Movie

Barbed Wire Dolls

1976 · 81 min

A grimy, claustrophobic descent into sadistic captivity, sleazy and grim, with a dreamlike haze that makes the cruelty feel both lurid and numbing.

Tagline: Welcome to prison, Ladies!
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, eerie and campy. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Violence, power, isolation, survival
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
power
isolation
survival
trauma
Places: prison
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong