Zaftig Pussycat: “Voluptuous Biker Babes” Revisited

Carlos Batts has released "Voluptuous Biker Babes", a trippy combination of "Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas," "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," and - I don't know - Lucha Libre that features drag queens, desert dance-offs, and the ample talents of April Flores, La Cholita, and Bunny de la Cruz along with the leaner but no less tasty Audrey Hollander and Veronique Vega.

As we mentioned last month, Batts shot the film in roughly the same area as did Russ Meyer when the latter filmed "Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!" in 1965, and "VBB" features just as much eye candy, if not more (considering it's in color). Flores, La Cholita, and de la Cruz are trash-talking badasses who get stranded in the desert. And they must love their way home.

In their wanderings they meet psychedelic tea merchants (Otto Bauer and Audrey Hollander) and an arid extra-dry dance troupe, an encounter that leads to a wrestling match with drag queen Pa Fuschia.

Jerk-off material? Art? Way Beyond the Valley of the Dolls? You decide. In fact, why don't you decide in person? Batts and April Flores will be signing copies of "Voluptuous Biker Babes" tonight at Sunset Blvd.'s famed Book Soup between 7 and 10. · Carlos Batts (fattyd.com) · Book Soup (booksoup.com)