Switchblade Sisters

GET WARPED & FADED WITH THE SHAKESPEAREAN FEMME EXPLOITATION CLASSIC

Screening in support of WARPED & FADED: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive, by Lars Nilsen and Friends; Edited by Kier-la Janisse, available for pre-order now at The Mondo Shop.

The iconic girl gang hit from Jack Hill, legendary director of SPIDER BABY, COFFY, and FOXY BROWN! Lace (Robbie Lee), the leader of girl gang The Dagger Debs, meets her match when new girl Maggie (Joanne Nail) moves into the neighborhood. Conflict turns to friendship as the girls end up in juvie together. Meanwhile, The Silver Daggers, the ladies’s male counterparts, have to contend with the arrival of a new gang, led by the villainous Crabs (Chase Newhart). But when the girls get back on the streets, a planned retaliation strike in tandem with The Silver Daggers backfires and puts Lace in hospital. Maggie assumes control, teaming up with Muff (Marlene Clark) and her gang of Black militants to declare all out war. Filled with sharp, clever dialogue and tongue in cheek humor, this Shakespeare-influenced girl gang mash-up is a stone cold 1970s classic.

Restoration courtesy of Arrow Video and the American Genre Film Archive