#946. SuicideGirls: Guide to Living (2009)

Directed By: Mike Marshall

Starring: Rambo Suicide, Chloe Suicide, Radeo Suicide






Trivia: The SuicideGirls website features various photo spreads of nude and semi-nude models, most of whom are goth, punk, Metal, or indie-styled young women





According to their website, the Suicide Girls is an online community that “celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world”. Founded in 2001, the site features hundreds of models, many nude or semi-nude, who challenge the mainstream definition of beauty. As The Cincinnati Enquirer put it, The Suicide Girls are “for those who like their beauty queens with body piercings, tattoos, and a bit of attitude”.

Released in 2009, SuicideGirls: Guide to Living has a number of the group’s more popular models presenting a series of 13 “Essential Life Lessons”, short videos in which they teach us everything from "How to Cast a Love Spell" to "How to Do a Striptease". In between each segment, we spend a little one-on-one time with a different Suicide Girl, who tells us a bit about herself (most talk about their tattoos).

Ultimately, though, SuicideGirls: Guide to Living is a 90-minute commercial for the Suicide Girls themselves, and, to be honest, I didn’t have a problem with that. I had no idea who the Suicide Girls were prior to watching this, and I enjoyed learning about their organization. Sure, the so-called “life lessons” are just an excuse to get some naked girls together for a photo shoot, but with segments like “How to Win a Pillow Fight” and “How to Do the Sun Salutation” (nude, of course), what more would you expect? As for the models, they’re drop-dead gorgeous. The main host is Rambo Suicide (once they become a member, each model gets to choose her new Suicide Girls name), who also appears in a number of the videos, and goes solo in the “How to Ditch Your Wedding” segment. Like many of the girls, Rambo is beautiful, and knows how to work the camera to her advantage, as does the stunning Radeo Suicide, a brunette with some great tattoos who takes part in the above-mentioned pillow fight. Things wrap up perfectly with the last lesson, in which all of the models go skinny-dipping, giving us one final look at them in (*cough*) all their glory. Along with the ladies, SuicideGirls: Guide to Living also features some excellent music (my favorite tune is the over-the-top, violent ditty, “Lend Me Your Face”, performed by Fight like Apes).

If this is the first you’re hearing of the Suicide Girls, then definitely check out Guide to Living. I think most will like what the organization stands for, and a good many will love what they see!