Chained Heat
| Chained Heat | |
|---|---|
| File:Chained heat poster.jpg Chained Heat DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Paul Nicholas |
| Written by | Aaron Butler, as Vincent Mongol Paul Nicholas |
| Produced by | Billy Fine Monica Teuber |
| Starring | Linda Blair John Vernon Sybil Danning Tamara Dobson |
| Cinematography | Mac Ahlberg |
| Edited by | Nino di Marco |
| Music by | Joseph Conlan |
| Distributed by | Jensen Farley Pictures |
Release dates | May 27, 1983 |
Running time | 95 min. |
| Countries | US West Germany |
| Language | English |
Chained Heat (alternate title: Das Frauenlager in West Germany) is a 1983 exploitation film in the women-in-prison genre. It was co-written and directed by Paul Nicholas for Jensen Farley Pictures.[1]
Plot
A plethora of exploitation flims were combined to make this violent, sex filled, and completely bizarre melodrama. Linda Blair of The Exorcist stars as Carol Henderson, an immature and naive teenager who is sentenced to 18 months in a women's prison after killing a man by accident. Once she arrives, she meets the vicious and perverted Warden Backman (John Vernon). She also encounters the two kingpin prisoners, Ericka (Sybil Danning) and Duchess (Tamara Dobson), who are the leaders of factions in the facility's seething racial tensions. There are also the drug-dealing lesbian rapists and the prostitutes, who answer to the warden's assistant, Captain Taylor (Stella Stevens). In the meantime, Taylor's lover is clandestinely having an affair with Ericka. It's a whirlwind of dread and fury, but when the facility's corrupt administration goes too far, racial considerations are put aside as convicts of all colors and nationalities band together to fight them.[2]
Reception
Chained Heat opened on May 27, 1983 in 404 theaters nationwide and made $2,252,682 in its opening weekend. The film was in theaters for two and a half weeks all together, its widest release being in 217 theaters. As of today the film's domestic gross is $6,149,983.[3] The film has come under fire heavily from critics. Chained Heat's current rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 20% positive reviews.[4]
Sequels
In 1992 the film, Chained Heat II, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Paul Koslo, Kimberly Kates, and Kari Whitman. The film was directed by Lloyd Simandl and released in Canada.[5] This was followed by the 1998 release of Chained Heat 3: Hell Mountain. The film starred Nicole Nieth and Bentley Mitchum and was directed by Mike Rhol from a screenplay by Chris Hyde.[6]
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Linda Blair | Carol |
| John Vernon | Wardan Backman |
| Sybil Danning | Ericka |
| Tamara Dobson | Dutchess |
| Stella Stevens | Capt. Taylor |
| Sharon Hughes | Val |
| Henry Silva | Lester |
| Nita Talbot | Kaufman |
| Louisa Mortiz | Bubbles |
| Michael Callan | Martin |
| Greta Blackburn | Lulu |