Ilsa, The Wicked Warden (Kino Cult #48)

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The final installment of the controversial Ilsa saga finds the former accomplice of Nazis, Stalinists, and oil barons now operating a psychiatric clinic in an unnamed Latin American country, where political prisoners are tortured. A young woman (Tania Busselier) has herself committed in order to locate her captive sister, but quickly realizes she has entered a hell of sexploitation from which she cannot escape. Dyanne Thorne plays Ilsa to camp excess but it is the ingenue, Lina Romay (Female Vampire), who steals the show as Ilsa’s pet prisoner, a woman who withstands Ilsa’s abuse and manipulates her fellow prisoners, doing anything to stay alive long enough to turn the tables on cinema’s most diabolical villainess. Special Features: -New Audio Commentary by Film Historian Troy Howarth -Audio Commentary by Actors Dyanne Thorne and Howard Maurer, Moderated by Humorist Martin Lewis -A Thorne by Any Other Name: Stephen Thrower on Ilsa, the Wicked Warden -Uh-Oh...It’s ILSA! Part Two of a Sidebar Conversation with Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas and Author, Artist and Film Historian Stephen R. Bissette -Vintage Promotional Short Featuring Interviews with Director Jess Franco and Producer Erwin C. Dietrich -Theatrical Trailer -Gallery of Artwork and Stills