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Women in Cellblock 9

1978 · 75 min

A grim, exploitative descent into cruelty and despair, offering little relief beyond its raw, unpleasant intensity.

Overview
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...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • survival
  • power
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • prison
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, action, crime
Directed by
Jesús Franco
Written by
Jesús Franco
Starring
Karine Gambier, Howard Vernon, Susan Hemingway, Aida Gouveia, Esther Studer, Dora Doll, Cesar Anahory
Runtime
75 min
Country
Switzerland
Languages
German, English

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