Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS

Ilsa, man eater.

The 70's decade will be remember forever as the golden years of the exploitation film genre. Most of the flicks from that decade are either a matter of serious study or a cult object with a growing fandom. Nevertheless, the concept of exploitation as a trick for marketing and the world of arts was around long before. The lacking restrictions during that decade spawned quite a selection of films that were instantly banned in many countries (mostly in the UK, USA and some Asian countries) Today's entry is about one of those banned films. 

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1975 Canuxploitation film desguised as a Nazi torture flick. The film follows a quite simple plot, the infamous life of Ilsa, a high ranking member of the SS who's in charge of a prison/torture/experimentation center. Her motto is "Women are far superior than men, and they can show it by suffering unbearable torture" of course, her female prisoners will enjoy "the pleasure" of proving such theory. On the other hand, Ilsa hates men with her guts, so in order to let men be aware of that she picks random prisoners daily and takes them to her bedroom. Those who can last the whole night without cumming (WTF?) would get her simphaty and be spared of a certain painful death. Those who don't will die bleeding after she cuts their dicks & balls off just because. 

Yeah! show them what you got!

You never told me you were having your period!

When Lee Frost and David F. Friedman's 1969 Love Camp 7 became popular in Canada, André Link and Cinepix's John Dunning created a script for Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. After offering to produce, Friedman agreed and brought on Dyanne Thorne to play as the eponymous character. Friedman is credited onscreen as "Herman Traeger".

Ilsa is patterned after real-life murderous female Nazi camp personnel Ilse Koch and Irma Grese.

Friedman (under the pseudonym Herman Traeger) put a notice before the film opens: "The film you are about to see is based on documented fact. The atrocities shown were conducted as "medical experiments" in special concentration camps throughout Hitler's Third Reich. Although these crimes against humanity are historically accurate, the characters depicted are composites of notorious Nazi personalities; and the events portrayed, have been condensed into one locality for dramatic purposes. Because of its shocking subject matter, this film is restricted to adult audiences only. We dedicate this film with the hope that these heinous crimes will never happen again."

The film was made on the Culver City set of the TV series Hogan's Heroes. The series had already been cancelled and the show's producers let the film be made on it once they learned that a scene called for it to be burned down, saving them the cost of having it demolished.

You can't beat me Nazi bitch!

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS has received primarily negative reviews, and holds a rating of 30% "Rotten" at review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader referred to it as "self-conscious Canadian-made camp of the bondage-and-discipline variety."

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS was followed by three sequels, all variations on the sexploitation prison film theme: Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks in 1976, Ilsa, the Wicked Warden, in 1977 and directed by Jesús Franco (the film was also known as Greta, The Mad Butcher and Wanda, The Wicked Warden), and Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia, also in 1977.

The 2007 film Grindhouse features a faux-trailer for a film called Werewolf Women of the S.S. by Rob Zombie, whose characters have been referred to as resembling Ilsa. The lead female officer, Eva Krupp (played by Zombie's wife, Sheri Moon), can also be seen as an Ilsa-like character.

The American speed metal band At War recorded the song "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS", based both in the film of the same name and on the character of Ilse Koch.

Welcome to Ilsa's program for women superiority.

This subject looks ready for the trials.

If someone told you the film has a lot to do with "historical facts" that actually occurred during WW II, they either have no clue about WW II or they simply didn't watch the film. Although in the opening credits there's a disclaimer "suggesting" some scenes of the film could be based upon reality, that is nothing but a joke to add a darker sense to a film that didn't age like wine.  The whole WWII setting serves no purpose due to the amount of stupidity that surrounds the plot. If Ilsa thinks women are superior, why not just torture men? also, if she hates men so badly why does she keep on fucking them on a daily basis? I know, this is a B movie and that some of the standard rules to grade a film do not apply here, I can tell you the film is not as shocking as it was publicized. You have several torture towards women scenes but, there are way more hardcore examples in other films from the same decade. 

Now, what does the Nazi regime has to do with the film? Well, apparently, Ilsa in charge of a torture & experimentation center that would serve some purpose to the Nazi cause (that is never explained during the film, not even vaguely)  Ilsa, is a very respected woman among the officials of the SS so she's allowed to do as she pleases with her prisoners. Nevertheless, there is one special prisoner that will prove Ilsa he's a man worthy of her man craving pussy. "You have been given the honor of sleeping with a German woman, an officer of the SS" she tells her men before the sexual show begins. The special prisoner is an American man that goes by the name of Wolf, his "ability" is that he can cum whenever he pleases, so instantly, he becomes Ilsa's favorite.

Women are superior, that is why we're torturing you.

You should be thankful, I've proven my theory!

Wolf is the hero du jour  so while he fucks the shit out of Ilsa, he's cleverly plotting a scheme to free the prisoners and kill all the Nazi, including Ilsa of course. Reasons behind Wolf's intentions to free the prisoners are not that clear, and we're left with the assumption of "just because he's the hero" Why do I point this out? because men are never tortured during the film, all they do is work in the fields and a few of them would sexually serve Ilsa and be killed if she's not swallowed enough jizz. 

When it comes to action, the film is completely lacking. Basically you have two or three type of scenes throughout the whole film. Scene 1 being, Ilsa recruiting women to torture and men to fuck. Scene two being women brutally abused & scene three being some Nazi officers visiting Ilsa while they're given female prisoners to do as they please. I spent many years searching for this film with no luck until I found it online on Youtube! I watched the entire film and all I was left with was a "meh!" 

Let us know when you're cumming, we want to do a cum swapping.

So you're the one who can cum at will?

Dyanne Thorne, the main actress in the film was in her early 40's when she starred Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. Like many actors, she wanted to pursue a career in serious projects. Unfortunately, this film granted her B movie star status forever. 

Like Emmanuelle this film spawned several unofficial sequels, parodies and torture films alike. Perhaps, the real value of Ilsa relies on the trend it started rather than in its quality as a standalone film itself. If you're planning to watch it because you've heard "it's shocking" you'll be greatly  disappointed, specially if you've watched other films that are far superior in the graphic violence (towards Women anyways) 

Here's the movie trailer:

 

And here's the entire movie, courtesy of Youtube: