This review is dedicated to the memory of Haji (born Barbarella Catton) who recently passed away August 9th 2013. She was born in my hometown, Québec City, and this film was chosen by me has our assignation for the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Club for August 22nd 2013. It was a coincidence but I'm glad that it turns out to highlight her career a little bit.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Russ Meyer, 1965)
Camp, cult, sexy, violent, influential, and indescribable are some of the best adjectives that comes when watching director Russ Meyer’s film. It is also a cinephile’s delight with the campy dialogues, the bad girls and the over the top acting and the crossing of the line of filmic codes. It is also a great transgenre that marries Western, Horror, Thriller, and Film noir. Definitely and without a doubt a huge influence on Quentin Tarantino’s films, especially Death Proof, it also has an edge of Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the weird family of men, the strong retarded son and the crippled father.
