Ilsa is the Commandant for Special Camp 9, the medical research branch of the SS - you remember, that one branch that was composed completely of female SS soldiers who slept with all of the prisoners then castrated them. No? Me neither. The film was an underground phenomenon in the 70s, and help to kick off a whole wave of Nazisploitation films, the like of which included Gestapo's Last Orgy, Love Camp 7, and SS Experiment Camp. Most of these films are as/if not more extreme than Ilsa, often centering around the concentration camp brothels and medical experiments in sexuality. But I can't imagine a time when Ilsa really would have been horrifying. I mean, it's excessively gory and sexual, and I suppose there are some pretty disturbing images in light of its historical context, but come on. My favorite part is when the SS general has her pee on him in honor of her great medical breakthroughs. Well worth a rental.
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Check out Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties, same year as ilsa. told blevin blendres about this one. doesn't focus so much on nazi fetishism, but the last half hour is fucking nasty. more of an art film than xploitation, but semi-related.
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