Psycho
Bettys from Planet Pussycat is a lot like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. By that, I mean it’s a musical that usurps old
Sci-Fi movie tropes and turns them on their ear to make a statement about
changing contemporary mores. That’s the
only reason they’re similar. I can’t
imagine anyone dressing up like the characters from this flick at midnight and
singing along with the songs.
Four
alien women named Betty live on a planet with no men. They are sent to Earth by their queen to find
breeding stock and land in Albuquerque in a spaceship disguised as a Honda Fit. The leader, Betty Hou (Katy Houska) goes
around picking up men in bars and luring them into an alley where she cuts off
their gonads. (She keeps them preserved in
the freezer for the return trip home.)
Meanwhile, the other Bettys wind up falling in love with a trio of nerdy
losers. Complications arise when the
Bettys become pregnant.
As
far as the songs go, I’ve heard worse. They’re mostly bland and unmemorable but I did
like the song Betty Hou sings in a toilet stall while recovering from a
hangover. The filmmakers must’ve known
the songs weren’t anything special because there’s a running joke where the
characters try to stop each other from singing.
Even
though the songs aren’t great, they help to set Psycho Bettys from Planet
Pussycat apart from countless other no budget, shot-on-video-in-someone’s-mom’s-house
movies. Like most of these things, the CGI
is crappy, and the “futuristic” sets are terrible. There are scenes that look
like they were filmed in a storage unit, and one set is literally nothing more
than a wall covered with aluminum foil.
If
there is a silver (aluminum foil?) lining, it’s that Psycho Bettys from Planet
Pussycat is just different enough to stand out from the rest of the homemade
DIY movies that are out there. That’s
not exactly a recommendation. However,
if you like musicals and cheap no-budget sci-fi flicks, you might enjoy it.
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