Other than perhaps slasher films, is there another genre of movie which follows the rules and tropes so faithfully? Almost all of them have the requisite wicked warden, shower scene, escape attempt, creative torture methods, a shy girl dying, cat fights, tough lesbian who hates the new girl, and prison riot finales. [Check out VZ1 List #3 Women In Prison Films Ranked: 1971-1980]
The genre officially got its start with Love Camp 7 (1969), then enjoyed immense popularity with endless releases throughout the seventies. It tapered off by the mid-eighties, but still carries on until this day. We've covered a number of them on VZ1; below is a list regularly updated.
Cathy Adams, John Alderman, Kathy Williams, Lee Frost
In For Life (1970)
Phyllis Stengel
The Big Doll House (1971)
Pam Grier, Roberta Collins, Roger Corman
Women In Cages (1971)
Pam Grier, Roberta Collins, Roger Corman
Sweet Sugar (1972)
Phyllis Davis
The Bamboo House of Dolls (1973)
Birte Tove, Shaw Brothers
Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
Italy, Paola Senatore
Riot in a Women's Prison (1974)
Katia Christine
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Dyanne Thorne, Donna Young, Colleen Brennan
Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
Lana Wood, Tina Louise
Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
Jesús Franco, Lina Romay
Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)Lana Wood, Tina Louise
Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
Jesús Franco, Lina Romay
Erna Schurer.
Achtung! The Desert Tigers (1977)Italy
Jesús Franco
Wanda, the Wicked Warden (1977)
Jesús Franco, Dyanne Thorne, Lina Romay
Brazil
Bruno Mattei, Italy
SS Camp 5: Women's Hell (1977)
Italy
Women Without Innocence (1978)
Erwin C. Dietrich, Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Muriel Montossé
Carne apaleada (1978)
German, Erwin C. Dietrich
Bare Behind Bars (1980)
Brazil
Women Without Innocence (1978)
Erwin C. Dietrich, Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Muriel Montossé
Carne apaleada (1978)
Spain, Esperanza Roy, Bárbara Rey
France, Malisa Longo
Nathalie: Escape from Hell (1978)Patrizia Gori, Jacqueline Laurent.
Caged Women (1980)German, Erwin C. Dietrich
Bare Behind Bars (1980)
Brazil
Escape from Hell (1980)
Italy
Italy
Amazon Jail (1982)
Brazil
Concrete Jungle (1982)
Camille Keaton
Chained Heat (1983)
Edy Williams, Henry Silva, Linda Blair, Louisa Moritz, Monique Gabrielle, Stella Stevens, Sybil Danning
Brazil
Concrete Jungle (1982)
Camille Keaton
Chained Heat (1983)
Edy Williams, Henry Silva, Linda Blair, Louisa Moritz, Monique Gabrielle, Stella Stevens, Sybil Danning
Jailhouse Girls (1984)
Women's Reformatory (1986)
Argentina
Star Slammer (1986)
Bobbie Bresee, Fred Olen Ray, John Carradine, Ross Hagen
Un macho en la cárcel de mujeres (1986)
Mexico, Rebeca Silva, Maria Cardinal, Alberto Rojas
Star Slammer (1986)
Bobbie Bresee, Fred Olen Ray, John Carradine, Ross Hagen
Un macho en la cárcel de mujeres (1986)
Mexico, Rebeca Silva, Maria Cardinal, Alberto Rojas
Women in Heat Behind Bars (1987)
Japan
Lust for Freedom (1987)Troma
Étreintes à la Prison de Femmes (1989)
France
Nikki Fritz
Note that we have covered some films which are tangentially WIP films, but don't abide by enough of the genre's tropes to qualify:
Escape from Women's Prison (1978) - none of the scenes actually take place in the prison.
Prison Girls (1972) - a great movie, but the prison aspect is just the springboard to non-WIP stories.
Dracula in a Women's Prison (2017) and Frankenstein in a Women's Prison (2017) - both of these films start at a prison, but then goes off the WIP playbook. Werewolf in a Women's Prison (2006) abides much more closely to the mandatory tropes.
Destroyer (1988) - takes place in a women's prison, but follows almost none of the tropes
The Fifth Floor (1978) - This film follows the tropes as well as an WIP ever made, but takes place in a mental ward rather than a prison, so is disqualified.
Ballgame (1980) - takes place in in a women's prison, but is a comedy-porn, without most of things we know and love about WIP films.
Elsa Fräulein SS (1977) - takes place on a train, but the Nazi sex slaves are subject to the typical WIP tropes.
One Woman For Everyone (1991) - middle section of film is in a women's prison, but can't really be called a WIP film overall.
Desert Passion (1993)
Étreintes à la Prison de Femmes (1989)
France
Lesbian Lockup (1992)
porno
Jewel Shepard
Bad Girls: Lockdown (1994)
Bad Girls 2: Strip Search (1994)
Bad Girls 3: Cell Block 69 (1994)
Bad Girls 5: Maximum Babes (1995)
Bad Girls 9: Bust Out (1996)
Where Evil Lies (1995)Nikki Fritz
Caged Heat 3000 (1995)
Lisa Boyle, prison, Roger Corman
Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995)
Gail Thackray, Jenna Bodnar
Lisa Boyle, prison, Roger Corman
Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995)
Gail Thackray, Jenna Bodnar
Midnight Obsession (1995)
Italy, Joe D'Amato
Big Sister 2000 (1995)
Kira Reed
Rhonda Shear, Mary Woronov
Werewolf in a Women's Prison (2006)
Amazon Hot Box (2018)
Amazon Hot Box (2018)
Note that we have covered some films which are tangentially WIP films, but don't abide by enough of the genre's tropes to qualify:
Escape from Women's Prison (1978) - none of the scenes actually take place in the prison.
Prison Girls (1972) - a great movie, but the prison aspect is just the springboard to non-WIP stories.
Dracula in a Women's Prison (2017) and Frankenstein in a Women's Prison (2017) - both of these films start at a prison, but then goes off the WIP playbook. Werewolf in a Women's Prison (2006) abides much more closely to the mandatory tropes.
Destroyer (1988) - takes place in a women's prison, but follows almost none of the tropes
The Fifth Floor (1978) - This film follows the tropes as well as an WIP ever made, but takes place in a mental ward rather than a prison, so is disqualified.
Ballgame (1980) - takes place in in a women's prison, but is a comedy-porn, without most of things we know and love about WIP films.
Elsa Fräulein SS (1977) - takes place on a train, but the Nazi sex slaves are subject to the typical WIP tropes.
One Woman For Everyone (1991) - middle section of film is in a women's prison, but can't really be called a WIP film overall.
Desert Passion (1993)
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