Editing Russ Meyer (section)

===The "Gothic" period===

''[[Lorna (film)|Lorna]]'' (1964) marked the end of Meyer's "nudies" and his first foray into serious film making.

[[File:Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (promo photo, 1965) - cropped.jpg|thumb|Promotional shot for ''[[Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!]]'']]

He followed this with three other similar films, and would call this his  "[[Gothic subculture|Gothic]]" period: ''[[Mudhoney (film)|Mudhoney]]'' (1965),  ''[[Motorpsycho (film)|Motorpsycho]]'' (1965) and ''[[Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!]]'' (1965).

''Lorna'' was very successful commercially, making almost a million dollars. ''Mudhoney'' was more ambitious, based on a novel, and did not perform as well. ''Motorpsycho'', about three men terrorising the countryside, was a big hit—so much so Meyer decided to make a film about three bad girls, ''Faster Pussycat''. ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' was commercially underwhelming but would eventually be acclaimed as a cult classic. It has a following all over the world and has inspired countless imitations, [[music video]]s and tributes{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}.