Good Picture Quality, but Red Heat is an edited version
The picture quality on these films is suprisingly good (anamorphic). To my recollection, Chained Heat is uncut, but buyers should be aware that Red Heat is an edited version with the scene between Linda Blair and Sylvia Kristel in the warden's office cut almost completely to remove the nudity & violence.
BOOBS BEHIND BARS!
When I read that Panik House Entertainment was going to release the "Women in Prison" collection with introductions from Mr. Skin I didn't know what to expect. I've heard of Mr. Skin but I don't know anything about Panik House Entertainment or their previous DVD releases, so I took a bit of a chance with this one. Turns out my taking a chance on this DVD release paid off, big time!
Either the prints used for this DVD release were in exceptional condition to begin with or Panik House Entertainment spent some major time, effort and money on remastering them for this release. All three films look and sound amazing, better than any previous versions I've seen and heard before. The first film in this two disc set "Chained Heat" found on disc one is considered the greatest women-in-prison film of all time. It's finally being presented totally uncut and the anamorphic widescreen print used for this newly re-mastered version is absolutely pristine.
The prints used for...
WOMEN IN PRISON. BEST PLACE FOR THEM
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Chained Heat: An innocent young woman winds up in the slammer. It's a bad place.
Women In Prison films run the gambit from artsy exploitation to sadistic crap. The genre was popularized by Jack Hill (Big Doll House) and became a staple of low budget exploitation features worldwide. The top three WIP films, in this reviewer's opinion, are #1) Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion, #2) Bamboo House Of Dolls, and #3) Chained Heat.
Chained Heat wins few points for quality dramatics or biting social commentary, but seldom has such overt sleaze been presented in such an accomplished and enthusiastic presentation. It boasts one of the finest scripts of any WIP feature and an all-star cast of exploitation veterans. It takes the basic elements of the genre and adds suspense, dark humor, and gore to the standard mix of corruption, sex, drugs, shower scenes, rape, and lesbian assault. But...
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