Savage Sisters

Savage Sisters (1974) is a movie I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline focuses on some females that form a plan with a local bandit to steal $1 million US dollars. They need to team-up to execute the heist but can they trust their bandit friends and his group of outlaws? This movie is directed by Eddie Romero (The Passionate Strangers) and stars Sid Haig (House of 1,000 Corpses), Gloria Hendry (Black Belt Jones), Cheri Caffaro (Girls are for Loving), John Ashley (The A-Team) and Rosanna Ortiz. How can you not love this movie? The script is absolutely awesome. The dialogue keeps you cracking up from beginning to end. You also have to love the old school gun shooting and bodies hitting the ground noises. There's also great torture, shower, sex, shootout and fight scenes. And how can you not enjoy the slang from this era - jive turkey, cabbage and pork chop. Lol The soundtrack is also awesome. While this isn't an epic masterpiece, it is non-stop entertainment that I'd easily score a solid 7/10 and strongly recommend.

I have been a fan of the Eddie Romero-John Ashely potboilers since they first aired on WNEW-TV and Wor-TV in NEW York during the late 70's. I was akid then, and far less descriminating. But now I can appreciate their films for the hip,knowing, winking humor, and technical expertise. One of the last in the cycle, SAVAGE SISTERS is an easy-going entry with all involved having a pretty good time playing dress-up. The always reliable Sid Haig is fun as a middle-eastern terrorist - in the south Pacific!!!

This movie features several different factions of a third-world country who are all trying to acquire a box containing $1 million American dollars. The first faction involves a group of revolutionaries led by a man named "Ernesto" (Dindo Fernando) who needs this money to support his cause. The second faction consists of some armed bandits led by a very unscrupulous man named "Malavasi" (Sid Haig). Initially, they side with the revolutionaries but things have a way of changing in the heat of battle. The third group is headed by a corrupt military officer by the name of "General Balthazar" (Leopoldo Salcedo) who represents the government and has specifically ordered a junior officer named "Captain Morales" (Eddie Garcia) to kill or apprehend all rebels and to obtain the money at all costs. Needless to say, with so much at stake only one side will win. Now, as far as the film is concerned, I liked the steady mixture of action and comedy which kept things entertaining from start-to-finish. Likewise, having two attractive actresses like Cheri Caffaro (as "Jo Turner") and Gloria Hendry ("Sergeant Lynn Jackson") certainly didn't hurt either. On the other hand, this was clearly a low-budget, B-movie which definitely suffered from its limitations. No use denying it. Be that as it may, however, it had enough good points to essentially make up for the obvious defects and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

I was warned that this would not be a typical women-in prison film. Cheri Caffaro may have tempted us with clothing that she was about to burst out of, but the key words are "about to." Even the shower scene with Caffaro and Rosanna Ortiz was a bust. Even Gloria Hendry in a bathtub was covered in soap. Even the matron (Rita Gomez), who jumps into bed with all the officers, hides herself well.

It's all about some crazy General, who has 10 stars and wears medals on his T shirt, who is after a million dollars the rebels stole. He enlists Capt. Morales (Eddie Garcia) with the promise of a star. Hendry takes Caffaro and Ortiz and they make a plan of their own with a shifty John Ashley, who plans to double-cross them.

Funny, but a big disappointment for WIP fans.

SAVAGE SISTERS is the brainchild of Director Eddie Romero. It stars Cheri Caffaro as the tough-talking Jo Turner, and Gloria Hendry as the sadistic prison guard, Lynn Jackson.

The story has something to do with a stolen case containing a million dollars. The plot is of minor importance, since Romero is concerned only with presenting a Women-In-Prison movie full of blood, torture, and sexual perversion.

Astoundingly, Romero does this without utilizing any actual nudity. Not even during the shower or bath scenes!

We are presented with the requisite shootouts, explosions, and double-crosses, as well as a big jailbreak.

Cult film mega-god, Sid Haig plays criminal mastermind, Malavasi. Throw in Romero regular, John Ashley as the slimy W. P. Billingsley, and we should be guaranteed a bona fide Filipino classic!

Unfortunately, this movie really tends to drag on. Romero just isn't a Roger Corman, who would have made this into a crackerjack fiesta!

Watch this one only after having seen every other such film...