FilmSurvival Splatter & Gore

Women in Cellblock 91978

Name: Women in Cellblock 9
Genre: Survival, Splatter & Gore
Released: 1978-03-17
Rating: 5

Directed by Jesús Franco

5.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.3TMDB 4.6

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Year

1978

Runtime

75 min

The premise

A group of female freedom-fighters led by Karine Levere is caught by the warden of a women's prison, located somwhere in the South American jungle. None of them will reveal the secrets of their organisation or the names of their collaborators in the cities, so they are handed over to Dr. Costa who, after four years inactivity in Europe, is delighted to be able to practice his torture techniques once more. Laverne fails to resist the inhuman treatments and reveals all. The only hope of saving the organization is for the girls to warn the city cell before it's too late. They trick the prison guard into having sex with them, knock him out and break out of prison. The warden and Dr. Costa must prevent them from revealing the practices inside the prison. The hunt is on and it's shoot to kill...

Horror Vault's take

Deep in the South American jungle, a group of captured female revolutionaries endures savage treatment at the hands of a sadistic prison warden and a doctor with a taste for torture. Secrets can only hold so long under such conditions, and when the women make a desperate bid for freedom, the real nightmare begins outside the prison walls. Part exploitation thriller, part survival chase, this 1978 sleaze classic pulls few punches in its portrayal of institutional brutality. Fans of late-70s Euro-exploitation will find it a grimly archetypal entry in the women-in-prison canon.

Content: Torture, Sexual Coercion, Graphic Violence, Nudity, Scenes Of Captivity And Abuse