A Gun for Jennifer

A Gun for Jennifer is a 1997 rape and revenge film thriller film directed by Todd Morris and starring Deborah Twiss. It follows a feminist vigilante group who castrate suspected rapists and batterers while a female police officer attempts to stop them.^[1] It is shot in a retro exploitation style and premiered at the Fantasia Festival in July 1997,^[2] where it was sold-out an hour before screening and received a standing ovation.

A Gun for Jennifer
Directed by	Todd Morris
Written by	Todd Morris Deborah Twiss
Produced by	Deborah Twiss
Starring	Deborah Twiss
Cinematography	Joe di Gennaro Eliot Rockett David Tumblety
Edited by	Todd Morris Rachel Warden
Music by	JF Coleman
Production company	Independent Partners
Distributed by	Action Gitanes Conspiracy Films Inc.
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film went unreleased for years; Fangoria reported that it had been picked up for distribution by Mondo Macabro, but the release never came to fruition.^[3] Finally, in November 2023 it was released on Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome.^[4]

The movie was covered in the documentary In the Belly of the Beast,^[5] which detailed Morris and Twiss's discovery that their financier (whom Twiss had met while working as an exotic dancer)^[6] had been embezzling money.^[7][8]

Cast

• Deborah Twiss as Jennifer / Allison
• Benja Kay as Dt. Billie Perez
• Rene Alberta as Becky
• Tracy Dillon as Grace
• Freida Hoops as Jesse
• Veronica Cruz as Priscilla
• Sheila Schmidt as Trish
• Beth Dodye Bass as Annie
• Joe Pallister as Grady (as Joseph Pallister)
• Arthur J. Nascarella as Lt. Rizzo (as Arthur Nascarella)
• Carl Jasper as Carl Varna
• James O'Donoghue as Det. Cahill
• Douglas Gorenstein as Snake
• Raymond Chan as Skeletor
• Lord Kayson as T-Bone
• Fatmir Haskaj as Josh