Cultpix Radio Ep.39 - Glorious 1980s VHS Rewind and Women in Prison films
Smut Peddler has been busy with a film project, while Django Nudo enjoyed a trashy 1980s VHS Rewind revival. But this week it is Women-in-Prison (WiP) films: sadistic lesbian wardens, cat fights, strip searches and shower scenes, are just some of the WiP tropes. Born Innocent (1974) Linda Blair's first of three WIP films. The rape scene in the shower with a brush handle was so graphic and disturbing (in a TV movie!) that it was cut from subsequent releases.Women in Chains (1972) Ida Lupino reprised her role as sadistic female warden, which she first played in “Women’s Prison” (1955). Here a female parole officer goes undercover to expose the brutality, violence and deaths, only to be mistaken for a permanent prisoner. Great Escape from Women’s Prison (1976) Asian WIP film, set during the Japanese occupation of Korea. A mother and daughter both end up in jail. The torture is far from as sadistic as you might have expected.Women of Devil’s Island (1962) French prostitutes and female political prisoners on the hellish French penal colony island are caught between pirates and soldiers. Swashbuckling and sexy, scantily-clad gals galore!Caged Women (1970) - This revolting women-in-prison film looks like it was shot in someone’s house. The girls are wildcats, the guards are hairy pigs, there’s tons of lesbianism and the action is semi-hardcore. Crude and dirty.Girls in Chains (1943) - Proto-WIP film, set in a female juvenile correctional institution. A newly arrived teacher picks a fight with a corrupt wicked female warden.Swamp Women (1956) - Another steamy break-out WIP; it’s really just an excuse for the female convicts to wear as little as possible. Kattorna / The Cats (1965) - The closest Sweden ever got to making a women-in-prison movie: cat fights and steaminess in a laundry. The hated female boss has lesbian inclinations.The Lustful Turk (1968) - Women-in-harem-cum-prison, in what purported to be the most expensive adult film of its time. Love Camp 7 (1969) - Nazisploitation story of an all-female POW women-in-prison film. Black Mama White Mama (1973) - Pam Grier leads a breakout from a steamy tropical jail chained to her white co-star.Also The Hot Box (1972) and Jungle Warriors (1984), plus