revenger girl: a female slasher who is motivated by revenge for wrongs committed against herself or her loved ones. usually pursues the original slasher who committed the initial wrongdoings.
The Revenger Girl: Lila
The Movie: Mantis in Lace
Weapons of Choice: Meat Cleaver, Screwdriver, Hoe
Plot: It’s fun to sum up this movie in one sentence. ‘Go-Go Dancer takes LSD and then kills some dudes while hallucinating about bananas and cantaloupes.’ I never thought such a movie could exist, and yet it does! And what a weird delight it is.
This movie also made me realize that I have a high tolerance to sit through bullshit to get to the gore. ‘Cause this movie is no Revenger Girl flick. It’s not even really a slasher flick. It’s a 60’s titty flick. There’s a lot of go-go club time and even a totally random sex scene that has nothing to do with the plot of the movie and features characters that you never see again!! You remember that porn movie that David of An American Werewolf in London watches with his dead friend Jack? Yeah, Mantis in Lace is a LOT like that movie. Which means it’s hilarious, really.
But amid all the bouncing boobies, there is a Revenger Girl story. And a rather unique and bizarre Revenger Girl story to boot, which makes me wish that the movie would’ve focused less on the titty and more on the kill-y, cause Mantis in Lace would’ve made a great horror flick.
So what to say about our dear Lila, the Revenger Girl? Well, she’s a go-go dancer. She has cool dresses. And she hates fruit, especially bananas.
When Lila’s not at work, she allows herself to be easily seduced by the patrons of the go-go club. She takes them back to her home (an abandoned warehouse with a mattress on the floor) drops some acid, has some sexy time, starts tripping about loathed bananas, then hacks her lovers to pieces. She stashes the body parts in cardboard boxes, dumps them out into the world, and then heads back into work.
At this point she probably sounds more like a crazy girl than a revenger girl, and I’ll admit, she may very well be more crazy girl. But some of the men she seduces have a very low tolerance for her ‘free girl’ antics. One, a psychologist, tries to psychoanalyze her lifestyle and impose structure on her life. He eventually meets the receiving end of a meat cleaver. While Lila is hacking him to bits, you hear the angry echo-y voice of her father telling her to be good and eat her vegetables, god damn it! So there’s obviously some revenger girl rebelling going on here. And then after he’s dead n’ stuff, she laughs and says “You look so funny like that!” which fits the mark of ‘revenger girl throwing sassy comebacks at her victims.’
And later, there’s a clearer cut revenger girl kill. An impatient fuck who is going to get the sexy but just can’t wait ten fucking minutes while Lila does her weird “seductive” private go-go dance, starts to throw her around the room. He meets the receiving end of a garden hoe, while Lila envisions cracking open a cantaloupe instead of his skull. Trippy.
Good or Bad?: I really love cheap, totally campy films. I realize that this may not be everyone’s bag, but I figured an early warning was in order, because you’ll find me praising a lot of movies that may not be everyone’s cup of tea. I won’t ever approach the film from a strictly critical standpoint, and judge the movie without any biases. The reason this won’t happen is because I’m a geek. And I geek out to really cheap, totally campy films.
So now that I’ve written all that: Good or Bad? Good.
Like I said before, this movie isn’t really a Revenger Girl flick. But the Revenger Girl, Lila, is the reason you must see this film. I mean, for fuck’s sake, she has trip outs about bananas. Bananas!!! Motherfucking BANANAS! Not to mention the dark humor that pervades the whole slasher lifestyle of Lila. The box on the hill with the arm poking out. Lila’s comment that one of her victims looks funny hacked to bits.
And did I mention the bananas? Motherfucking bananas.
Next Time on Revenger Girl Spotlight: Linda. Fucking. Blair.
The Revenger Girl: Lila
The Movie: Mantis in Lace
Weapons of Choice: Meat Cleaver, Screwdriver, Hoe
Plot: It’s fun to sum up this movie in one sentence. ‘Go-Go Dancer takes LSD and then kills some dudes while hallucinating about bananas and cantaloupes.’ I never thought such a movie could exist, and yet it does! And what a weird delight it is.
This movie also made me realize that I have a high tolerance to sit through bullshit to get to the gore. ‘Cause this movie is no Revenger Girl flick. It’s not even really a slasher flick. It’s a 60’s titty flick. There’s a lot of go-go club time and even a totally random sex scene that has nothing to do with the plot of the movie and features characters that you never see again!! You remember that porn movie that David of An American Werewolf in London watches with his dead friend Jack? Yeah, Mantis in Lace is a LOT like that movie. Which means it’s hilarious, really.
But amid all the bouncing boobies, there is a Revenger Girl story. And a rather unique and bizarre Revenger Girl story to boot, which makes me wish that the movie would’ve focused less on the titty and more on the kill-y, cause Mantis in Lace would’ve made a great horror flick.
So what to say about our dear Lila, the Revenger Girl? Well, she’s a go-go dancer. She has cool dresses. And she hates fruit, especially bananas.
When Lila’s not at work, she allows herself to be easily seduced by the patrons of the go-go club. She takes them back to her home (an abandoned warehouse with a mattress on the floor) drops some acid, has some sexy time, starts tripping about loathed bananas, then hacks her lovers to pieces. She stashes the body parts in cardboard boxes, dumps them out into the world, and then heads back into work.
At this point she probably sounds more like a crazy girl than a revenger girl, and I’ll admit, she may very well be more crazy girl. But some of the men she seduces have a very low tolerance for her ‘free girl’ antics. One, a psychologist, tries to psychoanalyze her lifestyle and impose structure on her life. He eventually meets the receiving end of a meat cleaver. While Lila is hacking him to bits, you hear the angry echo-y voice of her father telling her to be good and eat her vegetables, god damn it! So there’s obviously some revenger girl rebelling going on here. And then after he’s dead n’ stuff, she laughs and says “You look so funny like that!” which fits the mark of ‘revenger girl throwing sassy comebacks at her victims.’
And later, there’s a clearer cut revenger girl kill. An impatient fuck who is going to get the sexy but just can’t wait ten fucking minutes while Lila does her weird “seductive” private go-go dance, starts to throw her around the room. He meets the receiving end of a garden hoe, while Lila envisions cracking open a cantaloupe instead of his skull. Trippy.
Good or Bad?: I really love cheap, totally campy films. I realize that this may not be everyone’s bag, but I figured an early warning was in order, because you’ll find me praising a lot of movies that may not be everyone’s cup of tea. I won’t ever approach the film from a strictly critical standpoint, and judge the movie without any biases. The reason this won’t happen is because I’m a geek. And I geek out to really cheap, totally campy films.
So now that I’ve written all that: Good or Bad? Good.
Like I said before, this movie isn’t really a Revenger Girl flick. But the Revenger Girl, Lila, is the reason you must see this film. I mean, for fuck’s sake, she has trip outs about bananas. Bananas!!! Motherfucking BANANAS! Not to mention the dark humor that pervades the whole slasher lifestyle of Lila. The box on the hill with the arm poking out. Lila’s comment that one of her victims looks funny hacked to bits.
And did I mention the bananas? Motherfucking bananas.
Next Time on Revenger Girl Spotlight: Linda. Fucking. Blair.
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