This is one of those low-budget biker vs the cops pictures that permeated the early seventies movie scene. Unlike those other titles though this one features some of the most violent scenes I've ever watched.
The story concerns a small town sheriff who savagely rapes the daughter of one of the town's more respected residents. He places the blame on a group of fun-loving bikers just passing through. The sherrif and the father of the girl go on a rampage, slaughtering every biker in sight.
The final stand-off between the sherrif and the father and the remaining bikers inside the town's Northville Cemetery is violent to the extreme. The bloodletting in this scene is on par with the finale scene in The Wild Bunch. The special effects are also amazing, especially for a film with this low a budget.
What I appreciated most about this film is that in the final shoot-out you'll notice that the two men trained in firearm usage, the sherrif and the father, a big game hunter, manage to hit everything they shoot at while the bikers, an untrained bunch, miss everything. It's that kind of realism that I like.
A mexican stand-off between the film's two main characters is never concluded before the film fades to black. We are left to wonder what happens next. I loved that! Imagine if Leone chose not to show what happened next when Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach had each other all lined up in that threeway stand-off.
Northville Cemetery Massacre is a fun, violent movie that is definitely not for the squeamish or for children.
The story concerns a small town sheriff who savagely rapes the daughter of one of the town's more respected residents. He places the blame on a group of fun-loving bikers just passing through. The sherrif and the father of the girl go on a rampage, slaughtering every biker in sight.
The final stand-off between the sherrif and the father and the remaining bikers inside the town's Northville Cemetery is violent to the extreme. The bloodletting in this scene is on par with the finale scene in The Wild Bunch. The special effects are also amazing, especially for a film with this low a budget.
What I appreciated most about this film is that in the final shoot-out you'll notice that the two men trained in firearm usage, the sherrif and the father, a big game hunter, manage to hit everything they shoot at while the bikers, an untrained bunch, miss everything. It's that kind of realism that I like.
A mexican stand-off between the film's two main characters is never concluded before the film fades to black. We are left to wonder what happens next. I loved that! Imagine if Leone chose not to show what happened next when Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach had each other all lined up in that threeway stand-off.
Northville Cemetery Massacre is a fun, violent movie that is definitely not for the squeamish or for children.