Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me is a 1992 American comedy film starring Adrienne Shelly

Adrienne Shelly

Adrienne Shelly , was an American actress, director and screenwriter. Making her name in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust, Shelly transitioned to a writing and directing career in subsequent years...

, Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. During a time when drugs like LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison...

, Sean Young

Sean Young

Sean Young is an American actress, best known for her performance in films from the 1980s such as Blade Runner, Dune, and No Way Out.-Early life:...

, Max Parrish, Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd is an American actress, film director, producer and published author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , Wild at Heart , Rambling Rose , Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days , and...

, Andrea Naschak and written and directed by Joel Hershman

Joel Hershman

Joel Hershman is an American film director, writer and producer.Hershman is best known for the films Greenfingers starring Clive Owen and Helen Mirren and Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me starring Sean Young and Adrienne Shelly.-External links:...

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Plot

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me is an off-kilter comedy about a criminal who shoots his fiancée during a shotgun wedding, and runs away with her fortune, winding up in a low class El Monte, California

El Monte, California

El Monte is a residential, industrial, and commercial city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte," and historically is known as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail." As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 113,475,...

trailer park. As he bides time awaiting a phony passport, he falls in love with a young woman who is the sister of a bullying stripper. After he rejects the overtures of the stripper, she plots her twisted revenge.