Synopsis
Carol (Linda BLAIR), after accidentally killing a man, is serving time in prison. For this paragon of "good girl," "proper upbringing," the lock-up is nothing but hell unleashed. The inmates have their own power structure, lesbian sexual violence, and constant #999999 vs. white racial tension. Ericka (leader of white group) is framed for the murder of Warden (corrupt warden), who was killed by TAYLOR (drug-smuggling female guard), amidst the growing tension between the two prison employees over drug trafficking. To save Ericka, all the inmates now join forces to plan a massive revolt. Chained Heat is your typical "women in prison" fare, which comprises grindhouse genre movies along with no-class action splatter horror and European yellow cinema. This particular sub-genre was hugely popular from the 1970s, as represented by Jack HILL's The Big Doll House (1971) and Don EDMONDS' Ilsa: She Wolf Of The SS (1975), until the '80s, when Linda BLAIR (The Exorcist) became the queen of grindhouse films. (Jin PARK)