The Bat Woman takes you on a rollicking ride through 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, where lucha libre meets superheroes meets The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
In picturesque Acapulco, a series of wrestler murders prompts the enigmatic Bat Woman, played by Maura Monti, to investigate. A deranged scientist is behind the mayhem, capturing wrestlers for his twisted experiments – and it’s up to Bat Woman, who is also a coral diver, a wrestler, a markswoman, and super spy, to stop him.
Clad in a cape, cowl, and bikini, Monti steals the show as Bat Woman, delivering an unforgettable performance complete with high-octane action and epic car chases.
Event/ This screening will be preceded by a recorded introduction from Invisible Women – film archive activists and co-curators of the She Packs a Punch season.