Search - Women's Prison Massacre on DVD

Best WIP movie by Bruno Mattei!

Michael A. Martinez | Fairbanks, AK USA | 10/23/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Even though CAGED WOMEN, Mattei's other prison flick, had better music and better lesbian soft-core scenes, this one takes the cake in the trashiest atmosphere yet. Right off the bat you feel immersed in the pure sleaze of this movie, complete with clantily clad women mouthing some of the dumbest dialog I've heard. The film essentially picks up, however, when Gabriele Tinti and 3 other male inmates escape from a prison escort and take a guard (Carlo De Mejo from CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD and TERROR EXPRESS) and the warden (Lorraine De Selle from CANNIBAL FEROX) hostage. The following half-hour or so, in which the male con's brutalize and rape the female prisoners is completely hallinatingly dirty. Luigi Ceccerelli's piano music and some weird attempts by Mattei to get some Dario Argento-ish lighting help the atmosphere out a little, and there's plenty of action and gore to keep most fans of the genre awake. The best part hands down has a girl blowing her brains out after a game of Russian roullete -right all over Gabriele Tinti's face while he laughs gleefully! Genre fans should also watch for Jacques Stany and Laura Gemser, who used to be a big porno sensation worldwide. One of the pseudonyms for this film was EMANUELLE ESCAPES FROM HELL and Gemser's character is named "Emanuelle", but other than that there is little or no relation to any of the other Emanuelle films I've seen. Mattei's subsequent efforts were by far less polished and original, though some of them so laughable (like ROBOWAR, ZOMBIE 3, and COP GAME, that they remain outrageously entertaining. I urge most fans of sleaze and depravity to check this one out."

All the real nasty stuff is missing!!!!!!!!!!!

W. Black | East Prairie, MO United States | 05/03/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, this is a very sleazy WIP from Italian exploitation master Vincent Dawn, but don't record over your bootlegs just yet. Hopefully WPM will someday be released by Shriek Show or Blue Underground, because this DVD is cut to hell. A quick flashback near the end of the film even contains scenes that were trimmed from the source print. We shouldn't still have to put up with this crap in 2005! An exploitation movie without the exploitation is like porno without the penetration."

The R Rated Version at a Nice Price!

Image Maker | New Jersey | 06/04/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the "R" Rated Version of WOMENS PRISON MASSACRE. It does contain some trims. The 16x9 Wide Screen transfer is crisp and bright but does suffer from some dirt & scratches. Previous VHS releases were fuzzy with 4x3 cropped image (actually missing much of the frame)! Worth the price for the Wide Screen picture alone!"

Keep the Video

Michael L. Shields | HAYWARD, CA USA | 05/16/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I actually rented this little sleaze wonder along time ago. I was wondering when Shriek Show or Blue Underground would release this title in it its original form? Imagine my surprise when I found this gem at a DVD store. AND it's letterboxed, too! The way the package was marketed, it seemed to me this film was the uncut version! WRONG! What a rip-off! The DVD presentation is letterboxed, has a scratchy print, and is more incomplete than the Vestron video version. Oh well, the trailers the DVD offers give a very clear reason why the B movie is in such a sad state.
Keep the Vestron Video version.
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