Killing Car

Killing Car (original title: Femme dangereuse, Dangerous Woman, also known as The Blood Red Car) is a 1993 French surreal revenge thriller film directed by Jean Rollin. Synopsis A mysterious, young Asian woman enters a scrapyard where the salesman offers her payment-in-kind; the woman appears to be in favour of his service, but suddenly draws a gun and shoots him dead. The woman proceeds to steal a '58 Edsel Corsair, only to be disturbed by the salesman's girlfriend, who begins to shoot back. Following a brief shoot-out between the women, the girlfriend approaches a group of prostitutes. The woman gives chase, gunning down the prostitutes, while the girlfriend escapes, but is eventually located and killed. A little toy car is discovered amongst the body as a calling card as two detectives investigate the case, one the which, the senior detective, seems to be dismissive and is almost due for retirement, while the young detective is convinced there is more to it than meets the eye. The mysterious woman tracks a couple, Robert and Sylvie, to a country farmhouse, killing Sylvie, and severely wounding Robert. Before he dies he realises that he and the woman were connected to an incident that occurred one year prior. A man named Marc and his girlfriend, Monique, arrive at the farmhouse to meet with Robert, to do an illegal deal over a stolen Goddess of Fertility statue, only to find the woman waiting for them and claiming to be an acquaintance of Robert's. Marc agrees to do the deal with her, but Monique is suspicious of her intentions. Monique goes to the barn and screams when she finds Robert and Sylvie's bodies. Marc runs to her aid and is shot dead, while Monique tries to defend herself, to no avail, the woman impales her with a pitchfork. A photographer named Pascale returns from New York to Paris and meets with the woman to engage in modeling photo shoot. Pascale becomes unsettled by the woman's haunting appearance. Following a nude shoot, they are interrupted by Pascale's friend, Barbara, who suggests they do a shoot for fun with the woman as an executioner, while Barbara plays the victim. The woman goes into a trance and proceeds to cut Barbara's throat when Pascale is forced to slap her; this invokes a memory for the woman and she stabs Pascale. Barbara attempts to lead her to safety, but the pair are shot and killed.