''Women's Prison Massacre'' ( it, Blade Violent) is a 1983 film directed by

Bruno Mattei Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Ma ...

and starring

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, Gabriele Tinti,

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, and Franca Stoppi.

Plot

Emanuelle (

) is sent to a violent women's

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. While she is in prison, she comes into confrontation with the "top dog" inmate Albina (Ursula Flores), ending in a series of fights. Albina gets the worse of it, including a broken arm, a

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in her leg, and her

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pulled off. Following a series of cat fights and arguments, the women's lives are interrupted by the arrival of four male

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inmates led by "Crazy Boy" Henderson ( Gabriele Tinti), who break into the prison. The male convicts proceed to

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and

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the female inmates (involving a sick game of Russian roulette) and

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. One convict is killed when a

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team attempts to invade the prison. Another is killed by a female inmate who hides a

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inside her

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before enticing him to have his way with her. Henderson and the remaining male cons attempt to break out using the warden (

), Emanuelle and a wounded sheriff as

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. After a gory finale, Emanuelle and the sheriff (

) are the only characters left alive and the sheriff promises to reopen her case.

Cast

as Emanuelle * Gabriele Tinti as "Crazy Boy" Henderson * Ursula Flores as Albina * María Romano as Laura * Antonella Giacomini as Irene * Raul Cabrera as Victor "Geronimo" Brain * Pierangelo Pozzato as Helmut "Blade" Von Bauer * Robert Mura as Brett O'Hara * Michael Laurant as Prison Official * Françoise Perrot as Molly, The Guard * Franca Stoppi as Head Guard * Jacques Stany as District Attorney Robinson *

as Lawman Harrison *

as Warden Colleen

Production

The French funding for the film was provided by an undergarments company which is worn by the female cast during the film. The liner notes for the ''Women's Prison Massacre'' DVD release state "Mattei, using the moniker Gilbert Roussel, shot ''Women's Prison Massacre'' back-to-back with his ''

Violence in a Women's Prison ''Violence in a Women's Prison'' ( it, Violenza in un carcere femminile) is a women in prison film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film stars Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti. It tells the story of Emanuelle, who is sent to Santa Catarina Women's ...

''. It has basically the same cast, but both films are completely different."

Release

''Women's Prison Massacre'' was released in 1983. On December 8, 2015, Shout! Factory released this film on Blu-Ray under the title ''Women's Prison Massacre''. The film has been released under the titles ''Révolte au pénitencier de filles'' in France and '' I violenti'' in Italy. The film has also been released under the titles ''Emmanuelle in Prison'' and ''Emmanuelle Escapes from Hell''.

Review

AllMovie reviewed the film saying "For even the most jaded fans of the genre, Women's Prison Massacre is as entertaining and arousing as autopsy footage. As unpleasant as it is, though, the film doesn't begin to approach the depths reached by Mattei's previous effort (''

'' (1982)) which features the same cast, crew, and basic plot."

References

Sources

* Palmerini, Luca, Gaetano Mistretta (1996), ''

Spaghetti Nightmares ''Spaghetti Nightmares'' is a reference book on Italian horror films by Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta. The book consists mainly of interviews (translated into English) with major genre icons. The book was published in 1996. List of ...

'', Key West: Fantasma Books. pp. 55.

External links

* * {{Bruno Mattei Italian erotic thriller films English-language Italian films Italian sexploitation films Films directed by Bruno Mattei Emanuelle Women in prison films 1983 films 1980s Italian films 1980s French films