From the fevered, wonderfully perverted minds of Spanish
filmmaker Jess Franco and Swiss producer Erwin C. Dietrich (JACK THE RIPPER)
comes the notorious women-in-prison shocker WOMEN IN CELLBLOCK 9 (aka Frauen
für Zellenblock 9 and Tropical Inferno). The controversial film (it was and
remains banned in the U.K.) stars Franco regulars Susan Hemingway, Howard
Vernon and Karine Gambier and tells the tale of a gaggle of female
freedom-fighters who are taken to a secluded women’s jungle prison where they
endure all manner of violent and sexual humiliations.
Like all of the productions in the prolific Franco/Dietrich
collaborative cannon (most of which are represented in Full Moon's limited
edition Jess Franco DVD Collection), WOMEN IN CELLBLOCK 9 is a visually lush,
erotic and explicit exploitation masterwork, armed with exotic locations, weird
performances and a great, dreamy score by composer Walter Baumgartner.
Full Moon is proud to present this revered Jess Franco
classic in a digitally remastered and restored and completely uncut transfer
struck directly from Dietrich's own archival negative. Not for the easily
offended (but what Franco film is?), WOMEN IN CELLBLOCK 9 is an essential trash
movie gem not to be missed!
WOMEN IN CELLBLOCK 9 is available on Special Edition DVD on
February 21, for rental or purchase on the Full Moon Amazon Channel and via
Full Moon Streaming beginning February 8.
Extras on the DVD include:
*Franco, Bloody Franco: An Interview with Jess Franco
(Spanish with English Subtitles)
*Vintage Jess Franco Trailer Reel
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