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Women in Cellblock 9 Review

Women in Cellblock 9 | Repulsive Reviews | Horror Movies

My recent viewing of Jess Franco’s 99 Women was a true eye-opener for me. It was the one film of his I was waiting for, it proved to me that the man had depth and truly was a great filmmaker. Even for a women in prison film, it had artistic vision and substance.  Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for another of his sexploitation ventures, Women in Cellblock 9.

Three women are apprehended from a fruit truck, taken to [...]

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99 Women Review

99 Women | Repulsive Reviews | Horror Movies

There are various types of exploitation films; Over the years, I’ve come across nunsploitation, blaxploitation, nazisploitation, even dwarfsploitation (see The Sinful Dwarf). One of the oldest and most popular amongst fans, however, seems to be women in prison films. Numerous filmmakers have entries in the sub-genre, but the king of all exploitation seems to be unanimously voted as the prolific Jess Franco. The film that I am referring to, this time around, is his 1969 production of 99 Women [...]

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