Russ Meyer was the king of cult cinema’s wild side—WWII combat cameraman turned bawdy auteur. In the ’60s and ’70s, he cranked out bombastic, low-budget hits like Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Vixen!, blending camp, cleavage, and chaos with razor-sharp satire. He worked fast, shot cheap, and never backed down from controversy. In 1970, he even teamed with critic Roger Ebert to make Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Meyer’s films were loud, lusty, and unapologetically outrageous—just like the m