all, I was shocked to find an H.G. Lewis film that had no gore in it or even a shred of horror overtones. With this in mind, I really didn't know what to expect. Basically, we have an all-girl biker gang called the "Maneaters" that act like they have more testosterone than Mike Tyson. 

      The mostly female cast seems to have had some trouble acting butch enough for this film because it comes out so forced and scripted (which is terribly funny to watch these over-actresses at work, because they so weren't feeling it). Despite their incredibly lesbian qualities and overtones, they race motorcycles to see who gets the privilege of picking a "useful stud" from a lineup of men from who knows where (that's never really explained). They sometimes make references to "roping in a Philly" but it never really happens. 

      This was quite a change from anything H.G. Lewis had done before. When She-Devils was made, it was right when he was busy making his gore movies. He may have just been trying to make some money and sexy biker chick movies were very popular at the time. 

       Even though there's no gore (except maybe a small decapitation scene near the end) H.G. Lewis fans will still enjoy the atmosphere, the absurdity of it all, and the cheap crap that H.G. Lewis was all about. A funny tidbit about this movie that still makes me laugh... after every intense scene, there's a painting of a colorful she-devil biker that spins around and around making one almost sick, but hey, H.G. thought this was cool, and maybe it was for the time, but its camp value today is completely priceless.

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