A reporter commits herself to a women' asylum to find the whereabouts of her sister, only to find out that the asylum is run by a sadistic warden.Out of all the Ilse films, this has got to be the tamest of them all. Not to take anything away from Franco. That man can pick the best jubblies in movies. I bet he quality tests them as well. The characters are interesting and well done. The actors to a great job in bring in the depravity full force. And of course, Dyanne Thorne "fills out" The part of Ilse/Greta/Wanda wonderfully. Almost not missing a beat.
As for negatives, there's only two. The film was way over dubbed. Now, yeah, somethings like that can be overlooked. It's a European film, so you're going to have dubbing no matter what for the respective markets. If this film was made in the really late 60's or early 70's, then yeah, I'd give it a pass. Anything after say...1975 really has no excuse to at least leave some original voices on the film. The other problem was the ending. Now, the ending in general wasn't wrong, it was that stock footage was added to get the point across. The effects were good enough, the stock was overdoing it. We get it already. Anything more to point out the point your trying to get across is thinking your audience ignorant.
The disc, put out by Anchor Bay, is part of the Ilse collection. The visuals are nicely cleaned and while there are pops here and there, audio's not bad either. The extras are small. You get the movie's trailer and a commentary with Dyanne Thorne and humorist Martin Lewis. The commentary is ok, but Lewis is annoying. If you're a fan of exploitation or sexploitation, this movie's for you.
Three stars.
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