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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:18

Rotten:7

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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44/100

Gabe Leibowitz

Sadly, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! sounds far better on paper than it actually plays.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 08 2009 06:36 AM

Film and Felt

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A-

Cole Smithey

Russ Meyer's fetishistic vision of powerful bisexual amazons of mixed nationalities engaged in criminal super action exists in a cartoonish world of black and white humor where anything is possible

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 04 2009 10:32 AM

Daily Radar

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3/4

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 28 2007 06:57 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 28 2007 06:55 PM

Variety

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5/5

Cole Smithey

Classic social satire and slapstick humor!

comment Comment | Feb., 20 2007 12:41 PM

ColeSmithey.com

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C

Dennis Schwartz

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 26 2006 05:51 PM

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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Clint Morris

Joel Schumacher, camp? Meh - this is camp, and this is undeniably a wild good time.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 22 2005 01:34 AM

Moviehole

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2/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jun., 15 2005 12:55 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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4/5

Kim Newman

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: | comment Comment | Mar., 02 2005 10:15 PM

Empire Magazine

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Rumsey Taylor

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 27 2004 08:16 AM

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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2/5

Ken Hanke

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

comment Comment | Sep., 18 2003 01:04 AM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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5/5

Nick Davis

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

comment Comment | Aug., 15 2003 01:54 PM

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Marjorie Baumgarten

I've always felt that Faster, Pussycat! suffered from an absence of Meyer's usual creative flourishes.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 10 2003 09:07 AM

Austin Chronicle

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5/5

Rebecca Murray

No review available.

comment Comment | Feb., 21 2003 08:33 AM

About.com

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4.5/5

Kurt Ramschissel

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2002 08:53 AM

Film Threat

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3/4

Kevin N. Laforest

What a weird movie!

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 10 2002 08:08 AM

Montreal Film Journal

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3/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 30 2002 10:49 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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3/5

Robert Roten

No review available.

comment Comment | Jan., 01 2001 12:00 AM

Laramie Movie Scope

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Chris Hicks

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: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

 
 
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