Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Made for a budget of $45,000 by exploitation auteur Russ Meyer, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! has managed to cement for its self a lasting place in the pop culture psyche despite having a plot that is essentially a porno without the nudity. Three Go-Go dancers, including the improbably bosomed Tura Satana, take their sports cars for a spin in the desert, end up killing a young man, take his teenage girlfriend (Susan Bernard)  hostage, and decide to use her as bate to steal money from a crippled old man (Stuart Lancaster) and his two sons, one of whom is mentally retarded. The movie doesn't make much sense, but is surprisingly watchable (it has a 73% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes). An odd film literacy film, but still a film literacy film. **1/2

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