Violence in a Women's Prison (1984)

I love this movie so much

i must have seen a different film!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Violence in a Women's Prison provides a worthy entry in the women's prison genre. It offers all the T&A you would expect, though it is nowhere near as gruesome as the title would suggest. It also benefits from better than average use of lighting and camera work from Bruno Mattei.The plot is the usual. Laura Gemser, in her usual role as Emanuelle (no, not that Emmanuelle) goes undercover in a women's prison in order to reveal abuses taking place there. She encounters the usual mix of lesbianism, sadistic guards, and a corrupt yet sexy warden played by Lorraine de Selle.In spite of its title, Violence in a Women's Prison is not really all that brutal, with much more emphasis on nudity than gore. There is a rather infamous scene involving rats, although even that won't be all that shocking to the people who gravitate to this type of film. This is especially clear when compared to the film's companion piece, Women's Prison Massacre, made at the same time with the same cast and crew.This film is definitely worth a look.

Violence in a Women's Prison (AKA Emanuelle in Hell) sees Italian trashmeister Bruno Mattei (as Vincent Dawn, just one of many silly aliases the guy operated under) tackling the WIP genre with the same lack of subtlety, skill and style that he applied to most of his work; in other words, the film is an inept but gloriously cheesy slice of exploitative garbage that offers lots of misogynistic action, cartoonish violence, and unintentional hilarity, interspersed by moments of extreme drudgery and sheer tedium.Laura Gemser, she of the dusky skin and perky breasts, once again stars as intrepid reporter Emanuelle, who this time around poses as a hooker and drug pusher to go undercover in a women's correctional facility and, with the help of Doctor Moran (Gabriele Tinti) and some friendly inmates, expose the depravity and corruption that goes on within. This flimsy plot is all the excuse Mattei needs to give fans of such dubious fare (myself included) over an hour and a half of poorly acted, badly directed sleaze, including the obligatory lesbian action from big breasted bimbos, assorted scraps, a rat attack, a touch of rape, a smidgen of buggery, a little drug abuse, some torture, and best of all, a scat-fight (that's a cat fight that takes place in human feces). It's not art, but it is fun (some of the time).I give Violence in a Women's Prison 5.5 out of 10, happily rounded up to 6 for Lorraine De Selle's unmissable performance as the prison's nasty head warden, who parades around in black stockings and sussies, forces Doctor Moran to have sex with her (the poor man), and watches on with glee as a virginal female prisoner is raped by two leering inmates borrowed from the neighbouring men's prison.

(aka: VIOLENCE IN A WOMAN'S PRISON or CAGED WOMAN)This one looks like it was filmed in Italy, although it's supposed to take place in some unnamed South American country. There's no jungle setting here like you'll find in other woman's prison films.The first of two woman's prison films Bruno Mattei did with EMANUELLE star Laura Gemser, this one involves a woman journalist who goes undercover inside a woman's prison in order to expose the inhumane treatment of prisoners.All around her, there's all kinds mechanical soft-core lezbo sex going on. It's really un-erotic and boring. There's also not a lot of blood or gore in this one. Not as much as one would expect from this kind of film. In a so-so early scene, Gemser throws a bucket of sh#t at two female prison guards after they shove her around and force her to clean it out. For this transgression, she is locked up in solitary confinement and bitten by a large number of rats running around in her cell. Then the female warden finds out Gemser is a journalist and has her beaten with clubs. Next, Gemser is put into a metal cylinder while guards bang on it with metal hammers. This description reads more exciting than it actually is.Hey, if this is your kind of thing, then you're much better off watching those female prison films Eddie Romero and Roger Corman did back in the 70s. At least they had the Philipino jungle to give it a more savage atmosphere. This one looks like a bunch of ugly women going through the motions for the sake of the motions. It's about as exciting as a flat curve.The Shriek Video uses a clean, widescreen print with bad dubbing, pops and static in the soundtrack and few extras beyond an interview with Mattei and a movie trailer. Not much to recommend. 2 out of 10

This WIP movie delivers all the goods in an almost plausible story. Laura Gemser, reprising her role as Emanuelle, is incarcerated in a sleazy women's prison where the warden is corrupt, the guards get excited by torturing prisoners, and the inmates use one another as pleasure toys.Although intended for mature audiences only, this is a film that delivers the goods in this genre without trying to hold back; even the characters are interesting and developed.