When the cannibal film boom Italy started was starting to wane out, exploitation filmmakers of the ole’ Boot figured it was time to move into another, different kind of extreme exploitation, the nazisploitation after the surprise box office success of Canadian Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS in 1974 paved the way, and sure as shit Italian genre directors definitely went hog and basically monopolized the market, as sure shit Germany couldn’t (directly) due to the censorship laws, and Japan – surprise – was doing it slightly different (plus Men Behind The Sun was 8 years away)

Enough with the animal cruelty and the penis removal with a hook so fake tribal people could reenact a Rammstein live show, it’s time to bring back the WIP (Women In Prison), ramp up the sadism, crank up the deviance, generally make it more graphic in both the sex and violence, and have them take place in Nazi brothels or with the backdrop of WWII concentration camps.

We ain’t talking the more nuanced and intriguing works by Visconti or Pasolini on this theme today, we’re unearthing something else, with the eye catching title of Holocaust 2: I Ricordi, I Deliri, La Vendetta (Holocaust II: The Memories, The Delirium and The Revenge), directed by Angelo Panacciò (under the alias of “Angel Jonathan”), and released internationally under the more concise Holocaust 2: The Revenge.

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