Punk Vacation, a cult action film from Stanley Lewis released in 1987, uses this premise and the stereotypes of punk culture to craft a plot about said punks crashing a small town. It’s incendiary and fueled by paranoia and fairly fun all around, mostly because Lewis and the actors don’t take the movie too seriously throughout. By 1990 the vigilante revenge film had dozens and dozens of entries and more than a few became legitimate cult classics. From Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey in the Death Wish series to the wonderfully gritty Exterminator, PUNK VACATION was a late entry into the popular genre that helped close the door on it.

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The Plot:

The Plot: The tranquility of a small California hamlet gets ripped asunder after diner owner Mr. Kemper gets brutally murdered by a gang of vicious punks. Kemper's eldest daughter Lisa vows to get revenge on the punks for killing her dad, but things go awry after Lisa winds up being abducted by the gang. This leads to an all-out war between the punks and the redneck town residents.