It is no secret that Kill Bill is basically a stylised homage to the cultish low budget martial arts and grindhouse movies that Tarantino loves so much. Few, however, will be able to name any of the chop-socky sources of inspiration, much less have seen them.

If you wonder where Daryl's KB eyepatch came from, don't miss Saturday's En Grym Film (aka They Call Her One-Eye), but first up today is the hard core revenge fable, Lady Snowblood (Shurayukihime) - Blizzard From the Netherworld and The Doll Squad - the gals-with-guns action extravaganza from B-movie maestro Ted V Mikels - follows suit Friday.

Rounding it all off on Sunday will be Female Convict Scorpion - Jailhouse
41 by Shunya Ito, in which badass Scorpion and a group of her fellow
convicts escape from a prison that makes Cell Block H look like Club Med.

Savage, direct and surreal, these flicks will get us in the mood for the Kill Bill double bill preview on Monday, and some more hot chicks with big sticks action.

Kill Bill Connection at ICA - April 8-12
The Mall, SW1 - 020 7930 3647
To win tix to Monday's double bill preview you must attend any other film in the Kill Bill Connection and enter competition with your ticket stub.

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