The Lady Punisher (Hong Kong, 1994)
The world of Category III entertainment is a murky one. Away from the big names such as the serial killing Dr. Lamb or the diseased antics of Ebola Syndrome is a cesspit of soft porn, rape and gore films. Along with those, you get the occasional hybrid that worked in action, revenge or crime elements such as Lady Punisher from 1994 does, all whilst the exploitation dial is jacked up to eleven. Despite the happy-go-lucky cover art of the image above, The Lady Punisher is anything but. Instead it is a sordid saga of rape-revenge, gang war, sodomy by bottle, lesbian frolicking, and undercranked action. Fang and Lan are two girls who meet a bunch of drug-running mobsters led by a turd called Mason who assault them in the Thai woodlands. Lan is killed and Fang swears revenge. Of course, later on in the film, whilst running a bridal fashion shop?! Fang bumps into Mason and his gang again and decides to start killing 'em. So starts CAT III own Frank Castles's crusade against rapey ...