FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers!

Hey gang! Chris will be at the Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers on Saturday, October 5 to introduce a 35mm screening of Russ Meyer's FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! The show starts at 10:00 p.m. For more details, check out the official website. Sadly, FASTER PUSSYCAT co-star Haji succumbed to a heart attack this past August at age 67. Back in 1999, Chris had the pleasure of interviewing the beautiful and talented Haji for Shock Cinema magazine; that issue is now out of print, but the Q&A can be found here.

Movie Ad of the Week: BANG, BANG, THE MAFIA GANG (1971)

World Premiere - Wednesday, February 24, 1971 - Tucson, AZ

Rated X by the MPAA in 1970, Art Lieberman’s wacky sex comedy BANG, BANG, THE MAFIA GANG -– starring funny guy Frank Corsentino in full Woody Allen mode and exotic Russ Meyer starlet Haji in sexy-as-ever mode -- was released by Headliner and had its world premiere in Tucson with the stars in attendance. A year later the movie was picked up by Group 1, cut for an MPAA-approved R rating and re-released as UP YOUR ALLEY. It toured drive-ins and neighborhood theaters for 5 years under this handle before being sold off to producer/showman M.A. Ripps (of POOR WHITE TRASH infamy), who re-titled it HEADS 'N' TAILS ("Their tails are up, their heads are down, they're the most popular girls in town!") and finally THE MELON AFFAIR for a 1978/1979 roll-out through his EMC Film Corporation. The movie is currently available on DVD-R and for download from Something Weird under its original title.