A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.
- Marie
- (as Maria Rohn)
- Helga
- (as Eliza Montes)
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
- Boatman
- (uncredited)
- Official
- (uncredited)
- Zoie's Boss
- (uncredited)
- Marta
- (uncredited)
- Juan Diego
- (uncredited)
- Guard
- (uncredited)
- Official on Boat
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaItalian censorship visa # 53649 delivered on 10-4-1969.
- GoofsThis has to be the first and only women in prison movie without a shower scene.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Marie: Where are they taking us?
Helga: To the island, over there.
Helga: [to redhead] What's eating you? Looking forward to your holidays? Three years the judge said, didn't he? I know the medicine you need, and they don't stock it over there. Home sweet home for all three of us. The Spaniards built it and christened it, Castillo de la Muerte.
Natalie Mendoza: "Castle of Death".
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, the distributor was required to cut sight of animal cruelty (a snake being stabbed and hacked at by a women using a knife) as per BBFC Policy based on the Cinematorgraph Films (Animals) Act 1937, in order to obtain an 18 classification. An uncut classification was not available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Llámale Jess (2000)
Relatively speaking this movie had a decent budget and a talented cast, and perhaps because of this (and the aforementioned threat of censorship)Franco had to reign himself in from his usual indulges. (I can just imagine the conversations he would have had with these relatively classy actresses: "No Jesus, I'm NOT going to perform analingus on her masticated rectum, I was a Bond girl for christsakes!"). Not that there isn't any sex or nudity. There is a great catfight/lesbian sex scene between Neri and Rohm as the lascivious Lom looks on, but the action is shot almost entirely in a montage of extreme close-ups (the only time after this that Franco was this circumspect in a sex scene was in "Erotismo" and that was no doubt because he was trying to avoid child porn charges after stupidly casting an underage actress). My favorite scene though is a flashback sequence where Neri does a sexy strip to a flickering candelabra, and in a touch that is both perverse and surreal her audience is a bunch of cigarette-smoking schoolgirls! Of course, there are those Franco aficionados out there who would prefer endless static shots of Lina Romay or somebody rolling around naked on a bed while Franco conducts a gynecological exam with his zoom lens to these much more sedate sex scenes, but there can be little doubt which is more classy and tasteful.
The best part though might be the catchy theme song ("Born to Be Bad") that leaves you with a warm feeling of nostalgia for that era (whether you experienced it or not). I don't know if I'd want to watch this movie again, but at least I didn't feel like running for the shower when it was over. If you want to see a Franco a WIP flick this is a good place to start (and also to stop).
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- Jun 30, 2006
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- Also known as
- Island of Despair
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1