Woodyanders Review of Bare Behind Bars

Bare Behind Bars (1980)

A choice seamy chunk of women-in-prison exploitation sleaze

[8/10 · 7 May 2012]

Sordid goings-on at a harsh women's prison: The sadistic Warden Sylvia (a perfectly hateful portrayal by the lovely Maria Stella Splendore) pimps out some of the girls on the side in between roughing them up during brutal interrogations and getting it on with the gals, ditsy and incompetent nympho nurse Barbara (ravishing blonde babe Marta Anderson) huffs ether and has her wicked wanton ways with the inmates, and several fed-up convicts led by the spunky and defiant Cynthia (yummy brunette Danielle Ferrite) band together so they can figure out a way of busting out of this hellhole. Writer/director Oswaldo de Oliveira certainly covers all the satisfying scuzzy babes: A plethora of gorgeous gals are frequently shown in the buff, leering wall-to-wall lesbianism, a little straight copulation for the sake of variety, savage torture, the inevitable hot'n'sudsy lengthy group showers, a little boy gets gang raped by three vicious escapees, and, in a terrifically tasteless highlight, that same lethal trio feed a man's freshly severed penis to an annoying barking dog in order to shut it up (another unlucky dude has his member shoved in this mouth right after a chick cuts it off!). The sex scenes are so graphic and raunchy that they often border on hardcore, and, in a few cases, cross over into explicit porn. Moreover, this fetid flick is gloriously absurd and unrealistic: The warden and guards walk around with their shirts unbuttoned practically to their navels and at one especially ridiculous point three sexy inmates exercise in the yard buck naked. The rough cinematography further adds to the overall grimy grittiness. Good slimy fun.