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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

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Reviews Counted: 23

Fresh: 17

Rotten:6

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Varla (Tura Satana), Billie (Lori Williams), and Rosie (Haji) are three fed-up go-go dancers who drive out into the California desert to let off some steam. When they encounter squeaky clean couple... Varla (Tura Satana), Billie (Lori Williams), and Rosie (Haji) are three fed-up go-go dancers who drive out into the California desert to let off some steam. When they encounter squeaky clean couple Tommy (Ray Barlow) and Linda (Sue Bernard), also out for a desert joyride, the girls' invitation to drag race turns ugly. After a fistfight, Varla leaves Tommy for dead and kidnaps Linda. The three dangerous beauties then catch word of a feeble old man (Stuart Lancaster) out in the desert who is reportedly sitting on a large amount of money, and they set out to beat it out of him and his two sons. FASTER, PUSSYCAT!, though made for the raincoat crowd in the mid-1960s, has since transcended its humble origins to become a beloved cult classic. While treading territory similar to MOTORPSYCHO, director Russ Meyer's previous film, PUSSYCAT! turns the convention on its ear with what is possibly the toughest (and most glamorous) trio of femme fatales ever to hit the screen. As Varla, the iconic Satana creates a character who appears to literally fear nothing. While not Meyer's most financially successful film, it's most likely the one (along with 1970's BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) that he will be remembered for. [More]

Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard

Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Ray Barlow, Dennis Busch, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka

Director: Russ Meyer

Director: Russ Meyer
Screenwriter: Jack Moran

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Jun 14, 2005

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Gleefully sordid, violent, good-humored exploitation from Russ Meyer, the thinking person's skin-flick director.

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03/28/07
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Some good performances emerge from a one-note script via very good Russ Meyer direction and his outstanding editing.

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03/28/07
Variety
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Classic social satire and slapstick humor!

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02/20/07
Cole Smithey
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This one aimed for the unsophisticated drive-in market with its rich mixture of sex and violence, but served up no nudity or swearing.

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10/26/06
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A cheap and efficient comic horror movie, it's funniest when its dialogue and characters' behaviour are at their most non sequitur.

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01/26/06
Time Out
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Joel Schumacher, camp? Meh - this is camp, and this is undeniably a wild good time.

Full Review Source: Moviehole | comment Comment
10/22/05
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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06/15/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

This is the ultimate expression of the American cinema's greatest fetishes: big breasts, fast cars, tight jeans, and sudden death. This is, in its own way, one of the great films of the 60's.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/02/05
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

The sex is intended to arouse, the violence to excite, and the combination enables Faster Pussycat's status as an absolute masterpiece of subversion.

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07/27/04
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Has a cult following that I am hard-pressed to grasp.

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09/18/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

An awful movie but a tremendous spectacle and a pinnacle of camp exuberance, NOT to be missed.

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08/15/03
Nick Davis
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I've always felt that Faster, Pussycat! suffered from an absence of Meyer's usual creative flourishes.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

No review available.

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02/21/03
Rebecca Murray
About.com

This is the quintessencial psychotronic film and Russ Meyer's best.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Kurt Ramschissel
Film Threat

What a weird movie!

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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

The shoestring production values are so weak, the story is so lame and the acting is so bad that there's no mistaking this Pussycat for anything but what it is - a turkey.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Still as fun, twisted, and hilarious as ever.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

I guess plunging necklines and tight shorts aren't what they used to be... Not that such a realization will hamper anyone's enjoyment of this, or any other, Meyer endeavor.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
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