LVWolfman
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I watched this show regularly when I was stationed in England during the mid to late 1970s. Yes, it was a weird mix. It was also rather funny much of the time. Now granted, my fond memories of this show are tainted by the 30-some years that have passed since I watched it.
All I can say is that I love British humor (better than most "American" humor) and that is why I watched the show. It was part humor, part investigative consumer reporting and all fun.
Only two bits of the show stand out in my memory at this late date.
1. Ms. Rantzen had a large smile with lots of teeth. In one episode, they showed a fan mail envelope that had been delivered. There was no address or name of any type on the envelope, just a drawing of a large toothy smile. The post office delivered it to the right place.
2. Investigating a complaint about the tea served by British Rail, they held up a Styrofoam cup of British Rail tea, reheated to the same temperature as served on the trains. They then inserted a British Rail provided plastic spoon to stir the tea and pulled out a melted spoon.
Now, that may not sound funny to many Americans, but I and many others enjoyed it.
Even though much of it would be very dated today, it is one show I'd love to have on DVD.
All I can say is that I love British humor (better than most "American" humor) and that is why I watched the show. It was part humor, part investigative consumer reporting and all fun.
Only two bits of the show stand out in my memory at this late date.
1. Ms. Rantzen had a large smile with lots of teeth. In one episode, they showed a fan mail envelope that had been delivered. There was no address or name of any type on the envelope, just a drawing of a large toothy smile. The post office delivered it to the right place.
2. Investigating a complaint about the tea served by British Rail, they held up a Styrofoam cup of British Rail tea, reheated to the same temperature as served on the trains. They then inserted a British Rail provided plastic spoon to stir the tea and pulled out a melted spoon.
Now, that may not sound funny to many Americans, but I and many others enjoyed it.
Even though much of it would be very dated today, it is one show I'd love to have on DVD.
The problem with really bad movies that seem to spoof a genre is that it is often hard to distinguish between where they are intentionally bad and where they are just plain bad. Werewolf in a Women's Prison is probably a bit of both.
First and foremost this is right smack in the middle of all the women in prison movies you've seen or heard about. Lots of semi-naked women, lesbian scenes that mostly involve fondling and as one poster said, NO SHOWER SCENE! Dang!
Secondly, this is a blood and gore movie. Lots of slash and rip, with arterial blood pumping far into the air and over everything in sight.
Put the two together with mostly bad acting, dialog that attempts to fit the stereotypes and well... you end up with either a great spoof of the genres or a really bad movie.
In either case, I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected and laughed (and groaned) a lot more than I expected.
Victoria De Mare was so-so as the lead. Not too bad a job of acting and reasonably attractive. Certainly though not the beauty that her character is supposed to be.
On the other hand, Eva Derrick who played a supporting role as Rachel, another prisoner and Victoria's friend, did a far superior acting job and is truly a beautiful woman. Ms. Derrick has about 20 movies to her credit, looks like all in the horror/slasher exploitation genre. I'll be looking at more of her movies. So if nothing else, I'm happy with this movie because of finding her. I hope she makes it into more mainstream roles.
First and foremost this is right smack in the middle of all the women in prison movies you've seen or heard about. Lots of semi-naked women, lesbian scenes that mostly involve fondling and as one poster said, NO SHOWER SCENE! Dang!
Secondly, this is a blood and gore movie. Lots of slash and rip, with arterial blood pumping far into the air and over everything in sight.
Put the two together with mostly bad acting, dialog that attempts to fit the stereotypes and well... you end up with either a great spoof of the genres or a really bad movie.
In either case, I enjoyed this one a lot more than I expected and laughed (and groaned) a lot more than I expected.
Victoria De Mare was so-so as the lead. Not too bad a job of acting and reasonably attractive. Certainly though not the beauty that her character is supposed to be.
On the other hand, Eva Derrick who played a supporting role as Rachel, another prisoner and Victoria's friend, did a far superior acting job and is truly a beautiful woman. Ms. Derrick has about 20 movies to her credit, looks like all in the horror/slasher exploitation genre. I'll be looking at more of her movies. So if nothing else, I'm happy with this movie because of finding her. I hope she makes it into more mainstream roles.
I was fortunate enough to get to watch this when it was first run and I was stationed in England while in the U.S. Air Force. While I missed the first season, I was there in time for seasons two and three and loved them.
Like the person who complained five or six years ago that it wasn't available on video, I too would like to complain... it's now on Video in the UK and Germany, but not here in the U.S.A. :-( If it ever does come out on DVD here in the States, you can be sure I'll be buying the set.
As for the person wondering why the British TV shows have washed out color, my guess is that perhaps it has something to do with the conversion process from the PAL format to the NTSC format. As I remember watching shows on my PAL format TV over there, the colors were much richer than we had here in the States. It might be that the conversion was done from a film print rather than video tape as well. Old film prints tend to be more washed out.
It might also have to do with the fact that the British (at least when I lived there) didn't go for the garish colors in their clothing that we Americans did. After living in England several years, I'd almost be blinded by the clothes that some of the newly arrived airmen wore. LOL
His comparison to the color in Star Trek is probably unfair though. Star Trek was done at a time when color TVs were still relatively new and they went out of their way to use very bright colors on the sets and costumes, much the way they did the first color movies.
The conversion process must have certainly gotten though as the shows I watch on BBC America are very rich.
Like the person who complained five or six years ago that it wasn't available on video, I too would like to complain... it's now on Video in the UK and Germany, but not here in the U.S.A. :-( If it ever does come out on DVD here in the States, you can be sure I'll be buying the set.
As for the person wondering why the British TV shows have washed out color, my guess is that perhaps it has something to do with the conversion process from the PAL format to the NTSC format. As I remember watching shows on my PAL format TV over there, the colors were much richer than we had here in the States. It might be that the conversion was done from a film print rather than video tape as well. Old film prints tend to be more washed out.
It might also have to do with the fact that the British (at least when I lived there) didn't go for the garish colors in their clothing that we Americans did. After living in England several years, I'd almost be blinded by the clothes that some of the newly arrived airmen wore. LOL
His comparison to the color in Star Trek is probably unfair though. Star Trek was done at a time when color TVs were still relatively new and they went out of their way to use very bright colors on the sets and costumes, much the way they did the first color movies.
The conversion process must have certainly gotten though as the shows I watch on BBC America are very rich.