Greta, the Mad Butcher
Greta, the Mad Butcher
NC-17 | 01 February 1979 (USA)
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A young woman feigns illness in order to infiltrate a mental hospital, where she investigates the disappearance of her sister, a former patient. Meanwhile, the hospital warden and her attendants abuse and torture their charges, forcing them to star in cheap skinflicks.

Reviews
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
trivial_matt I didn't believe that I was ever going to find a movie like this. I had watched She Wolf of the SS, and I was thinking that The Wicked Warden wasn't going THAT brutal. But, for my surprise, it was a lot worse.First of all, we got Dyanne Thorne, and there's at least two big reasons to watch any Dyanne Thorne movie (if you know what I mean). Second, there's Lina Romay. And, where, besides the amazing world of exploitation, would you find sadomasochism, lesbians, cat fights, extreme violence, and a lot of nudity in the same movie? Jess Franco is really one of my favorite directors. It was a lot better than his Women in Cellblock 9, his previous WIP. Too bad they don't make movies like this anymore.Pure fun.
The_Void Anyone who has ever seen a 'women in prison film' will know exactly what to expect from this one. The production values for Ilsa - The Wicked Warden are really rather good, but don't let that fool you - as this is pure and utter filth and a welcome addition to Jess Franco's already sordid filmography. The film is apparently a sequel to Don Edmonds's Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, and this time sees the uncompromising woman running a mental hospital for (naturally) women. However, this place doesn't treat the sick - it's run by them! Ilsa and her cohorts are forcing the female population to have sex with men and selling tapes of it! There's also a plot about a woman checking in to find out what happened to her sister... I have to be honest, I'm not a massive fan of this odd little sub genre, but Jess Franco has a real flair for this sort of thing and Ilsa - The Wicked Warden is a cut above a lot of genre entries. Dyanne Thorne is imposing as the title character and does well at commanding every scene she's in…although that isn't difficult given the talent of her co-stars. Overall, Ilsa - The Wicked Warden is bound to appeal to sleaze fans and comes highly recommended to the right people!
EVOL666 WICKED WARDEN is my least favorite of the "infamous" ILSA series. Granted there are some pretty sleazy moments (after all, Jess Franco DID direct the film...) but I just couldn't get into this one. This one finds the torpedo-tittied Ilsa as a warden at a prison for disturbed young ladies...Plenty of soft core tits-and-ass, and a few "torture" scenes, but nothing really to write home about. A few classic scenes (the post-doody-forced-ass-licking comes to mind...) but all-in-all, more of an Italian softcore sleazy sex film. If you really dig Franco's other stuff, or that genre of films in general, you'll probably really feel this one. Personally, I prefer more "extreme" sex and violence in my exploit films, and this one didn't really deliver. Check out SHE WOLF or TIGRESS for a better experience in the Ilsa series, HAREM KEEPER isn't too bad either. 5/10 for WICKED WARDEN
MovieCriticMarvelfan Three things are certain in life: Taxes, death and the fact that Jess Franco makes horrible films. This was absolutely an abomination. Thats saying something for a making that has made his money by making soft core porn cannibal flicks and Ilsa is no different.Man where I do start? Horrible acting, almost no script. Dyanne Thorne is back as Ilsa wearing an incredibly fake wig and she herself doesn't look like shes into it like in the other films.She runs a prison camp and tortures other girls although in this case she now has a lesbian fun toy , a change from the other Ilsa flicks when shes interested in men.The movie doesn't have almost no shock value, and the movie is basically a set of soft porn scenes, mostly taking place in the shower, and in Ilsa's "study".The acting is horrendous, during one scene a prisoner gets shock treatment yet her reaction is absolutely pathetic, all she does is roll her eyes in disgust. LMAO.The movie then ends with Franco pathetic trademark a stupid cannibal scenes that is fake and not gory.Franco, is the one the worst wannabee horror directors I've seen. I've seen the comment on him calling him absolute pathetic but after seeing this movie and the one called "White Cannibal Queen", I can now confirm what those people have said about him.