Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)

What a bizarre sexploitation film. A mixture of torture soft porn, schlock horror and political intrigue.The pneumatic Ilsa who takes out her bazookas for just a few scenes works for an Arab Sheik's harem cum human traffiking prison camp. She helps train the kidnapped girls, and gets them patched up after they are tortured. There is a scene where the girls are repaired from their injuries, where the girls are fattened up and where girls are tortured. You have a scene of body parts to show what happens if you try to escape. You have an auction scene where girls are sold off.The American government send a naval officer get rid of the Sheik. You have the straight laced officer trying to teach the Sheikh of such things as democracy, human rights, fair trials, innocent until proved guilty. You can guess this was filmed in 1975, long before the 'War on Terror!Ilsa falls for the naval officer and for her troubles, the Sheikh gets a leper to ravish her!Dyanne Thorne has a hoot of a time playing the amoral Ilsa in a Nazi uniform aided and abetted by her two well oiled black henchwomen who truly can turn a man into a eunuch.It really is curious, not enough horror, laughable torture scenes, too tame and cheesy to be sexy. It might had raised eyebrows almost 40 years ago for shock value. These days when you have American women getting kidnapped in Europe to be turned into Human Centipedes then you can see how much these kind of films have advanced since then!

HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SHEIKS, is a relatively decent follow-up to the classic SHE WOLF OF THE SS. This one has the mammoth breasted sadist running a slavery ring for some Sheik. Ilsa trains the girls to be good little sluts, and the expected sleaze begins...Not as powerful as the aforementioned SHE WOLF, HAREM KEEPER has a "lighter" tone and was obviously an attempt to cash-in on the probably unexpected success of SHE WOLF. It also seems the tone was intentionally lightened, probably to draw a larger audience. Not my favorite of the series, I prefer SHE WOLF and the under-rated TIGRESS OF SIBERIA, but this one is still decent. Still a classic exploit film and worth a look - 7/10

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*I can't say enough good things about Ilsa, (Dyanne Thorne). Her outrageous German accent and voluptuous body make this flick a stellar exploitation movie. "My name....is ILSA!" I want her to be my harem keeper. First I would need a harem though. Details, details.Ilsa isn't so much a character as she is a historical figure. Whenever there are strong women throughout history dominating other women for sadistic pleasure, they shall all be called "Ilsa". The Ilsa from the first movie was in Nazi Germany and was killed at the end of the flick. So clearly this is not the exact same Ilsa. The new Ilsa runs a harem for a depraved "Oil Sheik".Ilsa runs the harem efficiently, telling girls the right way to lick a body, disciplining traitors with flesh eating ants and presiding over topless kung fu fighting sessions. There are a lot of breasts in this flick. The harem likes to go topless. Ilsa also comes up with a plastic explosive that you place in a girl's private area that will detonate when having sex. Yes. Exploding vaginas. The sleaze was working overtime."Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks" promises nasty sleaze and does not disappoint. Every other scene had either blood or breasts or both. It's a great exploitation movie. I recommend it.

Full-frontal nudity (in "up close and personal" shots); tarantula torture; flesh-eating ants torture; breast torture; arm amputations; eye gougings; eviscerations; bloody beatings; rape. This is not a film; it's a catalogue of perversions. It's the first "Ilsa" movie I ever watched, and it's gonna be the last. Surprisingly good photography, though. And also a leading man with the most monotonously droning voice you'll ever hear; even Charles Bronson shows more enthusiasm with his line readings. (*1/2)