{"id":9815,"date":"2009-10-03T12:38:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T19:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2021-01-19T23:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T06:06:15","slug":"chained-heat-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9815","title":{"rendered":"Chained Heat (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You can get by inside if you do the right people &#8212; you know what I mean.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Poster-182x270.jpg 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Poster.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA naive young woman (Linda Blair) convicted of manslaughter is sent to prison, where she quickly learns that corruption is rampant, and strategic alliances are everything.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Stella Stevens Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately refers to this New World <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_prison_film\">WIP<\/a> flick as a &#8220;ridiculous sexploitation&#8221; film which &#8220;lacks the fun or political subtext&#8221; of earlier entries in the genre, but is nonetheless guaranteed to &#8220;make any exploitation fan drool&#8221; due to its infamous grindhouse cast (including Sybil Danning, John Vernon, Stella Stevens, and Tamara Dobson, among others). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Still.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He misses the boat, however, in his mean-spirited assessment of a scene in which &#8220;Danning and Blair take a nude shower together and the tall, statuesque Danning is required&#8230; to display a sexual interest in the short, plump star&#8221;. Doesn&#8217;t Peary know that prison sex is often based on power dynamics rather than lust? And while she&#8217;s no Penthouse model, Blair&#8217;s actually quite cute here. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chained-Heat-Blair.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At any rate, fans of Women-In-Prison flicks won&#8217;t want to miss this badly-acted, ridiculously plotted, cliche-ridden smorgasbord of nudity, violence, sex, drugs, and corruption &#8212; complete with Blair&#8217;s transformation into a righteous avenger by the end. The rest of us, however, can feel free to skip it.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Conlan&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Despite its status as a cult favorite, this one is really only must-see viewing for fans of WIP flicks. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085318\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/chained-heat-8787\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlsgunsandghouls.com\/chainedheat.html\">Guns, Girls, and Ghouls Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You can get by inside if you do the right people &#8212; you know what I mean.&#8221; Synopsis: A naive young woman (Linda Blair) convicted of manslaughter is sent to prison, where she quickly learns that corruption is rampant, and strategic alliances are everything. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Corruption Prisoners Revenge Stella Stevens Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary accurately refers to this New World WIP flick as a &#8220;ridiculous sexploitation&#8221; film which &#8220;lacks the fun or political subtext&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9815\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64595,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9815\/revisions\/64595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}