Dark Force Entertainment, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has a new 2K film restoration — from the original camera negative, with scene-by-scene color restoration — of Peter Perry and John Arnoldy’s 1977, 1978 and 1979 film release of The Young Cycle Girls (aka: Cycle Vixens). It will be making its Blu-ray debut on Nov. 23.
As an indie film (Peter Perry Pictures), the number of 35mm prints were limited, which accounted for the film’s sporadic release pattern and the two different titles. We do know that Peter Perry did his best to exploit the film, getting it on the cover of Boxoffice Magazine on two separate occasions. He also ran ads that took a page out of William Castle’s promotional book, “No one admitted during the last five minutes of this show!” (there was actually a reason for that).
It’s spring vacation and sisters Sheila (Daphne Lawrence) and Sherry (Deborah Marcus) team up with their friend Priss (Loraine Ferris) to ditch the chill of Colorado for sunny Southern California. They don’t have your typical mode of transportation, a van or a convertible, but rather these young ladies are schooled in riding hogs, motorcycles.
So off they go, they have a series of “adventures” on their way to the beach, which we won’t give away here, since one of these encounters “foreshadows” the ending (last five minutes). The Young Cycle Girls was a drive-in favorite and sparked reviews from both ends of the critical spectrum … from trash and exploitative to insightful.
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