Andy Warhol's Bad (1977)

Original title

Bad

Directed by

Jed Johnson

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A beauty salon owner runs a murder-for-hire business from her shop. She hires women to commit killings for money.

darkly comiccampygruesomeunsettlingsatiricalbleaklow-budgetdeadpan

What happens

Bad, also known as Andy Warhol's Bad, is a 1977 American black comedy film directed by Jed Johnson and produced by Andy Warhol. Written by Pat Hackett and George Abagnalo, it stars Carroll Baker as the owner of a beauty salon that serves as a front for a murder-for-hire operation. Bad received mixed reviews, with critics divided over its gruesome violence and dark humor. Despite its commercial failure, Susan Tyrrell won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and the film has since become a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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