Assault of the Killer Bimbos

Assault of the Killer Bimbos is a 1988 American comedy film starring Elizabeth Kaitan, Christina Whitaker, and Tammara Souza.[1]

Assault of the Killer Bimbos
VHS cover art
Directed byAnita Rosenberg
Screenplay byTed Nicolaou
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyThomas L. Callaway
Edited byBarry Zetlin
Music by
  • Marc Ellis
  • Fred Lapides
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Urban Classics
  • Empire Pictures
Release date
  • May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06) (US)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000.00

Premise

Two go-go dancers, Lulu (Elizabeth Kaitan) and Peaches (Christina Whitaker), are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie (Mike Muscat). Picking up waitress Darlene (Tammara Souza) along the way, the three are involved in wild car chases with cops as they head south to cross the Mexico–United States border, where they unexpectedly encounter Vinnie in a fleabag Mexican motel.

Cast

Reception

Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times offered a mixed review of the film, not praising it while neither condemning it. He offered that the title accurately described the film and wrote that it was "one of those movies where the lights are on but nobody's at home. It is the most simpleminded movie in many a moon, a vacant and brainless exercise in dreck, and I almost enjoyed myself sometimes, sort of. The movie is so cheerfully dim-witted and the characters are so enthusiastically sleazoid that the film takes on a kind of awful charm."[2] Don Kaye of Rovi wrote that the film was "a dumb-but-hip instant cult favorite that knows - and revels in - its limitations."[3]

Production

Casting of the film was ongoing in May 1987 with Generic Films to begin shooting on June 5 as part of a four-picture contract with Empire Pictures.[4] Empire was ultimately displeased with the film delivered by Generic Films and the title was reassigned to a new film from director Anita Rosenberg that filmed in October 1987.[5] The original version was later released as Cemetery High.

Soundtrack

T# "I've Been Watching You" – written by Kent Knight, Warren Dixon, Steven T. Easter and performed by Knight Time

  1. "Headed For Heartbreak"
  2. "Tennessee and Texas"
  3. "Mister Right"
  4. "Shopping For Boys"
  5. "Do Me Right"
  6. "All The Way"
  7. "Bimbo Breakdown"
  8. "Kiss And Tell"
  9. "Yo-Yo"
  10. "Hot Plastic"
  11. "Bongos In Pastel"
  12. "Doin' The Cha Cha Cha"

References
  1. "production: Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1987)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  2. Ebert, Roger (May 6, 1988). "review: Assault of the Killer Bimbos". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  3. Kaye, Don. "review: Assault of the Killer Bimbos". Rovi. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  4. Andrews, Bea (May 1, 1987). "'Assault of the Killer Bimbos' (honest) heads for Home Video". The Day. p. 71 & D4. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  5. "ASSAULT OF THE KILLER BIMBOS (1988)". afi.com. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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