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Women Behind Bars

1975 1h 20m Mystery & Thriller List
Reviews 32% Audience Score 100+ Ratings
Shirley finds herself abused by the inmates and warden of a hellish women's prison. Read More Read Less

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delysid d to be honest this movie is goddam awful. the only thing to actually like about it is the nudity. the women are stuck in a prison where its so hot they have to all sleep naked with no blankets. so you will see them all lined up in their beds butt naked. plus there is a great lesbian scene. the story and everything else about it was awful, although it did give me a few chuckles Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/18 Full Review Audience Member From the director of Bloody Moon comes another exploitation flick about girls in prison. There's no surprises here. Unashamed gratuitous nudity is flung at the viewer with barely any story or character development to speak of. For video nasty completists, you're getting nothing more than soft-core porn. Although, as the director points out on the extras, it's not pornography, it's eroticism. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Very bad English dubbing, and bad camera framing, and many zoom close-ups of things or landscapes, that are either unnecessary or not well coordinated in the editing process, or just bad direction. This film was shot very fast and it shows. The first half hour is very slow, after that it gets a little better, but not much. The female lead is sexy and impertinent, which is the main attraction of this film, with nudity and erotic scenes that spices things up, and a classy jazzy music score adds more flavour, to this otherwise technically poor camera job. The photography of the film is good though, it's more the framing, composition, and zoom close-ups on things that distracts and is just lazy or hurried filmmaking in my opinion. Not all of the zooms are bad though, some of them are executed with style and precision and just reinforce the scene. That was a famous technique in the 70's used by many cult film directors. Still even with it's faults, this film has enough charm to warrant it two stars. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member The themes Franco explores is there, so is the hairynisms of his actresses. I don't like this as much as Franco's other stuff, but as a whole, it feels fine to watch though the twist just sort of made me giggle more than anything. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Shirley finds herself abused by the inmates and warden of a hellish women's prison.
Director
Jess Franco
Screenwriter
A.L. Mariaux
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 15, 2017
Runtime
1h 20m