You guys know that I very rarely throw up the 18 rating warning however I feel that it's very warranted for this film. This is a film that I have covered before but i'm covering it again because well honestly my thoughts on the film might have changed plus if things go the way that I think that they are going to go then there's a chance that you might be seeing a review of the sequel Ilsa, Harem Keeper Of The Oil Sheiks and so join me as I review "Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS" enjoy the review.
There's is no real plot to this film but the basic premise of the film is Ilsa is a Kommandant of a Nazi prison camp and she conducts who conducts sadistic scientific experiments designed to demonstrate that women are more capable of enduring pain than men are. That's honestly it in terms of both the premise and the plot and honestly for this kind of film that's all you need but at the same time I would have liked it if there was a story but that's just me tho.
Starring in the film is Dyanne Thorne as Ilsa , Gregory Knoph as Wolfe , Tony Mumolo as Mario and George Buck Flower as Binz. Also starring in the film is Maria Marx as Anna , Nicolle Riddell as Kata , Jo Jo Deville as Ingrid , Sandy Richman as Maigret Rodina Keeler as Gretchen , Richard Kennedy as The General , Lance Marshall as Richter , Uschi Digard as Pressurized Chamber Prisoner , Colleen Brennan as Redheaded Prisoner and Sandy Dempsey as Prisoner.
I'm going to be honest here nobody expects great acting from any of these Ilsa films and yeah the same is true for this film. Since even tho there is some decent acting in this film the overall quality of the acting is in my opinion pretty low mostly due to the fact that the script doesn't give any of it's characters any kind of personality are characteristics and so the actors can only do so much with the material which in this case to performances that are at best passable.
Now there is a very good reason as to why i've thrown up the 18 rating at the start of this review and that's because there are alot of scenes which are very uncomfortable to watch. Even for a horror film there are alot of scenes that are just straight up uncomfortable to watch and alot of imagery due to the setting of the film are in my opinion uncomfortable as well with one of those things being that the hero not only works for but supports the Nazis.
I do have to give this film credit for pushing the boundaries of what could be considered good taste since you never know where the line of good taste ends unless you cross it and this film did a good job of telling me where that line could be for me personally. Everybody is going to have different opinions on what they consider to be in good taste and I honestly feel that's good to see what you consider good taste and force yourself to try and go beyond those limits.
I will say that the character of Ilsa who as mentioned is played by the late and very stunning if you ask me Dyanne Thorne is perhaps one of the most truly evil villains in horror. Simply because she was not only based of real life people who committed very evil crimes but also because she is someone that truly doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything which not makes her an entertaining villain but it also makes her someone that demands be feared.
Another part of what makes Ilsa evil is what she does to men i'm not going to spoil what she does since it's uncomfortable but let's just say she cuts of something that no man can live without if you get what i'm saying. I've honestly never seen a horror film that has the balls to cut of something so shall we say important to the male body and I oddly wish that more horror films would have the balls to do this just because it's a great way to get people feeling uncomfortable which is what you want in a horror movie in my opinion.
This film has a running time of one hour and thirty six minuets and six seconds which for me personally was a big issue. I say that it's a big issue because of the lack story and due to the fact that there's no actual plot in this film the film can honestly feel boring which is a shame because the idea behind the film is honestly really good and could very easily support a film but it still needs a story to keep your audiences interested in the characters and sadly there's isn't a story here and so all your left with is boring characters which make the film feel alot longer then the one hour and thirty six minuets and six seconds running time but that's just what I think tho and if you guys find this film to be either very entertaining or the greatest film ever then more power to you i'm just not one of those people that rate this film very highly.
Now then since this is a horror film that does mean that I have to talk about the scares that are in actual the film itself. To me the scares in this film were honestly very effective due to the fact that like I said the Ilsa character was based on at least two real life people and so that makes everything she does to these prisoners seem all the more scary and it helps that the scares in the film are genuinely quite scary or at leas they in my opinion anyways.
Overall yes this film is honestly really freaking good and I can very easily see how this film got three sequels. I will say that even tho there technically three Ilsa film the third film in the Ilsa film franchise actually isn't an Ilsa film and has so many freaking titles that it's unreal ,going to back to this film tho yes there are plenty of good things to be found in this film as i've covered in this review but there's also alot of bad things about the film as well which i've also covered in this very review as such Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS gets a 5 out of 10 from me.
All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from one website only with that website being the one and only Google Images. Since I only went to Google Images for the images that I used in this review I have no choice but to recommend that you use Google Images if you to use any image from any of the Ilsa movies and i'm not going to end this with Elvira saying unpleasant dreams just because it wouldn't be fitting considering the film that i've just reviewed but who knows maybe she'll feature in tomorrows possible review but only time will tell tho so don't go getting your hopes up and the reason why I didn't include Elvira at the start of the review is because it didn't feel right given the film that i'm reviewing but like with the ending she might appear in tomorrows possible review but don't go getting your hopes up tho.
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