9 Films That Would Benefit From Being Remade

Faster Pussycat is your typical story of a psychotic go-go dancer who after killing a drag-racing stranger leads her two equally deranged girlfriends to the desert ranch of an old cripple and his retarded son. Alerted to the old man’s hidden fortune, the girls scheme, seduce and double-cross their way to the loot in ways that suggest there won’t be anybody left standing when the credits roll.

If you didn’t know Russ Meyer’s movie was a camp classic, you’d be able to guess from Pussycat’s portrayal of women. Dressed in tight trousers or short shorts, with their ample bosoms practically spilling out of their low-cut blouses, Meyer’s femme fatales tower over the men and seem to enjoy berating and beating them up more than they do seducing them.

The film has been referenced by The Simpsons and Rob Zombie, ripped off by Bitch Slap (2009) and praised by John Waters (see what I mean about camp?), with no less than Quentin Tarantino mooted as the director of a possible remake. As long as he keeps the running time under three hours and doesn’t include an intermission, that’ll be worth seeing.