60s "acid" movies

[StatCat]

Can anyone give me any suggestions for cool 60s flicks along the lines of Psych Out, Wild in the Streets, The Trip, Riot on Sunset Strip? Are there any left after those big 4? I have the soundtrack for each of those movies (3 of which never made it to cd, only the trip did) so you know I'm addicted.

[peter johnson]

Hells Angels on Wheels
The Wild Angels
Invasion of the Bee Girls
The Strawberry Statement
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Werewolves on Wheels
Panic in Needle Park
--- these are just off the top of my head.  Pick up a copy of Psychotronic Review magazine.  They specialize in all manner of exploitation films, but have a real soft spot and a sharp eye for '60's acid-weirdness.
peter johnson/denny crane

[StatCat]

You're getting into the early 70s with some of those but I guess they could count.

Werewolves on Wheels is an AWFUL movie besides the satanic mass scene. I expected way too much- imagine if it was really werewolves on motorcycles harrasing people- what an awesome movie it could of been

Hell's Angels on Wheels and the Wild Angels are the two best biker movies ever made in my opinion- maybe Hell's Angels '69 too.

Never heard of panic in needle park though, I'll look into that one thanks

[peter johnson]

Well, there are those who will say that the '60's really ended around '73 -- Just like what we think of when we say "60's Psychedelia" doesn't really kick in until '66 or so.
Eras are funny things.  Can anyone say when The Jazz Age, for example, really ended?
Almost no Era exists exactly from point 0 to point 9.
Psychotronic even champions some retro films made in the '80's and '90's as examples of the genre.
I think what we're looking for here is the feel/look of a given thing.
peter johnson/denny crane

[StatCat]

psychedelic timeline is a fun read:

http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/lamaEarlyPsychedelia.htm

Real authentic 60s to me ended probably when the beatles released sgt pepper and killed every garage band on the face of the planet. I still like what came after in some cases but it was a different scene entirely for the most part. You can't really say when eras end but you definitely can tell when there's some drastic changes.

[BoyScoutKevin]

"Panic in Needle Park" Never seen it neither, but I've heard alot of good things about it. Supposedly, one of the more harrowing junkie films out there. As an added inducement to see it, it was Pacino's first starring role, and it also stars the late Raul Julia.