Welcome to the Scream Factory Crypt! In this binge series I will be watching all my Scream Factory titles I own alphabetically or sometimes randomly! Scream Factory is my favorite imprint of Blu-Ray’s because they take movies that studios and the public might not adore but have fans and deserve to be given respect. This will take a long time as I have over 163(!) titles and counting, I know I will have more before I finish, so stay tuned! Not only will I talk about them on the podcast but I will review them here as well so you can see how I feel about aspects of each release.
Part 24. Women’s Prison Massacre
A young reporter, Emmanuelle exposes a corrupt politician and is sent to prison! While she’s there she must contend with a brutal warden! Emmanuelle also clashes with a fellow inmate named Albina! Plus, she has to hold her head underwater until the guards tell her to, when she comes up too early, she is beaten with batons!
One day a group of four deranged convicts are transferred to the Women’s Prison (I don’t know why) and while they what to be executed they take the prison hostage and all hell breaks loose!
What to make of this film? In one respect because it is so stupid and dumb it makes it entertaining. But because it is so stupid and dumb its relatively short runtime of 89 minutes drags.
I mean there is ample nudity, but it is really gratuitous and doesn’t serve a purpose except for only showing women wash themselves not in showers but in sinks. There is gore which is somewhat entertaining but it is few and far between.
Due to the film being dubbed the performances are all over the place. Some of the dialogue is unintentionally stupid so there is laughs to be had.
Women’s Prison Massacre is bad, sometimes that overcomes the lameness of the undeveloped script and can make it a fun watch if you are with friends and are just looking for something to laugh at. Other than that, it’s a tough movie to recommend.
The video transfer on the blu-ray changes from solid to just ok. While I have no doubt that this is the best this movie has ever looked, its low budget feel and barren set design will not push your high-definition to the limits. It does have a nice film look to it and is overall a pleasant looking blu-ray.
The audio however is solid. The score for the film is fun and comes through clearly. As mentioned above the film is dubbed, which leads to some weird sync issues but they do sound well with no pops or scratches.
There are no extras on the disc.
I got Women’s Prison Massacre because I do like the cheesy-ness of other women prison movies like Caged Fury. But in Women’s Prison Massacre the fun does not run for the whole film making it somewhat a chore to watch. Buy if you like bad movies, or like me I got it on sale for $11.
Film: D-
Video: C+
Audio: B
Extras: F
Overall: D