Detenute violente (1985)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Sergio Garrone

Writer:

Sergio Garrone (writer)

Release Date:

15 April 1985 (Italy)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Julia, a famous physician, infiltrates a prison in an attempt to find a witness to her sister's killing, but instead she becomes the victim of a sadistic warden's sexual brutality. |

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Sadism | Lesbianism | Beating | Physical Abuse

Cast

Ajita Wilson	...	Eureka Thompson
Rita Silva	...	Warden Landers
Linda Jones	...	Julia Rogers
Alessandro Freyberger		(as Alex Frayberger)
Cesare Di Vito		(as John Vincent)
Leo Annibali		(as Lex Burton)
Helen Johansson
Adriana Giuffrè
Leda Simonetti		(as Laura Simonson)
Aperio Bella Olivia		(as Olivia Bernard)
Giorgio Cerioni	...	Prison doctor (as George McGraw)
Lucia Rotolini		(as Lucy Shaw)
Carolina Caiati		(as Caroline Eatherly)
Laura Di San Luca		(as Laura De San Luca)
Enrica Saltutti		(as Elizabeth Sherbrooke)

Also Known As:

Captive Women 8: Hell Penitentiary (USA) (video title)
Captive Women Hell: Hell Penitentiary (USA) (video title)
Hell Penitentiary (International: English title)
Inferno dietro le sbarre

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

Norway:18 | UK:18 (DVD rating)

Company:

SNPC - Società Nazionale Produzioni Cinematografiche

Trivia:

Completed in 1983 but didn't receive a theatrical release until in 1985.

If you can spell 'Penitentiary' without looking.. this film probably isn't for you

Wow. Just wow. What we have here, ladies and gentlemen is a true piece of subversive cinema. It may look like a film, it may smell like a film, but what it is, in essence, is a soft-core porno.

Forget the nonsense on the back of the box about the plot. Alright I'll brief you on it: a woman infiltrates a prison disguised as an inmate to find the only witness to her sister's murder. Yadda yadda yadda. Pure window dressing.

You can skip all the badly dubbed English and the terrible music.. just stick it on mute, close the curtains and hit fast forward to the nudie bits. And believe me, you'll never have long to wait between scenes. There's lesbianism, sado-masochism, intimately detailed showers.. and if you're really boring just straight-out sex.

It's just a shame so many of the women are ugly, but hey.. I guess the director couldn't afford Playboy's finest on his budget of 2p, a button and half a pack of Spearmint Polos, so that's okay. Just try to imagine them with the head of Angelina Jolie.

Oops, I've probably spent too long talking.. you probably want to get started!! I'll leave you to it, and get back to reviewing the real films!! Have fun!! 0/10