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1988 - 80m.

It's Death Wish meets slasher movies in this smirky spoof from the guys behind such low-brow lameness as Psychos In Love and Galactic Gigolo.

A group of high school girls decide that all men are pigs and scum and decide to start killing them off one-by-one for their crimes against womankind.

It's that thin premise that begets all sorts of sarcastic (and mostly lame) jokes and tons of misogynist and sexist moments (despite the female revenge theme).

Eventually tiresome; this is still Bechard's best movie (that's not saying much) with co-star Ruth Collins nice to look at, a striking silhouette shot of the girls holding weapons and a funny in-joke where the stars insult Bechard's previous efforts.

It's this tone of self-insults and "oh look how funny we are!" that almost makes this good for cheap laughs but it suffers from a poor sound mix, too much of the aforementioned sexism and the gimmicky "gore gong" (which is supposed to warn the audience of impending violence; just like the accompanying "hooter honk" warns of upcoming skin) effectively cancelling out the chance of seeing just what it's warning about. A misfire.

I want that Pray For Death T-shirt the video store clerk is sporting!

Directed By: Gorman Bechard.
Written By: Gorman Bechard, Carmine Capobianco.

Starring: Debi Thibeault, Karen Neilsen, Lisa Schmidt, Simone.