Woodyanders Review of Caged Women

Caged Women (1991)

Perfectly sleazy babes-behind-bars exploitation fare

[8/10 · 20 September 2013]

Beautiful young American tourist Janet Cooper (incredibly buxom, shapely, and drop-dead gorgeous brunette knockout Pilar Orive) goes on vacation to a remote South American country. After being arrested by a corrupt cop and subsequently found guilty of a trumped-up charge involving possession of narcotics, Janet finds herself incarcerated at an isolated castle that serves as a hellish women's penitentiary. The brutal staff at said prison not only treat the inmates as their own sexual playthings, but also force the ladies into prostitution and even allow decadent rich folks to hunt them down in the wild like animals. Writer/director Leandro Lucchetti covers all the satisfyingly seamy chicks-in-chains grindhouse cinema bases: Abundant tasty gratuitous female nudity, sweaty'n'steamy soft-core sex scenes, a cheesy bar fight, lesbianism, fierce catfights, nude gals being drenched with a fire hose, a gloriously lurid sequence in which two dehydrated women lick the perspiration off of each other's bodies, and a raw'n'scuzzy tone that ensures things remain appropriately sordid and slimy throughout. Best of all, the delectable Mrs. Orive ain't the least bit bashful about baring her deliciously ripe body and spends at least 90% of her screen time in the buff. Veteran character actor Aldo Sambrell has a ball as the evil, leering, and sadistic Captain Juan. Elena Wiedermann likewise impresses with her twisted portrayal of depraved guard Gerda. Lanfranco Perini's funky-throbbing score does the groovy trick. Renato Doria's plain cinematography gives the picture a suitably rough and grainy look. A choice chunk of tawdry trash.