The camp’s female prisoners serve as prostitutes and are subjected to sexual torture and humiliation. Two American female lieutenants, Linda and Grace, volunteer themselves to infiltrate a Nazi camp to acquire military secrets and possibly rescue an inmate. Franco could have gone mainstream based on the success of the film, but instead opted to stay rooted in the underground erotic and gore worlds. Three different versions have been released: the video cut (eighty-one minutes), the banned version (eighty-six minutes) and the uncut X-rated (ninety-eight minutes). However, their escape doesn’t go well and they are being pursued by not just by the guards, but also by male prisoners who have be deprived of women.ĭirected by Jesus “Jess” Franco, “99 Women” aka “Der HeiBe Tod (The Hot Death)” is considered to be one his most accomplished features in the early days of the genre. Unfortunately, the conditions don’t improve, so she and two others make a break for it. The Minister of Justice replaces the warden with another woman, prisoner 99 aka Marie is hopeful that her case will be appealed. The convicts are ruled by the lesbian warden Thelma and the Governor Santos, who torture and rape the inmates into submission. Marie is a new inmate, identified as “99”, at an island prison for women. It wasn’t released in the US until 1973, under the title “School for Unclaimed Girls”, which made it more marketable and less dated in its terminology. It merges psychological drama, sexploitation and delivers social commentary that is a reflection of its time. They share a lot in common and an intimacy forms, then they devise a plan to escape.ĭirected by Robert Hartford-Davis and script by John Peacock, “The Smashing Bird I Used to Know” is a British film released in 1969. To avoid being bullied, Nicki develops a friendship with a lesbian inmate, Sarah. He attempts to rape the young girl, who retaliates by stabbing him.īeing a minor, she is sent to reformatory for emotionally disturbed and problematic young girls. Her mother is emotionally withdrawn and has taken in various male lovers, most recent is a gold-digging con-man. Seven years later, she is still traumatized and feels a sense of guilt. Nicki is plagued by the death of her father while riding a merry-go-round when she was nine. Or they are just straight up violent porn videos with no original storylines, charismatic characters and nothing memorable.ġ. Some are revered as satirical spoofs or weak homages passed off as being edgy with an overly polished presentation. By the 1990s and beyond, with the insurgence of the Politically Correct Police and the need for Trigger Warnings, many exploitation films are reduced to being watered down in comparison to their predecessors. The following list contains sexploitation features from the “glory days” of Women In Prison (aka WIP) films, circa 1969 until 1989. In the late 1960s, with domestic and international film markets free to incorporate and exploit material such as violence and nudity gave birth to a new genre in addition to creating subgenres. As early as the 1930s, Hollywood made women in prison films as melodramas with minimal action and means to portray the pathway to a righteous life with titles such as “Ladies They Talk About” and “Hold Your Man”.īy the 1950s, with the influence of pulp novels, many features like “Caged”, “So Young, So Bad” and “Women’s Prison”, would take place completely behind bars and fences of women’s correctional institutions.
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