Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.
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I found this movie to be difficult to review mainly due to the fact that I am watching it in 2011. I am watching it 37years after it came out.So the "shocking scenes of violence" is no longer shocking. The "shocking story" is also no longer shocking. hence i will review the movie on how much/little I enjoyed the movie.I watched the uncut version of the movie which featured unsimulated sex scenes. There is actual penetration shown. However apart from the purpose of titillation the scenes were actually unneeded as they were just cut scenes. There are parts of the movie that also serves little to no purpose other then to showcase the "shocking violence" (circa 1974). These scenes made the movie disjointed. The ending and the vengeance was also so so (circa 2011 violence).The pacing of the movie is slow until about partway. I don't know, while I thought the movie was not bad, its not what you call enjoyable. I think thats the problem with genre movies like this. It relies on the "shocking" but time has move on and the shock effect isn't there (probably not a good commentary on present society). However I would say its watchable slightly entertaining.
A young girl (Christina Lindberg) is kidnapped by Tony (Heinz Hopf) who converts her in an addict to heroin and in a prostitute. She, of course, decides to take bloody revenge.Even if it's not the first film banned in Swedeen, this sexlpoitation film is as graphic as can you get, but is tastefully done in it's own distasteful images. Vibenus, sure can get a mood, that either you will love or hate. In it's original version, more than the blood and it's murders (The gore is not restrained but acceptable) is the sex scenes that take the controversy cake. The close-up of genitalia can make a mood if it's arguments are consequent, but here to be sincere, is only exploitative as porn.Still, the movie gets you. Lindberg and Hopf are right in the tone. It's moody, violent and hypnotic. Still this is really on tastes. The American cut, "They called her One Eye" restrain most of sex.
This lovely flick was neat. By this I mean that if you are looking to appreciate a foreign flick with a mean streak, with funky acting, hilariously fake blood, and a revenge sequence whose reality is only topped by its audacity, then this "neat" flick is for you. For the real sickies out there, check out Thriller: A Cruel Picture, which has added some unnecessary stock footage of hardcore porn to this cult classic. Getting back to our story, how could such drudgery get any respect? Through all of the corniness, goofy action, and contrived story-telling, this classic creates an atmosphere that must be seen to be believed. The gritty camera work, the psychotic score, the painful attention to detail gives this flick repose in unimaginable realms of respect. Not for everyone, this exploitation flick has earned its way through ethereal means that might hint of genius. Or not. Late.Evil Eye Reviews
This movie does only partly lives up to its reputation. It's certainly a quite brutal movie with also some real explicit nudity and sex in it but at the same time the movie isn't really an uplifting or entertaining enough one. Bo Arne Vibenius' previous movie was a financial failure and to cover up for the losses he thought he should make the biggest commercial exploitation flick ever. Sex, lesbians, violence, it is all here in this movie, as well as a main premise in which a young woman violently takes revenge upon those who did her wrong and exploited her. Yet still as an exploitation flick the movie falls sort of short. It's because the storytelling just is a bit off at times and the movie has lots of slow moments in it, especially during its first halve. It really doesn't make the movie as fun to watch as its premise make it sound.Still it's a movie that constantly tries to shock, with either its very explicit sex or its violent plot. I still love the movie for this, also since it all got done in a quite unique style. This movie is a Swedish one so of course you are going to get something different from an Hollywood exploitation flick.It overall is still a good movie in parts but yet not as great or even as entertaining as it all could had turned out to.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/