The skulls.
Trivia is wrong...hopper was in The Glory Stompers but played leader of Black Souls.
In the late 1960s, a ton of biker films came out. Why? Because they were super-cheap to make (they rarely used stars and sometimes they just filmed actual biker from various gangs to save money)! Even if only a few folks came out to see them, the films made money and are almost all very similar. There are a few exceptions, such as "Werewolves on Wheels" (which is insanely weird) and "The Born Losers" (which is surprisingly good), but the rest have a certain sameness about them that make them forgettable. Is this the case with "Devil's Angels"? Well, unlike most it did feature a star (John Cassavetes)...but is it any good?
A member of the Skulls motorcycle gang is driving recklessly and accidentally hits and kills some poor schmuck. The biker runs away and rejoins the gang. Soon the gang runs amok...stealing and making nuisances of themselves. However, instead of arresting the gang, the local sheriff makes a dumb decision...to let the gang 'protect' the city! What's next? See the film...or not!
Like most of the rest of the biker films, this one is certainly no artistic masterpiece. It's mostly like voyeurism...watching jerks act like jerks. But it often is practically plotless...just showing the bikers being jerks and drinking. It is odd, however, that the leader of the jerks was pushing 40 in real life and although Cassavetes was a good actor, he was all wrong for the role. Overall, a dull film, believe it or not....and a poorly made one.
I noticed that the summary mentions the Hell's Angels...well, they are not even mentioned in the film! Also, in the trivia section there is a slight mistake, as it says that the film makes reference to another biker gang, the Glory Stompers, who were in another AIP picture preceding "Devil's Angels". This is true...but Dennis Hopper was NOT the leader of this gang, but some rivals called The Black Souls. Not a huge mistake...but a mistake.
Trivia is wrong...hopper was in The Glory Stompers but played leader of Black Souls.
In the late 1960s, a ton of biker films came out. Why? Because they were super-cheap to make (they rarely used stars and sometimes they just filmed actual biker from various gangs to save money)! Even if only a few folks came out to see them, the films made money and are almost all very similar. There are a few exceptions, such as "Werewolves on Wheels" (which is insanely weird) and "The Born Losers" (which is surprisingly good), but the rest have a certain sameness about them that make them forgettable. Is this the case with "Devil's Angels"? Well, unlike most it did feature a star (John Cassavetes)...but is it any good?
A member of the Skulls motorcycle gang is driving recklessly and accidentally hits and kills some poor schmuck. The biker runs away and rejoins the gang. Soon the gang runs amok...stealing and making nuisances of themselves. However, instead of arresting the gang, the local sheriff makes a dumb decision...to let the gang 'protect' the city! What's next? See the film...or not!
Like most of the rest of the biker films, this one is certainly no artistic masterpiece. It's mostly like voyeurism...watching jerks act like jerks. But it often is practically plotless...just showing the bikers being jerks and drinking. It is odd, however, that the leader of the jerks was pushing 40 in real life and although Cassavetes was a good actor, he was all wrong for the role. Overall, a dull film, believe it or not....and a poorly made one.
I noticed that the summary mentions the Hell's Angels...well, they are not even mentioned in the film! Also, in the trivia section there is a slight mistake, as it says that the film makes reference to another biker gang, the Glory Stompers, who were in another AIP picture preceding "Devil's Angels". This is true...but Dennis Hopper was NOT the leader of this gang, but some rivals called The Black Souls. Not a huge mistake...but a mistake.