Customer Reviews:
 Great movie, lousy dvd... April 16, 2010
Ali (Beirut)
"Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS." The film itself I would give 5 stars; for what it is, it is the best of it's kind! The combination of Nazism and extreme torture, turned into a sex film, makes for an explosive mix. Dyanne Thorne gives an INSANELY evil and sexy performance, as the power & sex hungry SS commandant, Ilsa, aka Fraulein Doktor. My complaint is with this specific dvd edition. Do not be fooled; while the package claims to be a widescreen, restored version, it is actually a full-screen picture, with quality not much better than the old VHS! This film has a very special look to it, and needs to be presented in it's original aspect ratio to realise that "Ilsa: She Wolf" is actually a well-made film. This dvd edition has poor sound quality as well. Not to mention, there are no extras, aside from an old trailer, that has a picture quality of a 5th generation bootleg. My advice to fans of this special film; spend the extra money and get the Anchor Bay edition. The picture and sound is magnificent.
A disturbing movie July 18, 2008
A. J. Griffin
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This one is a bit of a classic. It's about SS medical experimentation and mixes in a bit of soft-core porn. But the mix along with the gruesome nature of many of the scenes (torture, mutilation), make for an unsettling experience. Should you find it necessary to investigate this angle of Nazism, it's better to read a book. The point of the movie is, sex and the SS don't go well together. It's an artistic statement to be sure, but not for the faint of heart.
Two aspects of this move that are historically inaccurate: first, many of the medical procedures depicted did not take place in reality. Be relieved. Second, the SS was into traditional German culture, that which is known as "volkisch". They had a repressed attitude about sex. The character Ilsa, with her mix of extreme sadism (really) and sexiness, could not have existed in the SS. This is a work of fiction, and it should be viewed as such.
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