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.
In FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!, a trio of drag-racing daredevil go-go girls get tough in the desert when a smart-alecky guy challenges their driving prowess--not a smart move.
Director John Waters has often claimed that FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! is his favorite film.
Stuart Lancaster (also featured in other Russ Meyer films such as MUDHONEY and SUPERVIXENS) went on to appear in Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and BATMAN RETURNS.
Meyer regular John Furlong is the uncredited narrator.
Excerpt: "I never TRY anything. I just DO it. Like I don't beat clocks, just people...Wanna try me?"--Varla (Tura Satana) to Tommy (Ray Barlow) after their drag race
"The point is of no return, and you've just reached it! You can still climb in that kiddie car and take a hike, unless you can fight better than you can drive!"--Varla to Tommy before she beats him to a pulp
"Mr. Host, I'm of legal age for whiskey, votin', and lovin', and the next election's not for two years and my love life's not gettin' much better. So how about some of that good one hundred percent!"--Billie (Lori Williams) to the old man (Stuart Lancaster) as they sit at the dinner table
"She's a cold one--more stallion than mare! Too much for one man to handle!"--The old man to his son Kirk (Paul Trinka) upon first meeting Varla
"That young one, tender as a cottontail! We've got to save her from those ladies!"--The old man to his dim son, Vegetable (Dennis Busch), referring to Linda (Sue Bernard)
"Your old man been's blasted out of his wheels and your king-size brother's been twisted like a pretzel. You're all that's left, lover, and you're not gonna be around for long!"--Varla to Kirk after her trail of destruction
DVD Features:
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
[unspecified] - English
Cinematographer
Walter Schenk: Cinematographer, FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
Review 1:
"...Tura Satana, who plays the lead in FASTER, PUSSYCAT, is extraordinary in appearance....[With] a frenetic style of quick-cutting, exuberant action, pop and comic-book imagery, and dialogue that seems phoned in from another universe..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.32 03/24/1995
Review 2:
"A blast from start to finish."
Source: Uncut
p.139 05/01/2005
Review 3:
"...A rambunctiously amusing period piece....It has the feverish pulse of a classic B movie..."
Source: New York Times
p.C10 01/13/1995
Review 4:
"...A Warholian daydream..." -- Rating: A
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.90-1 09/18/1998
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