Three women are sent by steamboat to an undisclosed jungle prison called "The Home of Lost Souls". Here they experience the usual beatings, whippings, cat fights and humiliations.Three women are sent by steamboat to an undisclosed jungle prison called "The Home of Lost Souls". Here they experience the usual beatings, whippings, cat fights and humiliations.Three women are sent by steamboat to an undisclosed jungle prison called "The Home of Lost Souls". Here they experience the usual beatings, whippings, cat fights and humiliations.
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The Jail: The Women's Hell (2006)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
A new group of women are dropped off at a prison located deep in the jungles of the Philippines. Little do they know the horror that is about to follow as the evil warden has no issues forcing gang rapes and various bits of torture. A few of the women have finally had enough and plan their escape but more brutality awaits them.
Towards the end of his life Bruno Mattei made a rather remarkable comeback with a number of direct-to-video releases. Out of all the titles it was the zombie, cannibal and women-in-prison that fans wanted the most and this one here is without question one of the most brutal and most entertaining. Of course, this is Mattei we're dealing with so if you're looking for the work of Douglas Sirk or Orson Welles then it's best you check out one of their films. If you're wanting downright cheap, nasty and taboo stuff then THE JAIL: THE WOMEN'S HELL is just for you.
The amount of brutality here is rather remarkable and best of all is that it's actually make-up effects and not CGI. It's rather amazing that so many filmmakers of today try to recapture the various grindhouse movies of the 70s but often fail. This film has director Mattei falling back into his glory days of the 80s and perfectly making a film that might look current but has all the elements of the trash from previous decades. The first portion of the film is full of nudity as it takes place in the jail and of course there are the shower scenes that you'd expect, the lesbian scenes and just non-stop nudity. There's also whippings, a hot box and various other forms of torture that can only be found in the WIP genre.
The last portion of the movie turns into a bizarre jungle adventure and this here is where the brutality really comes into play. Mattei was obviously influenced by several Italian cannibal pictures because the death's of the women feature all sorts of craziness including breasts and nipples being cut off. The special effects certainly aren't the greatest but at least they're real practical effects and not CGI. The film also features the typical awful dubbing that you've come to expect with some of the funniest and most insane bits of dialogue that you'll ever hear. You'll also notice that it appears certain characters were dubbed by different people at times because their accents are constantly changing.
If I had to say anything bad about the picture it's the fact that at 96 minutes it runs a bit too long. Had fifteen or so minutes been trimmed off the film would have been much more entertaining. With that said, if you're looking for gore, trash, violence and an insane amount of craziness then this is just the film for you.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
A new group of women are dropped off at a prison located deep in the jungles of the Philippines. Little do they know the horror that is about to follow as the evil warden has no issues forcing gang rapes and various bits of torture. A few of the women have finally had enough and plan their escape but more brutality awaits them.
Towards the end of his life Bruno Mattei made a rather remarkable comeback with a number of direct-to-video releases. Out of all the titles it was the zombie, cannibal and women-in-prison that fans wanted the most and this one here is without question one of the most brutal and most entertaining. Of course, this is Mattei we're dealing with so if you're looking for the work of Douglas Sirk or Orson Welles then it's best you check out one of their films. If you're wanting downright cheap, nasty and taboo stuff then THE JAIL: THE WOMEN'S HELL is just for you.
The amount of brutality here is rather remarkable and best of all is that it's actually make-up effects and not CGI. It's rather amazing that so many filmmakers of today try to recapture the various grindhouse movies of the 70s but often fail. This film has director Mattei falling back into his glory days of the 80s and perfectly making a film that might look current but has all the elements of the trash from previous decades. The first portion of the film is full of nudity as it takes place in the jail and of course there are the shower scenes that you'd expect, the lesbian scenes and just non-stop nudity. There's also whippings, a hot box and various other forms of torture that can only be found in the WIP genre.
The last portion of the movie turns into a bizarre jungle adventure and this here is where the brutality really comes into play. Mattei was obviously influenced by several Italian cannibal pictures because the death's of the women feature all sorts of craziness including breasts and nipples being cut off. The special effects certainly aren't the greatest but at least they're real practical effects and not CGI. The film also features the typical awful dubbing that you've come to expect with some of the funniest and most insane bits of dialogue that you'll ever hear. You'll also notice that it appears certain characters were dubbed by different people at times because their accents are constantly changing.
If I had to say anything bad about the picture it's the fact that at 96 minutes it runs a bit too long. Had fifteen or so minutes been trimmed off the film would have been much more entertaining. With that said, if you're looking for gore, trash, violence and an insane amount of craziness then this is just the film for you.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Jan 30, 2016
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