Product Details

• Actors: Tura Satana, Haji, Stuart Lancaster, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard
• Directors: Russ Meyer
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hauck Pub Co
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2005
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LVBD7M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,998 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Director

RUSS MEYER - Born on March 21, 1922, in San Leandro, California, Russ Meyer secured his place in cinema history as a pioneer of independent films. The son of a policeman and a nurse, Russ first began making films in his teens, after purchasing an 8mm Univex picture taking machine with money borrowed from his mother. At 18, while attending Junior College, Russ answered an advertisement inviting young men to train in Hollywood motion picture studios as combat photographers for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. While serving with the 166 Signal Corp., Russ distinguished himself by shooting some of the most risky and dangerous combat photography and newsreels to come out of World War II. Upon returning to Hollywood after the war, Russ Meyer functioned simultaneously as producer, scriptwriter, director, editor, and cameraman. RM's unique talents and vision, along with his success in creating low budgets for his films, caught the eye of 20th Century Fox president Richard D. Zanuck. This led to a contract for Russ to direct Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, (1970) written by Roger Ebert. The film was a box office success. Russ Meyer, a true American Auteur, passed away on September 18, 2004, at the age of 82.

Product Description

Black & White/83 Minutes

FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL! KILL! is the story of a new breed of SUPERWOMEN emerging out of the ruthlessness of our times. We are introduced to three BUXOM Go-Go girls: VARLA, ROSIE, and BILLIE, wildly dancing the Watusi before the leers, jeers and lecherous come-ons of their drooling all-male audience. The violence, implicit in the girls' tease, is quickly moved out of the microcosmic bar into the outside world as they literally let go of themselves, embarking on a wild, violent, deadly journey of vengeance on all men. VARLA, the outrageously abundant KARATE MASTER leader of the pack, breaks the arms and back of one man, runs her Porsche over two others, grinds a fourth, a muscleman, against a wall and, eventually, deliberately goes down the path of her own self-destruction, dragging her two BUXOTIC cohorts along with her.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic film marred by lackluster, overpriced DVD September 5, 2005

By Brian A. Dolge

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

This movie is definitely a must see. That being said the transfer of this DVD is no better than my VHS copy. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a very noteworthy cult film and deserves something akin to the Criterion treatment. I saw a restored print on the big screen a few years ago and it was positvely gorgeous, high-contrast, luminous and sharp. The sound quality here is acceptable given the source, but picture quality of this DVD is muddy and faded looking, plus a seemingly improper/misaligned aspect ratio to boot. A 5 star film on a 2 star disc.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A mid-sixties masterpiece of shock and schlock..., September 28, 2007

By DrSpecter

Format:DVD

Most B-movies produced for the drive-in market are watchable once or twice. This is one of a handful that improve with repeated viewings. And speaking of handfuls, let's look at the Pussycats themselves. First, there's Tura Satana as Varla. She must have taken a deep breath before every take, because she belts out almost every line of dialog with amazing force and menace. The only time she speaks at all rationally is when she's lying. Then, her whole persona changes to a shrugging deadpan. Lori Williams as Billy is the weakest of the three, though she would have dominated a normal drive-in flick. And her drunk scene is pretty much of a blast. But it's Haji's performance as Rosie that's the secret gem of this movie. She has the perfect undefinable latina accent-- neither Italian nor Spanish. In fact, she's a Canadian, and had to learn the accent. Hers is a wonderfully mannered, sneering performance I can't take my eyes off of.

Of the men, Stuart Lancaster chews the scenery brilliantly as the rich, crippled, cantankerous old letch. Leering and sneering, and drinking heavilly at lunch. And his hulking yet mentally challenged son The Vegatable is great fun to watch, too. Squinting with concentration before each halting line of dialog. Secretly gentle, despite the vile things the old man wants him to do. And, like most of the characters in Pussycat, he seems like he could have been written by Tenessee Williams on LSD.

Most of the dialog is quotable, and just about every frame could be enlarged to hang on the wall. This and Meyer's equally brilliant Beyond the Valley of the Dolls have had unestimable influence on directors as diverse as John Waters and Quinton Tarrantino. But, despite having been strip-mined over the years, retain a strange and often shocking vitality.... As Richard Corliss said of Dolls, they mix evrything generally associated with both "good" and "bad" movies. And, while I take a break evey once in a while (you can't have candy for dinner every night) every time I come back to these flicks, my appreciation of them grows.

The presentation on this disc really is kind of lack-luster. I hear there's a double disc out in England with interviews with the Pussycats, etc. It might be worth getting an all-region player just for that. Read more ›

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Coming At Ya From Six Different Dangerous Directions October 8, 2004

By Gary F. Taylor HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:VHS Tape

While there are some who argue that it is a pro-feminist flick with lots of social significance, truth is FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL is a very deliberately made bit of ultra-drive-in trash, a movie that glories in all things low-brow, low-rent, and low-necklined. And it has a cast that makes up for their collective lack of talent with attitude to spare.

The story is as hooty as the cast. Tura Satana, she of the lethal cleavage, leads minions Haji and Lori Williams away from the grind of their jobs at the go-go joint and out into the desert. They race their cars. They wrestle in the water and then in the sand. They dance the watusi. They bump off this guy who shows up wearing plaid shorts. (You might read this as a mercy killing.) Then they set their sights on an old lech and his dum-dum sons, hoping to make away with their money. Faster Pussycat indeed!

The script is deliberately absurd, with an emphasis on memorable one liners that try to out-cliche all known cliches. But the real attraction here are the "pussycats." It isn't often that you see a 2D movie with 3D effects, but that's exactly what happens when Tura, Haji, Lori, and their six talents hit the screen. These are three big-busted, nip-waisted women with evil attitude, and they sneer, snarl, snap, and slither around the screen with all the aplomb of trailer park drag queens gone bad. It's more "tacky cool" than a 1965 plastic jewelry box explosion.

Now, how much you like this sort of thing really depends on how warped your sense of humor is. Cheap though it is, the thing is remarkably well done, and taken in the right way the combination of trailer-park chic, retro-hysteria, and ultra-attitude is a lot of fun...... and when the pussycats hit the screen you may think you're about to get a black eye, and I don't mean from their fists! Breakout the popcorn and some protective glasses: Tura and the Pussycats are coming at ya!

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like to see beautiful girls driving fast sportscars breaking joculatory looking he-men men's spines... July 20, 2005

By Halamander

Format:DVD

... this is the film you've been longing for.

I'm convinced there would never be a SIN CITY or PULP FICTION had there not been FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL! KILL! The opening credits alone are among the most brilliant moments in cinema, and by the time you reach the end you may reach sensory overload.

Russ Meyers earned his place in cinematic history with this film, one that made flesh and blood the kind of women only seen in comic books. Its a movie made with love by talented hands, subject matter be damned, and is a unique vision to this day. Its too easy to write this movie off as a cult-ish "bad movie" until you've actually watched it.

Is is amoral? Not really, in fact there's a string of retribution that's almost karmic. Is it pornography? At the time, maybe, but that's questionable - there's really no nudity (that opening go-go dance is as risque as it gets!), only tight outfits and suggestion. Today it's less explicit than the average FOX reality show.

So... why watch it? Aside from being the most unabashedly fun pulpy film ever made, ts a textbook of lowbudget filmmaking, as daring as BLOOD SIMPLE or RESERVOIR DOGS. This femme fatale world of men portrayed as weak willed and predatory creatures at the mercy of women's sexual powers lingers, and would-be filmmakers should be intoxicated with the possibilities...

And therin lies PUSSYCAT's blessing and curse... for every Tarantino or Rodriguez it inspires to embrace their cinematic fetishes, its legacy is more bad direct to video movies glutting Blockbuster than good. These genuinely trashy (i.e.-poorly made, lazy sexploitation) films taint it in the public eyes, and I think the only remedy is for more people to see and love it.

"THAT WAS INTENSE!..."

~Emilio Estevez, REPO MAN Read more ›