Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77612 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-12-26
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 79 minutes

Amazon.com
The greatest women-in-prison film ever made, Caged Heat takes the traditional sex-and-violence formula of gorgeous babes behind bars, gratuitous nudity, and degradation at the hands of beastly guards and a corrupt system, and transforms it into rebel burst of grrrl power. Jonathan Demme's directorial debut, made for Roger Corman's New World Pictures in the glory days of 1970s drive-in moviemaking, wedges his message of empowerment in between the showers and the shock treatments. Russ Meyer alumnus Erica Gavin stars with tough cookie Juanita Brown as they lead the brassy set of cellblock babes through prison breaks and bank robberies, all pulled off with smarts and sass. These women are in control and manage to keep their dignity (if not their clothes) in this fast-paced, hard-edged picture, but it's Barbara Steele who practically steals the film as the repressed warden whose dreams look like a road show version of Cabaret. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

Good to the last drop
Do you like women's prison movies? Do you like shower scenes of women's prison movies? This is your movie. Also, do you like completely nude solitary confinement scenes in women's prison movies? Then this has two scenes. Plot, women in prison, psycho prison doctor, women escape during farm labor, they break back in to release their friends, shower scenes... all natural torpedos.

AWESOME
This film is a classic. There are a lot of women in prison films out there, but this one takes the cake. Most films of this type do not contain any real substance aside from violence and nudity. However, not only does this movie have violence and nudity (lots of nudity)but it has real meaning. The story is about the power of friendship. All of the women in prison have done horrible things to get there, but now that they're in a situation where they are faced with extreme punishment they have to stick together in order to survive. It's a masterpiece! Own it....and if you really like it be sure to check out THE BIG BIRD CAGE.

Best of the series anyway.
Let's go easy and be fair: "Caged Heat" deserved its rank as the best of the women-in-prison series that marked the glory days of drive-in movies. Although Jonathan Demme's directorial debut was not a real success, it gave us a chance to enjoy the glamour of so many beautiful girls while showing their skin off and on did try their best to act as well: Erica Gavin (the famous vixen in "Vixen!"), Roberta Collins (Pam Grier's co-star in such previous WIP flicks as "Women In Cages", "The Big Bird Cage", "The Big Doll House"), Rainbeaux Smith (aka Cheryl Smith in "Slumber Party '57"), Juanita Brown (Pam Grier's co-star in "Foxy Brown") etc... What else can we ask for??? I'm glad to watch "Caged Heat" again, now on DVD so I can go to any "hot" chapter any time. Too bad "Vixen!" hasn't been released on DVD yet, but if you like this one I would recommend all the above mentioned WIP hits of the '70s. They aren't as good as "Caged Heat" but still worth checking out for their own flavors.