Review of Caged Fury (1990) by Larry Y — 06 Sep 2014

Women-in-prison films are probably among the most disreputable of grindhouse sub-genres, but there are a few good ones of note. Jack Hill is probably the only director of this type of film to balance sleazy thrills and satire, which made the sleaziness more palatable.

"Caged Fury" lacks most any humor or anything remotely seeming clever, which makes the film a mostly unpleasant and repugnant experience. These films mostly died out in the late 70s and early 80s, so this one released in 1990 is a real Johnny-Come-Lately.

I suppose the only thing to distinguish it from it's forebears is that it features more 80s hair and clothing that, which was somewhat amusing. The supporting cast includes Michael Parks, Erik Estrada, Jack Carter, James Hong, Ron Jeremy and the film features music by Abel Ferrara's regular composer, Joe Delia.

One star for a plethora of 80s fashion.