Prison-A-Go-Go Presented by Shock-O-Rama Cinema Directed by Barack Epstein Starring:Mary Woronov -Dyanne- ,Rhonda Shear - Jackpot, Lloyd Kaufman - Leibowitz, Russell Gavin Cooper -Weinsteinburg, Laurie Walton - Janie,Travis Willingham - Dr. Hurtrider, Lauren Graham - Callista, Mike Wiebe - Wilbur Thorn,Louisa Lawless - Cross-Eye, Tina Parker - Breezy, Mae Moreno - Boom-Boom, Ilram Choi - Ninja, Robin McGee - George the Bum
Encoding: Region 1 Format: Color Rated: Unrated Studio: Ventura Distribution DVD Release Date: July 26, 2005 Run Time(including bonus material) : 175 minutes
Prison-a-Go-Go it's a fun comedy, a parody of the classic 'Women
in Prison' films of the past. 
When
Callista is abducted and taken to a prison in the Philippines her sister
Janie ( played by the beautiful Laurie Walton) plans her rescue. First
of all she must get incarcerated so she kills a bum .
Got to the prison she meets all the inmates, among them there's Cross-Eye
(a crazy girl), Jackpot (the blonde nymphomaniac) and Breezy who's
talent consit on the ability to hide quite large objects inside a part
of her body we won't mention here .
Most of the prison wards , including Leibowitz (Lloyd Kaufman) are male
and gay. Mike Wiebe, the new warden of that institution, got just hired
by Dyanne (plaid by Mary Woronov). He's is a very young guy who seems
to pay more attention to his coffee and cigarette than to all the craziness
going on in that prison
We have the mad scientist/torturist, Dr. Hurtrider ( Travis Willingham
). He's experimenting on a cure for the common cold on prisoners
. And he's obviously clueless since we see he ended up creating some zombies
that he keeps caged in the lab and feeds with the dead bodies of the victims
of his most recent experiments. His new project : find a way to cross
Callista with a porcupine.
During this movie we see also mud fights, an anaconda, many shower scenes -even those done as a parody of the always present shower scenes in a 'women in prison' movie- but the gag here is that at the bottom corner of the screen it's constantly shown a clock that counts down to the next shower scene: hilarious , but also practical ( fast forward anybody?) .
All of the sudden five ninja warriors break in the prison
( they thought that day they served sushi at the prison's lunch room )
and we witness a well-choreographed food fight with soundtrack courtesy
of a punk rock band that's performing in the corner of the lunch room
. I'm not going to spoil for you the ending here but even the ending is
very eventful and pleasing . A fun movie then, well directed, good acting
and good props for a low-budget movie. If you enjoy watching indipendent
movies you'll love this.
Score : 3 1/2 out of 5
Bonus Material : The DVD has the director's audio commentary and an hour worth of bonus material that includes: Interview with the director ( Barak Epstein) Deleted scenes ( mostly bloopers) Behind the scenes short documentary Theatrical trailer Prison-A-Go-Go trailer Preason-a-Go-Go Audition Prison-A-Go-Go at Shocked-A-Go-Go ( filmed during a 36 hours marathon B-movies/cult movies event) that features the Q&A ( question asked by the audience ) with Barack Epstein and Mary Woronov, with David Friedman ( director of Blonde Heat,Asylum of the Insane,She Freak, Brick Doll House ... and (very interesting, don't miss it !!!) with the King of B-movies Roger Corman where, between the others, he talks about his famous ( never distributed but still sold in the black market) 1994 Fantastic Four movie .