I won't go over specific plot details - plenty of people have done this already and many say "If you've seen one Women In Prison movie you've seen them all..." To a point they are right, it is built around expectations - that's part of a "Pulp" genre - the hardboiled detective, the Space Hero, the Mighty Barbarian... If only Romance novels got that scrutiny, or soap operas, crime shows...
However this is an R-rated movie that does live up to its title and expectations - nude women, lurid torture scenes, lesbian stuff, sex stuff. Beyond that it's a halfway decent story. It's a miracle it's not rated X and sadly no "Director's Cut" due to age, films getting trashed or burned...oh well.
AND - it is FAR ahead of any movie or franchise the modern "Politically Correct" or "Woke" have had a hand in. That is the real irony. I'll not do "spoilers" but despite this movie being "Exploitation" genre, despite it being "Grindhouse" and one of the early foundationals of the "Women in Prison" genre...
A - It'd pass the "Betchdel" test - and in the spirit of it - there are plenty of women who are characters who have personalities, names and don't just sit and chatter about men or wait idly for men to 'save' them - or at least eventually 'save themselves'...
B - It has major characters being homosexual. Not just for T&A/lurid male pleasure. You even get to feel for them both.
C - It uses many non-white people as characters. And unlike "Woke-Wood" of today they aren't Mary Sues, Magic (racial term) or crude cardboard cut-outs. They are characters - some are good, some are bad, and they act irregardless of their race. It's about what he or she wants, the reaction with other characters no "I . Am .. a ...place race here ... hear . Me . Give . Me .respect..." puppet like we'd see today.
The amusing irony is that if this film was released today the "Social Justice" crowd would probably be staging protests and maybe considering terrorist actions such as throwing a firebomb in the theater. But - per A, B, and C this movie is far more "Progressive" and a better plot/story than anything they put out - far more entertaining - will attract people outside the debt factory (aka "College") club of fellow "Woke" and pushes messages through about the effects of the Cold-War chess game and how lots of small countries got turned into dictatorships. In the Phillipines they installed Marcos because he was "Anti-Communist" - no worries there, he was a living, breathing advertisement for the concept - and I will be equally unfair - the Commies propped up plenty of "Pigs that thought themselves most equal".. I've seen this noted - blogs of film students in today's environment noting they'd hate the film for the exploitative elements but it passed most 'standards' they have trouble getting pushed through even today.
This movie is part of Corman's films that helped Pam Grier later launch to her "Blaxploitation" fame - and they even shot some films at the same time same Marcos jail, same Filipinos - but they jumped around roles for "Big Doll house".
Beyond this film I'd highly recommend "Machete Maidens Unleashed" for a documentary of the late Roger Corman's films of this era.
However this is an R-rated movie that does live up to its title and expectations - nude women, lurid torture scenes, lesbian stuff, sex stuff. Beyond that it's a halfway decent story. It's a miracle it's not rated X and sadly no "Director's Cut" due to age, films getting trashed or burned...oh well.
AND - it is FAR ahead of any movie or franchise the modern "Politically Correct" or "Woke" have had a hand in. That is the real irony. I'll not do "spoilers" but despite this movie being "Exploitation" genre, despite it being "Grindhouse" and one of the early foundationals of the "Women in Prison" genre...
A - It'd pass the "Betchdel" test - and in the spirit of it - there are plenty of women who are characters who have personalities, names and don't just sit and chatter about men or wait idly for men to 'save' them - or at least eventually 'save themselves'...
B - It has major characters being homosexual. Not just for T&A/lurid male pleasure. You even get to feel for them both.
C - It uses many non-white people as characters. And unlike "Woke-Wood" of today they aren't Mary Sues, Magic (racial term) or crude cardboard cut-outs. They are characters - some are good, some are bad, and they act irregardless of their race. It's about what he or she wants, the reaction with other characters no "I . Am .. a ...place race here ... hear . Me . Give . Me .respect..." puppet like we'd see today.
The amusing irony is that if this film was released today the "Social Justice" crowd would probably be staging protests and maybe considering terrorist actions such as throwing a firebomb in the theater. But - per A, B, and C this movie is far more "Progressive" and a better plot/story than anything they put out - far more entertaining - will attract people outside the debt factory (aka "College") club of fellow "Woke" and pushes messages through about the effects of the Cold-War chess game and how lots of small countries got turned into dictatorships. In the Phillipines they installed Marcos because he was "Anti-Communist" - no worries there, he was a living, breathing advertisement for the concept - and I will be equally unfair - the Commies propped up plenty of "Pigs that thought themselves most equal".. I've seen this noted - blogs of film students in today's environment noting they'd hate the film for the exploitative elements but it passed most 'standards' they have trouble getting pushed through even today.
This movie is part of Corman's films that helped Pam Grier later launch to her "Blaxploitation" fame - and they even shot some films at the same time same Marcos jail, same Filipinos - but they jumped around roles for "Big Doll house".
Beyond this film I'd highly recommend "Machete Maidens Unleashed" for a documentary of the late Roger Corman's films of this era.