Women's Prison Massacre (1983)

A vehicle transporting dangerous male prisoners crashes near a women's prison run by a corrupt warden. The male prisoners take over the prison and proceed to rape, torture and kill the female inmates.

Director:

Bruno Mattei (as Gilbert Roussel)

Writers:

Claudio Fragasso (as Olivier Lefait), Claudio Fragasso

Stars:

Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ursula Flores

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Laura Gemser	...	Emanuelle Arsan
Gabriele Tinti	...	Crazy Boy Henderson
Ursula Flores	...	Albina
Maria Romano	...	Laura
Antonella Giacomini	...	Irene
Raul Cabrera	...	Victor "Geronimo" Brain
Pierangelo Pozzato	...	Helmut "Blade" von Bauer
Robert Mura	...	Brett O'Hara
Michael Laurant	...	Prison Official
Françoise Perrot	...	Molly, the guard
Jacques Stany	...	District Attorney Robinson
Flo Astair	...	(as Flo Astaire)
Carlo De Mejo	...	Lawman Harrison
Franca Stoppi	...	Head Guard
Lorraine De Selle	...	Colleen, The Warden

Storyline

Emanuelle, a reporter, comes just a little too close to exposing a corrupt official, and is sent to prison on trumped-up charges. In the prison, the inmates are constantly humiliated and tortured by the prison staff. Overly affectionate prisoners are forced underwater, while others are obliged to look on. Emanuelle finds an enemy in the deranged Albina, who "runs the prison." For the pleasure of the warden, Emanuelle and Albina are forced to fight each other with knives. Bad becomes worse when four men awaiting execution escape and take over the prison. Gore flows like water.

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Plot Keywords:

erotica | women in prison | sexual attraction | sexual desire | lesbian kiss | 

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Taglines:

The killing never stops ...

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the sentencing scene, the judge reveals Emanuelle's last name to be "Arsan." This ties her to the author of the original "Emmanuelle: Joys of a Woman" Emmanuelle Arsan.

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Quotes

Albina: Take my advice and die!
Laura: I'll bite your nipples off!

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Alternate Versions

The American version omits the final scene in which Harrison talks with Emanuelle about re-opening her case before she returns to her cell. However, it does have an ending montage of all the violent scenes in the movie (the shootout with the swat team, the Russian roulette, Emanuelle's rape, Harrison getting shot, etc.) when Harrison has Henderson pinned against the chain-link fence. All other versions lack this montage.

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Cybernator, Panther Squad, and Project Metalbeast (2019)

User Reviews

One of the Greatest!

Every once in a while there are films that come along and enlighten us. For some it was ET for others it was Gone With the Wind and for me it was Women's Prison Massacre! I Felt moved just by picking up the box at the video store. This movie has everything sleaze, torture, sex, rape, throat ripping, violence, forced suicide, more sleaze, more sex, more torture, and more bullet hits then Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs put together. When the credits rolled tears fell from my eyes. Bravo! Bravo! I love this movie!!

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

English

Release Date:

1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Women's Prison Massacre

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beatrice Film, Imp.Ex.Ci., Les Films Jacques Leitienne

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1