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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0506002062263
Format: PAL
Number Of Items: 1
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 196822
Theatrical Release Date: 1979-02
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), WIDESCREEN, SYNOPSIS: Jesus Franco directed this Ilsa outing, in which the character (Dyanne Thorne) is now a women's prison warden. Also known as both Greta the Mad Butcher and Ilsa--Absolute Power.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Uncut, Trailer(s), Scene Access, Photo Gallery, Interactive Menu, Featurette, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Biographies,
Amazon.com:
Prolific Spanish sexploitation legend Jess Franco's entry into the Ilsa sweepstakes is actually a knock-off called Greta, the Mad Butcher. A red-tressed Dyanne Thorne is the (what else?) sadistic warden of a Latin American political prison posing as an institution for sexually disturbed women, but despite the name change she's still the arch, statuesque Joan Crawfordesque dominatrix with big hair, a bigger bust, and a Nazi growl. Franco muse Lina Romay is Greta's smoldering, often naked sex slave, a willing masochist who falls in love with a new prisoner (who just happens to be an undercover agent searching for her missing sister) and finally turns on Greta in a ferocious cannibalistic revolt. In between are the usual women-in-prison tropes (catfights, long showers, floggings, and electroshock interrogations) and a few new twists, including a perverted game of pincushion sex and a violent gang rape organized in the spirit of 'experimental therapy.' It doesn't quite reach the threshold of violent sadism established by Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, but it's no Girl Scout picnic either. Franco brings his unique sensibility to the Ilsa genre and provides a modicum of craft to the film, making it by default the most accomplished of the otherwise bluntly directed series. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fast forward review
Nothing really, but I've been kind of hard on old Jess lately, and I notice my old review here only gave him two sleaze stars. That's not quite fair, it really should have been three I think; one for the pins scene, one for really good extended shower scenes, one for the NTRL factor, including Ilsa bathing bosoms, and one for the overall nastiness - with one redacted to properly penalize him for rotten effects that ruin a few abuse scenes, including one of the worst whipping scenes ever, with a ... Read More
Rating: - Franco takes on Ilsa
The first film in the Ilsa series, "Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS," stands as one of the most horrific exploitation films ever made. Seriously. Even I blanched over the atrocities depicted in the movie. Moreover, it's a rare bird as far as films go because it never loses its power to shock. In fact, I think the first Ilsa movie becomes even more disgusting with each subsequent viewing. Apparently, audiences flipped their cookies after seeing the movie at the drive-in. Word of mouth led to bigger ticket ... Read More
Rating:  - Even as an exploitation film it failed
Theres not much good to say about "Ilsa the Wicked Warden"
even Dyanna Thorne is awful in it, instead of showing her
beautiful blond hair, Jess Franco in all his absurdity dies
it read, and turns the movie into one of these 70's
porn like black exploitations film where all the girls are
taking hot showers and doing each other. Now dont get me
wrong, most people will watch that, but the rest of the
film is a bit of a mess.
There is some inguenity ... Read More
Rating: - Icky Ocky Poo!
Very disappointing. You'd think that Ilsa in the hands of a foreign director could take the series into new territories. Nope. In fact, this is NOT an Ilsa film. In Europe it has a different title, but when this turd washed up on American shores they decided to slap the Ilsa name on it only coz it has Dyanne Thorne playing a sexy, sadistic warden. Her name isn't even once said in the film! The Ilsa films are a fun mix of camp, sex and violence. Franco's film plays it straight(though it's unintentionally ... Read More
Rating: - Fast forward review
What's the point of writing about the plot and the acting? Who cares? The only real question is the number and quality of the sleaze scenes. And, you want to know if there's any additional "uncut version" sleaze on the DVD. Nope.
So, what we got here is two stars. One is for the pin cushion scene, which is an absolute classic. We got a nubile teeny babyfat bod for the cushion and the big ones of Ilsa to drive the pins in, a must have scene, the only negative being that the cushion girl looks like the ... Read More
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