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Chained Heat

  • 19831983
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
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5.0/10
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Chained Heat (1983)
ActionCrimeDrama
Young Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.Young Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.Young Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.
IMDb RATING
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    • Paul Nicholas
    • Aaron Butler(screenplay)
    • Paul Nicholas(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Linda Blair
    • John Vernon
    • Sybil Danning
    • Paul Nicholas
    • Aaron Butler(screenplay)
    • Paul Nicholas(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Linda Blair
    • John Vernon
    • Sybil Danning
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    • 33User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
    • 30Metascore
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    Linda Blair
    Linda Blair
    • Carol Henderson
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • Warden Bacman
    Sybil Danning
    Sybil Danning
    • Ericka
    Tamara Dobson
    Tamara Dobson
    • Duchess
    Stella Stevens
    Stella Stevens
    • Captain Taylor
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Lester
    Sharon Hughes
    • Val
    Kendal Kaldwell
    • Boots
    Robert Miano
    Robert Miano
    • Stone
    Dee Biederbeck
    • Bobbi
    Greta Blackburn
    Greta Blackburn
    • Lulu
    Nita Talbot
    Nita Talbot
    • Kaufman
    Louisa Moritz
    Louisa Moritz
    • Bubbles
    Jennifer Ashley
    • Grinder
    Jody Medford
    • Blue Eyes
    Mae E. Campbell
    • Trina
    • (as Mae Campbell)
    Monique Gabrielle
    Monique Gabrielle
    • Debbie
    Edy Williams
    Edy Williams
    • Paula
      • Paul Nicholas
      • Aaron Butler(screenplay)
      • Paul Nicholas(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Star Linda Blair says that the script kept getting re-written and that the film ended up not resembling the script she had originally signed up for. That included adding several nude scenes, including her topless shower scene. It was her first onscreen nudity and she didn't want to do it, but producers told her, "Well, if you don't do it, you're never gonna work again." So she gave in and stripped naked because she felt she had no choice.
    • Goofs
      The boom microphone is visible multiple times during the movie.
    • Quotes

      Dutchess: Don't you walk away from me, you chalk-faced whore!

    • Alternate versions
      The 1986 and 1990 UK video versions were cut by 1 min 38 secs by the BBFC to remove the rape before the fight on the roof and to heavily edit fight scenes including groin kicks, face slaps and a woman's head being hit against a window. Some fight cuts were restored in the 1998 MIA video release though most of the original BBFC edits were retained. The 2006 Anchor Bay DVD had been heavily pre-edited and was missing the BBFC cuts along with some other edits.
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      Featured in 42nd Street Forever: Blu-ray Edition (2012)

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    Blair and the Shower
    Chained Heat (1983)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    Ten years after becoming a star with THE EXORCIST, Linda Blair got top billing for this women-in-prison flick. In the film she plays a sweet young woman who commits a crime and has to spend a year and a half in prison. This prison is full of wicked women, crazy guards and a perverted warden (John Vernon). In terms of American WIP films this one here goes pretty far out but it still can't hold a candle to the various Euro films like Jess Franco's BARBED WIRE DOLLS, SADOMANIA or even any of the ILSA movies. With that said, there's a certain amount of charm that comes with seeing Blair and Vernon doing a movie like this but that's not enough to keep this thing moving throughout the running time. The biggest problem is that the film itself doesn't know what it wants to be. The film starts off extremely corny with all sorts of silly fights, girls cussing at one another and even a shower scene, which is a must for this type of movie. The word exploitation is all over the picture but around the half way mark the film takes a more serious note as it tries to tackle the corruption going on inside the prison. Blair gives a fairly good performance but she has several crying scenes where you can't help but feel bad for her and this isn't the type of feelings that need to be in a WIP film. We really don't need these type of dramatics when the film sets out to be exploitation. Vernon was a real hoot in his pervert role and you can obviously tell that he is enjoying his character and the hot tub he has in the office to sleep with the female prisoners. For fans of filth there's still enough here to enjoy, although it certainly falls into the "so bad it's good" league. Blair's shower sequence has become rather legendary in terms of exploitation over the years but it was somewhat of a letdown.
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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1983 (United States)
      • United States
      • West Germany
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Lincoln Heights Jail - 401 N. Avenue 19, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Heat GBR
      • Intercontinental
      • Jensen Farley Pictures
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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