Ilsa - She Wolf of the SS VHS

Yes, you have found the infamous Ilsa movie, complete with castration for male prisoners who just can't cut the mustard and bring the camp commandant (Ilsa) to the Screaming O and "selection" of the most "fit" female prisoners. All manner of torture, degredation, humiliation and nudity are included in this film. My wife raised some hell after she saw that I had bought this 1970's exploitation classic, she was expecting another Schindlers List when I told her the movie was about a WW2 prison camp! Dyanne Thorne (Ilsa) struts around the camp in nice tight garments, riding crop in hand ready to dish out punishment for the slightest infraction, and she is good at it. Filmed on the former set of Hogan's Heros the TV show, there are no Col. Klinck or Sgt. Schultz in this movie, only nasty predators and frightened victims. Sweet innocent young girls forced to strip for inspection and punishment...and there is plenty of punishment. The carnage and torture just keeps escalating until of course the tables are turned and Ilsa receives her richly deserved fate. Despite all the gore if you can sit and watch this without cracking up I'd be suprised, it's so disgusting that it is funny. Dyanne Thorne is real easy on the eyes and does a great job. I love all the cheesy fake German accents. Your wife might get pissed too but this film is just to good to pass by, and there is no way you'll find it at Blockbuster. Buy it before it vanishes again.

This classic Nazi exploitation film takes place entirely at a concentration camp where Dyanne Thorne and her fellow Nazi's conduct assorted torturous experiments, and Thorne occasionally seduces the male inmates to find that special somebody that can satisfy her. The film has plenty of full nudity, although Thorne doesn't have any full frontal scenes. The gruesome torture sequences aren't for the squeamish, and the film doesn't deliver much effective atmosphere. Although it does get decently suspenseful in some parts, and the directing is good. The main reason to see it is for the gore, as well as the assorted sex and nude scenes. It moves at a good pace and is easy to follow.I made a mistake and bought the Netherland DVD version of this years ago instead of the Anchor Bay DVD. This DVD has a sharp and clear picture, and the brightness is fine. However, it has some problems with contrast and color; the colors are somewhat faded, and the contrast needs improvement. Overall, I still thought the quality was good. You get a decent photo gallery for an extra, but it doesn't have any interviews or commentaries.

This DVD referred to above is not commercially available in the USA! The rating would be R+- parents guidance suggested. You must be over 18 years old to view , and it is far less bloody than "Elsa She Wolf of the SS," which is currently available all over the Amazon web site!

If you are a fan of grade B 70's sexploitation films this one is a must have for your collection. Good story, sexy girls, and the movie has a nice rhythm to it never getting bogged down.This movie and Ilsa the Wicked Warden are the best two of the four Ilsa movies. The others really suffer from a lack of direction in the story telling and sex.The torture is very mundane by today's standards, there is much harder and actually real sexual violence on the net that is easy to find. But again, if the 70's sexploitation is your thing this is a great movie. I remember seeing this movie on Showtime in the early 80's and I loved it... just bought it and still love it!

This one is a bit of a classic. It's about SS medical experimentation and mixes in a bit of soft-core porn. But the mix along with the gruesome nature of many of the scenes (torture, mutilation), make for an unsettling experience. Should you find it necessary to investigate this angle of Nazism, it's better to read a book. The point of the movie is, sex and the SS don't go well together. It's an artistic statement to be sure, but not for the faint of heart.Two aspects of this move that are historically inaccurate: first, many of the medical procedures depicted did not take place in reality. Be relieved. Second, the SS was into traditional German culture, that which is known as "volkisch". They had a repressed attitude about sex. The character Ilsa, with her mix of extreme sadism (really) and sexiness, could not have existed in the SS. This is a work of fiction, and it should be viewed as such.

For many years, I considered "Bloodsucking Freaks" to be the sickest, most tasteless, most offensive movie I'd ever seen. Then I saw "Ilsa." This movie's reputation as the trashiest exploitation movie ever made is fully deserved. I can't begin to describe it; everything you've heard about it is true. It is essential viewing for true devotees of trash cinema. Apart from the extreme gore makeup, the frequent nudity, and the classic lines of demented dialogue (none of which I can repeat here), "Ilsa" ups the weirdness level beautifully by having been filmed on the old Hogan's Heroes set. If you've ever seen episodes of that TV series, you'll recognize the locations instantly ... which adds infinitely to the movie's bizarro effect. A masterpiece.

Read that review title again. You're in the presence of greatness, kids.Anyway, to business.The shock of this has definitely worn off over the years. A previous reviewer likened it to a 70's TV movie and that is totally accurate. It is a competently shot TV movie, where a bloke gets his todger nicked off and a woman gets an electric dildo shoved you-know-where. So it won't be the Channel 5 afternoon movie anytime soon.That said, the gore and sadism are pretty lightweight. In the two sequences i've mentioned, you don't actually see the gore, only the faces of people yelping in understandable agony. (I have no way of knowing if this korean release is cut or not. Probably not.)However, as a history geek, there was much in here that kept me interested. General Model shows up as a sadistic SS brute (really?) and the camp watchtowers are equipped with Browning .50 calibres (FYI no self-respecting SS nut would even dream of mowing down helpless female prisoners with this racially inferior weapon.)If you dig horror, don't waste your bucks on Ilsa. But if you dig horror, sadism and WWII, you might as well viddy this one.Oh sod it, here's the truth: The reason this is watchable (from a male point of view at least) is due to the on-screen "charisma" of its leading lady. I'm willing to admit there is something quite arousing about the voluptuous Ilsa's stern bone structure and sadistic behaviour. Then again, i grew up watching 'Allo 'Allo.And this, dear friend, is why i use a pseudonym.

Sex, nudity, torture, violence & Nazis - if you want exploitation then this could well be the perfect movie! I haven't seen all the Ilsa movies but this is certainly far better than the ones that I have. Great Dutch release, few extras.

5 star

I have waited for almost 30 years to see this film. So many people still refer to it that I could no longer remain curious....I did not believe my eyes. This is such unbelievable trash !! And this is the great appeal of this film. It is awful in every conceivable way. The subject matter is sick, the screenplay is virtually non-existent, and Dyanne Thorne acts with all the passion and conviction of a cardboard box. I love it !!

Exactly what you expect more brutal than ss experiment camp