
New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape, sexual harassment and abuse. When the Justice minister replaces Diaz, Marie believes that her life will improve and her case will be reopened. Marie's disappointed with the new warden and plans to escape. But their scheme fails and the abuse they've undergone had... (Full plot summary below)
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New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape, sexual harassment and abuse. When the Justice minister replaces Diaz, Marie believes that her life will improve and her case will be reopened. Marie's disappointed with the new warden and plans to escape. But their scheme fails and the abuse they've undergone had been but a paltry hint of the torture in store.
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| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawPlays like how a lot of Eyes Wide Shut probably should have played. |
| User ReviewCarlos LClassy (and tame) early WIP film by Jess Franco. Technically great, with good production values and a excellent cast (You got to love Mercedes overactig, hehe). There's some pretty ladies on display here, including Venus in Furs herself, Maria Rohm and giallo favorite Rosalba Neri. |
| User ReviewLouis DJess Franco's 1969 women-in-prison masterpiece not only rivals the greatest of the genre (Jack Hill's "Big Doll House," Shunya Ito's "Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion," and Jonathan Demme's "Caged Heat"), but serves as an obvious inspiration to the aforementioned. The spectator is thrown into a mixture of jungle escapes, lesbian sex, corrupt wardens, vendettas, wrongful accusations, etc.; all driving elements for the films that followed. |
| User ReviewAl MA quintessential women in prison movie with no references to Wackenhut. |
| User ReviewRussell GNot a bad WIP film and Franco's trademark zooming is kept to the minimum. Not great but not bad either. |
| User ReviewAndy LThe last of The Horror channel's season of Franco films, is certainly watchable, but not all that great. As with 'The Bloody Judge' it scores points for great performances from it's notable stars - In this case Herbert Lom & Mercedes McCambridge- aside from that though it's not as trippy or well made as 'Venus in Furs' and it's core purpose appears to be to be a bit sleazy - which is fine. |
| User ReviewGregory Winteresting prison/sexploitation movie mccambridge busts out her butch butch guard. |
| User ReviewMohd SThis cult movie was boring as hell. Needed more naked or something. |
| User ReviewPaul DThere's a clear plot in this exploratory low budget, low eroticism drama which packs in a fair few names from European cinema of the time. It's not a very strong story but proves watchable. |
| User ReviewPaul JExploitation legend Jesus Franco made eight films in '69. This was his most famous that year. It paved the way for his preoccupation with prison films. Also keep in mind, this was '69 so censorship was JUST beginning to become lax. The bottom line is smut sells. It was a big success and ironically it's not that explicit. Apparently, Fritz Lang was a big fan. The movie is absolutely terrible but what do you expect? At one point, Franco gets a couple girls to kill a giant snake for real. That's about the most extreme scene you're going to get. Otherwise, it's a boring and sad mess. (I particularly feel sorry for the Greek audiences who watched the "softer version" with the extended Zoe flashback. Sigh) Fans should definitely check out Franco's interview on the DVD. Easily the highlight. |