Greta - Haus ohne Männer
Directed by:
Jesús FrancoPlots(1)
Infamous Spanish director Jess Franco was the perfect choice to helm this third installment in the Ilsa series. It's a surprisingly well-photographed little piece of sado-masochistic erotic schlock, with Isla (Dyanne Thorne) now operating a clinic for sexually aberrant women in the jungles of Los Polomas, South America. Of course the clinic is only a cover, with Ilsa regularly torturing the inmates for political, sexual, and exploitative purposes (she makes films of their suffering, and sells them). A brave woman (Tania Busselier) goes undercover as a patient in the clinic to find her sister. Instead she finds things like whippings, burnings, rapes, electrocutions, suffocation, needle torture, shock treatment and cannibalism. (official distributor synopsis)
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I was hoping Wanda, the Wicked Warden might stand out, not just because of its somewhat different approach to the story. Jesús Franco certainly didn't create something that the series could be proud of. It's probably best to approach the film on its own and simply enjoy Dyanne's presence if she happens to be your type. Otherwise, there's a basic story here, but no one really made an effort to squeeze more out of it, whether in terms of exploitation or quality.
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