A Wetpaint Site

Pam Grier Movies |

Version 12 - view current page

Coffy

Year: 1973
Director: Jack Hill

Synopsis: A nurse with a grudge visits bloody revenge on the mobsters and drug lords of L.A. after her sister ODs. Pushers, pimps, corrupt cops, and mob bosses all meet their splattery ends at the hands of "the baddest one-chick hit squad that ever hit town!"

What made Pam Grier so badass:

She forces a pusher to shoot himself up with his own junk. When he protests that it will kill him, she says "Maybe it will and maybe it won't, but if it do, you're gonna fly through them pearly gates with the biggest f---ing smile St. Peter ever seen!"

Foxy Brown

Year: 1974
Director: Jack Hill

Synopsis: After her boyfriend is shot, Foxy Brown poses as a prostitute to infiltrate a modeling agency acting as a front for a drugs-and-prostitution ring. Sex, violence, and castration ensue.

What made Pam Grier so badass:

Foxy takes out a black belt in karate — with a bar stool.
Foxy's final vengeance on her enemy includes emasculating the woman's boyfriend and presenting her with the evidence in a pickle jar.

Scream Blacula Scream

Year: 1973
Director: Bob Kelljan

Synopsis: Blacula is resurrected by a voodoo practitioner to help him wrest control of a voodoo sect from his rival (Grier). But what Blacula really wants is Grier's help in liberating him from his curse.

What made Pam Grier so badass:

Actually, she's not that badass in this film, but she does showcase her impressive talent for screaming.