Maria, an unfortunate young woman, kills her rapist father in self-defense, and is later tried, sentenced, and shipped off to a woman's penitentiary where she and her fellow inmates are subjected to psychological and sexual abuse at the hands of a psychotic lesbian warden.
Direction
Franco's signature zoom-heavy sleaze aesthetic in full effect.
Costume
The warden's dominatrix gear deserves its own credit line.
Score
Bizarre funk-prog soundtrack that fights the horror for dominance.
Director
Jesús Franco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just two weeks on a Portuguese island, with Franco rewriting scenes daily based on available locations and whatever Lina Romay was willing to perform.
Part of the 1970s 'women in prison' boom that peaked with Jonathan Demme's Caged Heat—Franco's version strips away any pretense of social commentary for pure transgression.
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