A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadistic doctor begins conducting illegal "therapeutic" experiments on the inmates, the ladies plot their revenge.
Direction
Demme's debut somehow elevates Roger Corman schlock into genuine craft.
Acting
Barbara Steele's repressed warden chews scenery with surgical precision.
Director
Jonathan Demme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roger Corman gave Demme this project specifically because he wanted a 'women in prison' film; Demme agreed on condition he could rewrite the script to make it 'less offensive.'
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