| Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! | |
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| Directed by | Russ Meyer |
| Produced by | Russ Meyer |
| Written by | Jack Moran Russ Meyer |
| Starring | Tura Satana Haji Lori Williams Susan Bernard |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Cinematography | Walter Schenk |
| Editing by | Russ Meyer |
| Release date(s) | 1965 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a 1965 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer, who also wrote the script with Jack Moran. It stars Tura Satana, Haji, and Lori Williams.
The film features gratuitous violence, sexuality, provocative gender roles, and camp dialogue. It is one of Meyer's more boldly titled and unflinchingly exploitative films; however, there is no nudity.
The film was shot in the extreme western parts of the Mojave Desert. However, some of the scenes appear to have been filmed farther east, near Baker, California. The last scenes in the film were made west of California City. The rail line running between Mojave and Trona, California is clearly evident.
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Three thrill-seeking go-go dancers—Billie (Lori Williams), Rosie (Haji), and their leader, Varla (Tura Satana)—encounter a young couple in the desert while racing their sports cars. After killing the boyfriend (Ray Barlow) with her bare hands, Varla drugs, binds, gags and kidnaps his girlfriend, Linda (Susan Bernard). On a desolate highway, the four stop at a gas station, where they see an old man (Stuart Lancaster) and his muscular, dimwitted son, Vegetable (Dennis Busch). The gas station attendant (Mickey Foxx) tells the women that the old man and his two sons live on a decrepit ranch with a hidden cache of money. Intrigued, Varla hatches a scheme to rob the lecherous old man, who uses a wheelchair.
The Spice Girls music video for their single "Say You'll Be There" is inspired by the film, along with Pulp Fiction. Like much of the film, the video was shot in the Mojave Desert.
L.A. sleaze rock band Faster Pussycat named after this film.
The title for the Paul Oakenfold single featuring the vocals of Brittany Murphy, "Faster Kill Pussycat" was a play on the title of the movie.
In the Dark Angel (TV Series) during the Halloween surreal dream episode the feline transgenic yells out "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" during a game of charades.
In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) episode "Passion", Xander supports Giles' seeking revenge on Angel saying, "Faster, pussycat. Kill. Kill."
Samples from the movie can be heard in the White Zombie song "Thunder Kiss '65" and in the Poison Idea song "Punish Me".
The Cramps covered the theme song on their live album Smell of Female which is also a reference to the opening of the film.
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