Chained Heat#Sequels
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chained Heat
| image = Chainedheat.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Paul Nicholas
| producer = Billy Fine
{{ill|Monica Teuber|de|Monika Teuber}}
| writer = Aaron Butler, as Vincent Mongol
Paul Nicholas
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Linda Blair
- John Vernon
- Sybil Danning
- Tamara Dobson
- Stella Stevens
- Sharon Hughes
- Susan Meschner
- Greta Blackburn
- Robert Miano
- Edy Williams
- Jennifer Ashley
- Kendall Kaldwell
- Dee Biederbeck
- Leila Chrystie
- Louisa Moritz
- Nita Talbot
- Michael Callan
- Henry Silva
}}
| music = Joseph Conlan
| cinematography = Mac Ahlberg
| editing = Nino di Marco
| studio = Intercontinental Pictures
Jensen Farley Pictures
TAT Filmproduktion
| distributor = Jensen Farley Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1983|05|27|USA|1983|08|12|West Germany}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = United States
West Germany
| language = English
German
| budget = $1.3 million{{Cite news|title=JAILED BAIT--A NEW WAVE OF WOMEN-IN-PRISON FILMS|author=BROESKE, PAT H.|date=May 19, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times|page=ac24}}
}}
Chained Heat (alternate title: Das Frauenlager in West Germany) is a 1983 American-West German exploitation film in the women-in-prison genre. It was co-written and directed by Paul Nicholas (as Paul Nicolas) for Jensen Farley Pictures.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012161404/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/8787/Chained-Heat/overview Overview, Chained Heat], The New York Times, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130410202226/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/8787/Chained-Heat/overview archived] at the Wayback Machine on April 10, 2013. Producer was Paul Fine, who had previously produced The Concrete Jungle.
Plot
The film takes place in the California women's prison in which naive teenager Carol Henderson is sentenced to serve 18 months for accidentally killing a man. Warden Backman has a hot tub in his office; his assistant, Captain Taylor controls the prison's prostitutes and has a lover who is also involved in a clandestine affair with Ericka, the leader of the white prisoners, while the black prisoners are led by Duchess. Eventually the administration pushes the prisoners too far and they drop their race-based feuding to revolt against their common enemy.Karl Williams, [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:8787 Synopsis], Chained Heat, AllMovie, accessed 2019-02-02.[https://variety.com/1982/film/reviews/chained-heat-1200425570/ Review: Chained Heat], Variety, December 31, 1982.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Linda Blair as Carol
- John Vernon as Warden Backman
- Sybil Danning as Ericka
- Tamara Dobson as Duchess
- Stella Stevens as Captain Taylor
- Henry Silva as Lester
- Sharon Hughes as Val
- Robert Miano as Stone
- Greta Blackburn as Lulu
- Nita Talbot as Kaufman
- Louisa Moritz as "Bubbles"
- Marcia Karr as "Twinks"
- Monique Gabrielle as Debbie
- Edy Williams as Paula
- Carole Ita White as "Spider" (credited as Carol White)
- Michael Callan as Martin
- Irwin Keyes as Lorenzo
- Kate Vernon as Cellmate
}}
Production and release
Chained Heat was produced for $950,000. It opened on May 27, 1983 in 404 theaters nationwide and made $2,252,682 in its opening weekend. The film was in theaters for two and a half weeks in total. {{As of|2009}}, the film's domestic gross is $6,149,983.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chainedheat.htm Chained Heat (1983)]
Reception
During its release the film came under fire from critics for its sexism and from gay rights activists for negative and stereotypical portrayals of lesbians as violent and predatory. A Variety review described it as "silly, almost campy" and judged Nicholas to have "display[ed] little feel for the prison genre, emphasizing archaic sex-for-voyeurs scenes". {{As of|2019|02}} Chained Heat{{'}}s rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 56% positive reviews.{{cite news|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chained_heat/|title=Chained Heat Movie Reviews, Pictures|work=Rotten Tomatoes}}
The film was nominated for two Razzie Awards including Worst Actress for Blair and won Worst Supporting Actress for Danning.{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John|title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst|year=2005|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=0-446-69334-0}}
Chained Heat (Uncut and remastered edition) was released in 2011 in a Women in Prison DVD box set with Red Heat (1985) and Jungle Warriors (1984).
Sequels
In 1993, the sequel Chained Heat II, starring Brigitte Nielsen, Paul Koslo, Kimberley Kates and Kari Whitman was released. The film was directed by Lloyd A. Simandl and released in Canada.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/8788/Chained-Heat-II/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227022451/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/8788/Chained-Heat-II/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-27|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Karl Williams|date=2008|title=Chained Heat II – Trailer – Cast – Showtimes}} This was followed by the 1998 release of Chained Heat 3: Hell Mountain. The film stars Nicole Nieth, Kate Rodgers, and Bentley Mitchum and was directed by Mike Rhol from a screenplay by Chris Hyde.{{IMDb title|0144233|Hell Mountain}}
Both sequels bear little to no relation to the first film.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0085318}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|chained_heat}}
{{Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress}}
Category:American sexploitation films
Category:Women in prison films
Category:American prison films
Category:English-language German films
Category:Golden Raspberry Award–winning films
Category:Jensen Farley Pictures films