The IMDb notes about this movie are way more interesting than the movie itself. For example, from the notes I learned that this was originally released as The Death Wheelers (which was at least marginally more descriptive), it was George Sanders’s last feature film (an unworthy end to an illustrious career) and a critic for the London Times called it fit to be shown only at an “SS reunion party” (a little harsh, though I admit I feel the guy’s pain). The obnoxious leader of an English motorcycle gang uses evil magic to come back from the dead and encourages his followers to join him in eternal hooliganism. They could have done a couple of things to make this not stink. First, if the living dead bikers had looked like zombies or vampires or honestly anything besides their same old asshole selves, that might at least have helped. But more to the point, they don’t do anything with immortality that they weren’t doing before their encounter with the dark arts. What kind of idiot plans to spend eternity trashing grocery stores and otherwise annoying the squares? See if desperate
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