Director: 
Mike McCarthy (Teenage Tupelo)
Featuring: 
Kerine Elkins, Dawn Ashcraft, Gina Velour
Language: 
English
Production Country: 
USA
Runtime
70 minutes
Rating
Not Rated
Genre
Post-Apocalyptstick Sci-Fi
Year
2000
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Director Mike McCarthy in person to present a tale of burlesque and ammunition in the post-apocalyptstick city of Femphis.   

"You'll love the crazy t n' a craziness in the wasteland of Superstarlet A.D." - Robin Bougie, Cinema Sewer

"McCarthy is still the king of kitsch and retro. He blasts through the delightful and deliciously incoherent mess with a rocket fueled finesse that is unmatched in his world of filmdom." - Christopher Curry, Film Threat

"Fitfully amusing Superstarlet A.D. pays homage to the big-haired bad girls of cinema’s past — doffing its bouffant in turn to Queen of Outer Space-style sci-fiers, juvenile-delinquent dramas, the Russ Meyer oeuvre, ’60s grindhouse “roughies,” even Rocky Horror camp tuners." - Dennis Harvey, Variety

In an armageddon-style nudie-cutie world run by roving girl gangs, Superstarlet A.D. leader Brunette Naomi has one quest in life: to find her grandmother's ancestral burlesque film. But can she and her lover Rachel accomplish this with the platinum blonde Phayrays, the ruthless brunette Satanas, and the ill-tempered Tempests hot on their trail? And can their forbidden love survive in the twisted world they live in? An outrageous sci-fi musical from Teenage Tupelo and Damselvis, Daughter of Helvis director John Michael McCarthy, Superstarlet A.D. is a loving tribute to big hair, lounge culture, and 60s sexploitation sinema.

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