EDITOR’S NOTE: Assault of the Killer Bimbos was on USA Up All Night on May 27 (twice!) and October 14, 1989; March 9 and 10 and November 2, 1990; February 23, August 8 and December 7, 1991 and January 31 and February 8, 1992.

Two go-go dancers, Lulu (Elizabeth Kaitan) and Peaches (Christina Whitaker), find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. After being framed for the murder of their employer by the genuinely sleazy gangster Vinnie (Mike Muscat), the duo goes on the run. They pick up a waitress named Darlene (Tammara Souza) along the way, and as the trio heads toward the border to clear their names, they end up in high-stakes car chases and a final, fateful encounter with Vinnie.

The film is the result of a massive pivot. Originally, Gorman Bechard was set to direct an alien-killer version, but Charles Band hated the script, turning that project into Cemetery High instead. They’d already had issues when Bechard was making Galactic Gigolo.

Anita Rosenberg, hot off working on Modern Girls, managed to secure the director’s chair after telling Empire she would write the script for cheap if she could direct. It remains her only feature film.

According to The Schlock Pit, Band’s father, Albert, watched the dailies and hated Rosenberg’s direction. He wanted writer Ted Nicolaou to take over, but he refused. And producer David DeCoteau wanted Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens to be the leads! At least Eddie Deezen is in it.

Elizabeth Kaitan told Femme Fatales magazine that when Thelma and Louise was released, DeCoteau and Band) considered suing MGM but changed their minds when they realized how much it would cost in legal fees. DeCoteau added, “The creator (of Thelma and Louise) must have seen Bimbos and was inspired in some way, whether consciously or not. There are just too many similarities. I mean, right down to the car they drive, the characters’ names, and certain plot points. It’s amazing.”

This was the last film released under Charles Band’s original Empire Pictures.

You can watch this on Tubi.