The Wild Pussycat



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Director - Dimis Dadiras (A House in the Clouds, Taxi Driver)
Starring - Kostas Prekas (Intimate Relations, City's Jungle), Gisela Dali (Lust for Sex, The Executioner), and Maria Foka (The Runaway Kid, Naked in the Street)
Release Date - 1969
Genre - Crime
Tagline - "Purring on the outside.  Seething on the inside"
Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

        I've been slowly working my way through my Mondo Macabro films that was sent to me for review.  I believe I have six blus with seven movies total so it wasn't that big of a task but finding time between work and home life seems rather difficult right now.  I'm finally moving forward with getting my house repaired after the fire.  My time has been very limited but I have been able to work through several releases which brings me to Mondo's double feature with two Greek exploitation films.  The first is The Wild Pussycat which was finished in 1969 and released in the early 70s. 

     The film follows a young woman who lost her sister recently.  She killed herself after she was in an abusive relationship with a man.  He was cheating on her and was often physically and emotionally abusive to her which was the reason she took her life.  She plans her revenge on the man.  She lures him back to her place and drugs him.  She then puts him in a room and chains him up like a dog with a two way mirror.  He can see out but no one can see in.  He is then subject to her perverse acts with no way or touching her or satisfying himself.

      I was not a fan of Bloodlust.  The movie was way too slow with no atmosphere and a story you could see coming.  Out of the Mondo Macabro releases in my marathon this was the weakest one.  I was hoping that The Wild Pussycat would take me back to a more enjoyable release but the film could barely hold my attention.  I wanted to like it but I just couldn't.  The acting in this one is strange.  I get every culture or society has different ways of doing things but the acting in this film is just odd.  The characters make eye contact briefly before their eyes bounces around like they are high on speed.  The dialogue has no emotions behind them and the scenes are painfully dry.  Even the scenes that are meant to be sexy fall flat because the cast has no dedication to their role.  The story for this one moves at a snails pace and does not have the affect on the viewer that was intended.  The movie tries to be sexy while flirting with being a thriller but all it really does is put the viewer to sleep.  The sex or sexy scenes are so underwhelming that you may get the impression that this is a parody.  If you can make it through this film in one sitting I will be thoroughly impressed.  Finally, if you want blood and gore you wont find it here.  The film is a character piece that relies heavily on the character's interactions.  Overall, The Wild Pussycat is not the film I was expecting.  I'm a huge fan of exploitation and I was expecting a fun sexploitation flick.  Instead, I get something else that just wasn't for me.