Prison film Prison film A prison film is a film genre concerned with prison life and often prison escape. These films range from acclaimed dramas examining the nature of prisons, such as "Cool Hand Luke", "Midnight Express", "Brubaker", "Escape from Alcatraz", "The Shawshank Redemption", and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" to actioners like "Lock Up" and "Undisputed", and even comedies satirizing the genre like "Stir Crazy", "Life", and "Let's Go To Prison". Themes repeatedly visited in the action films include escape attempts, gang activities inside the prison, guard and management cruelty, and an entire subgenre of films where the toughest prisoners are
Escape from Hell (1980 film) Escape from Hell (1980 film) Escape from Hell (also known as Hell Prison, I'm Coming Your Way and Femmine infernali) is a 1980 thriller film distributed by Troma Entertainment. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film (titled "Hell Prison") was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary. The film was originally refused a cinema certificate in Britain in December 1980 and released in a heavily edited form