This outlier in the Ilsa franchise - in the version I saw, the Dyanne Thorne character wasn't even called Ilsa - is certainly one of the best. It is surprisingly light on graphic violence, but still has disturbingly violent scenes in which the carnage is intimated but not shown, and is still hard to watch. It probably has more nudity than all of them, however, and I don't remember much actual sex.
About those violent scenes. At one point, Thorne is torturing her pet slave Lina Romay by inserting needles into her breasts. She pulls covers over Romay and pushes them down, presumably jamming the needles into Romay's flesh and making her cry out. I thought I might join in. At another point, our protagonist (who has a massive bush) gets a douche from Ilsa with a syringe that is apparently filled with acid. Again, we don't see the penetration, but Franco makes it evocative enough to be disturbing. Apparently in the late '70s he still cared about his craft.
There is also a scene in which Romay instructs another girl to lick her "culo" clean. The girl apparently obliges, then runs to throw up. I wondered if I might join her in that also.
Speaking of Franco, the man himself once again inexplicably casts himself in this movie, despite his unphotogenic appearance and lack of acting ability. He plays a dodgy investigator who seems to be on Ilsa's tail, supporting a young woman who goes undercover in her prison-slash-asylum, but then seems to be in cahoots with her.
None of the women in the movie are that attractive except for Franco's exhibitionist girlfriend, the beautiful Lina Romay. One brags about having been a man previously. I never found Thorne that hot, personally. Her face is hard and she always seems older than she is. Perhaps that's how she got this role.
Of course, nobody cares about the plot of a movie like this. Thorne is the wicked warden who tortures her young female charges. They spend the entire movie either naked or only wearing a shirt with nothing underneath. There's some really sick torture, some sex, not much story, and the ending of the movie was the only point where I HAD to look away. The comeuppance is brutal and disgusting.
I say check it out.
About those violent scenes. At one point, Thorne is torturing her pet slave Lina Romay by inserting needles into her breasts. She pulls covers over Romay and pushes them down, presumably jamming the needles into Romay's flesh and making her cry out. I thought I might join in. At another point, our protagonist (who has a massive bush) gets a douche from Ilsa with a syringe that is apparently filled with acid. Again, we don't see the penetration, but Franco makes it evocative enough to be disturbing. Apparently in the late '70s he still cared about his craft.
There is also a scene in which Romay instructs another girl to lick her "culo" clean. The girl apparently obliges, then runs to throw up. I wondered if I might join her in that also.
Speaking of Franco, the man himself once again inexplicably casts himself in this movie, despite his unphotogenic appearance and lack of acting ability. He plays a dodgy investigator who seems to be on Ilsa's tail, supporting a young woman who goes undercover in her prison-slash-asylum, but then seems to be in cahoots with her.
None of the women in the movie are that attractive except for Franco's exhibitionist girlfriend, the beautiful Lina Romay. One brags about having been a man previously. I never found Thorne that hot, personally. Her face is hard and she always seems older than she is. Perhaps that's how she got this role.
Of course, nobody cares about the plot of a movie like this. Thorne is the wicked warden who tortures her young female charges. They spend the entire movie either naked or only wearing a shirt with nothing underneath. There's some really sick torture, some sex, not much story, and the ending of the movie was the only point where I HAD to look away. The comeuppance is brutal and disgusting.
I say check it out.