Women Behind Bars

Women Behind Bars

WELCOME to prison, Ladies..!

Directed by Jesús Franco

Produced by Brux International Pictures

197575 min4.4 / 10

A dark, exploitative 1970s prison thriller centered on sadistic institutional abuse and a woman's brutal confinement.

A small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but things become even more interesting when his moll murders him and is slammed behind bars where she faces all manner of electric shock treatments to various parts of her anatomy

Questions people ask

  • Is Women Behind Bars violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Women Behind Bars scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Women Behind Bars easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Women Behind Bars end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Women Behind Bars sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

7/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity13

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Women Behind Bars

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Women Behind Bars

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Women Behind Bars, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Women Behind Bars, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Women Behind Bars, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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