Angels' Wild Women

1972 film

1972 (1972)

Running time

85 minutesLanguageEnglish

Angels' Wild Women (originally titled Screaming Angels) is a 1972 biker film written and directed by cult director Al Adamson.^[1]^[2] Preceded by Satan's Sadists (1969) and Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), it is the last in a trio of (unrelated) motorcycle gang films directed by Adamson for Independent-International Pictures Corp., a company he co-founded with Sam Sherman. The plot centers on a group of tough biker babes who leave their cycle gang boyfriends to go on a violent rampage. When a cult leader kills one of the girls, the others go out for revenge.

Plot

A group of good motorcyclists fight against an evil hippie cult based on the murderous Charles Manson "family".

Cast

Ross Hagen – Speed
Kent Taylor – Parker
Preston Pierce – Turk
Regina Carrol – Margo
William Bonner – King
Arne Warde – Slim
Jill Woelfel – Donna (as Jill Woefel)
Vicki Volante – Terry
Albert Cole – Weasel
Claire Polan – Love Child
John Bloom – Big Foot
Gus Peters – Preacher
Linda Gordon – Sue
Eric Lidberg – Freak
Margo Hope – Orphan Girl
Gil Serna - Biker
Gary Kent - Rapist #1

Production

Scenes were filmed at the Spahn Ranch where the Manson cult had lived and some former Manson associates appeared as extras.^[3] After the film was completed, the producers could not distribute the film due to the dissipation of the biker-gang trend. According to Sherman (Filmfax #28), "...overnight, the motorcycle trend dropped dead. I don't know why, but it just died. You couldn't give away a motorcycle picture." The popularity of Roger Corman's The Big Doll House, a violent women in prison film with Pam Grier, led to a reshoot. New scenes were added featuring tough, aggressive female bikers and a Pam Grier lookalike was added to the cast. The reworked and retitled film turned out to be a big box office success for the studio.

The film is distributed by Troma Entertainment.^[4]

References

^ Hunter, Rob (August 2, 2020). "'Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection' Is One of the Year's Best Home Video Releases". Film School Rejects. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Coffel, Chris (February 25, 2020). "'Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson' Shines Light on an Overlooked Legend". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Whittaker, Richard (September 13, 2019). "Now Streaming in Austin: Danger God". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Pratt, Douglas (2004). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. Harbor Electronic Publishing pg. 73. ISBN 978-0-9669-7444-7.