The Nazisploit genre in general doesn't tend to do a whole lot for me. I think the idea is decent-but there's very few within the genre that I feel are very noteworthy. Even most of the more 'highly acclaimed' within the genre end up leaving me a little cold-as I don't feel that there are really any out there that exploit the genre's sleazy potential to it's fullest. While LOVE CAMP 119 is a decent foray into such material-it's yet another of these films that never really 'takes off'...
The premise of the film is much like any other in the genre: women are used as sex- slaves, guinea pigs, and laborers all in the name of advancing the Third Reich. A sympathetic doctor and his assistant do the best they can to alleviate the prisoner's suffering whenever possible-largely to no avail. An escape attempt is hatched by a few of the prisoners-and they're actually successful at first...but what sort of exploit film would this be if it had any sort of happy ending???
Mattei has done a handful of decent films spanning most every sub-genre in the exploit/sexploit realm-Nazi themes, WIP, zombies, cannibals, etc...and LOVE CAMP 119-while definitely not great by any means-is another of his films that I found to be mildly interesting. Whereas many in the genre tend to be pretty tongue-in-cheek almost to the point of being somewhat comedic (depending on your sense of humor...) LOVE CAMP 119 plays it pretty straight-faced and serious. I personally appreciated this about the film-and it gave it a bit of an 'edge' that many of these types of films don't have. Although not nearly as graphic or notable-the tone of the film reminded me a lot of T. F. Mou's classick historical-exploiter MEN BEHIND THE SUN. There's a decent amount of female flesh on display (as is to be expected of such a film...), and although the FX are weak-some of the experiments are suitably sleazy and/or rough (if sometimes just downright silly). Personal favorite are bringing the frozen guy back to life by having two sluts make out with him, and trying to turn a pair of gay guys straight by forcing them to have sex with a group of women. I'm sure both of those techniques are extremely effective in the real world. I also particularly enjoyed the downbeat ending that had the minor twist of the main prison guard getting his in the end. A decent entry in a weak but interesting sub-genre...definitely worth a look to Nazisploit enthusiasts. 7/10
The premise of the film is much like any other in the genre: women are used as sex- slaves, guinea pigs, and laborers all in the name of advancing the Third Reich. A sympathetic doctor and his assistant do the best they can to alleviate the prisoner's suffering whenever possible-largely to no avail. An escape attempt is hatched by a few of the prisoners-and they're actually successful at first...but what sort of exploit film would this be if it had any sort of happy ending???
Mattei has done a handful of decent films spanning most every sub-genre in the exploit/sexploit realm-Nazi themes, WIP, zombies, cannibals, etc...and LOVE CAMP 119-while definitely not great by any means-is another of his films that I found to be mildly interesting. Whereas many in the genre tend to be pretty tongue-in-cheek almost to the point of being somewhat comedic (depending on your sense of humor...) LOVE CAMP 119 plays it pretty straight-faced and serious. I personally appreciated this about the film-and it gave it a bit of an 'edge' that many of these types of films don't have. Although not nearly as graphic or notable-the tone of the film reminded me a lot of T. F. Mou's classick historical-exploiter MEN BEHIND THE SUN. There's a decent amount of female flesh on display (as is to be expected of such a film...), and although the FX are weak-some of the experiments are suitably sleazy and/or rough (if sometimes just downright silly). Personal favorite are bringing the frozen guy back to life by having two sluts make out with him, and trying to turn a pair of gay guys straight by forcing them to have sex with a group of women. I'm sure both of those techniques are extremely effective in the real world. I also particularly enjoyed the downbeat ending that had the minor twist of the main prison guard getting his in the end. A decent entry in a weak but interesting sub-genre...definitely worth a look to Nazisploit enthusiasts. 7/10