The ultimate trash classic from cult director Russ Meyer, the man known for his obsession with large-breasted woman and an eye for absurdist humour and bizarre situations. SUPERVIXENS mixes in some rough thrills and spills with its serious storyline of an innocent man and the deranged cop he encounters in his life, and of course the many beautiful women also involved with the pair come foremost. But along with the conventional format of the thriller picture, there also comes plenty of sexploitation in the bountiful forms of Meyer's favourite stars (Shari Eubank, Uschi Digard, Christy Hartburg, Sharon Kelly, Deborah McGuire, Haji) and a weird helping of offbeat humour which you just can't see anywhere else these days. In fact the film has plenty of diverse elements, with something for every male viewer watching.
Utilising the scorched desert as a backdrop for his strictly adult tale, Meyer fills the screen at every opportunity with barely-clothed and unclothed women, who give various over-the-top performances as typically sex-mad nymphos hungry for our young hero's loins. The most notable performer in the film is Shari Eubank, who excels in two different roles as firstly the abusive, bitchy wife, and secondly the altogether sweeter Supervixen who runs a café out in the middle of nowhere. Her beauty and her acting combine to make her an unforgettable force to be reckoned with. Charles Pitts proves to be a handsome if unmemorable leading figure, whilst the rest of the cast offer up some distinctive - if not brilliant - portrayals of weird characters, my favourite being the sex-mad farmer and his young Austrian wife, who are literally addicted to having sex.
A nasty edge of violence comes in the form of the burly Charles Napier, giving here what is perhaps his definitive performance as a sick, psychopathic and murderous policeman, whose scene with Shari Eubank in the bathroom is sadistic and cruel viewing, guaranteed to make any viewer wince with the on-screen brutality. Otherwise the combination of sex, nudity, fighting, car chases, scorching heat, and crazy situations is magic stuff, a winning formula that makes this highly entertaining viewing and much, much more than just another soft core porn film. Funny, scary and always shocking, this is vintage Meyer at his prime.
