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      The Ladies Club

      R 1986 1h 30m Crime Drama List
      Reviews 38% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A policewoman (Karen Austin), a doctor (Christine Belford) and victim's sister (Diana Scarwid) form a vigilante group to kidnap and castrate rapists who got away with their terrible crimes. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Based on Casey Bishop and Betty Black's novel The Sisterhood — one of the alt titles along with Violated — this is the kind of movie that sets out to be a feminist film and then must climb the challenge of its own marketing, which led director Janey Greek ("Ricky" by Weird Al, Spellbinder) to use the name A.K. Allen and lead actress Karen Austin to complain about how New Line sold the movie by saying: "I think the way the film is being marketed is tacky." You mean the tagline "Men who attack women have two big problems. The Ladies Club is about to remove them both." isn't classy enough for you? Austin was on Night Court as he original romantic interest for Harry Stone for the first ten episodes and was John Candy's wife in Summer Rental. Here, she's LAPD officer Joan Taylor, who has been assaulted by three men who the system allows to get away with their crime. After meeting with a woman's support group, she and other members — like Constance Lewis (Christine Belford) and Lucy Bricker (Diana Scarwid, forever Christina) — to hunt down men who have attacked women and surgically castrate them. That said, if you're expecting something fully sleazed out, this isn't it, no matter what the posters promise. I mean, it's not anything reputable either, but you know what I mean. And you may ask, "Is this a slasher?" Ask all the dudes that the Ladies Club picked up in bars and had surgeons around to slice off their tallywhackers. I think they would definitely tell you that this is a slasher. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an interesting solution to a societal problem. Not very well distributed and probably not the best acting and screen but loved the plot as it suggested an interesting solution to a societal problem. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member This ladies club is not a book club. Group of victims form a support group which transforms into a vigilante squad to avenge serial rapists by surgically castrating them after repeated leniency by the court system. A bit of a different take on the vigilante theme; although complications inevitably ensue when the program spins out of control. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A group of women victimized by rapists and fed up with a lenient legal system form a vigilante club aimed at drugging and surgically castrating repeat offenders. One of those cases where you would hate to be the victim of mistaken identity. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A group of women victimized by rapists and fed up with a lenient legal system form a vigilante club aimed at drugging and surgically castrating repeat offenders. One of those cases where you would hate to be the victim of mistaken identity. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A policewoman (Karen Austin), a doctor (Christine Belford) and victim's sister (Diana Scarwid) form a vigilante group to kidnap and castrate rapists who got away with their terrible crimes.
      Director
      Janet Greek
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $239.1K
      Runtime
      1h 30m