Olga’s House of Shame

(Joseph P. Mawra; 1964)

(Image/Something Weird)

Part of Something Weird's Olga Triple Feature this is one campy piece of 60's sleaze. If you can get past the first half, which borders on sleep inducing tedium sprinkled with a little bit of devotchka torture and abuse, the second half is when the film kicks into high gear. Story goes something like this: Olga runs a crime syndicate involving drugs and prostitution and she has just recently expanded into jewel smuggling. When she's double crossed by one of her drop off girls she and her associate decide to torture the info out of her. Then there's some stuff about some of her other girls basically pissing her off and Olga punishing them. The film plays like an old educational video with actors who talk but they are overdubbed by music and narration. Plenty of 60's lingerie and boobies abound with some really pathetic torture sequences and mock-lesbianism. There's a rather amusing scene involving a soldering iron and a captive's breasts. Rather tame by today's standards, I found it to be a rather enjoyable schlock film.

Crappy 60’s Mono. What did you expect?

Full frame Black $ white. Some artifacting, but nothing really to deter from the enjoyment of the film.

- Trailers for all the Olga Films

- The Olga sequence from Mondo Obscenita

- Special Booklet interview with Olga herself, Audrey Campbell

- Featurette “Audrey Campbell, Art Lover”

- Gallery of Sexploitation ad art with Exploitation audio 

Standard DVD keep case.

Sound: 3

Picture: 4

Special Features: 7

Packaging: 5

Film: 6.5

Overall Rating: 6.5

(Rating scale is out of 10, with 1 being the worst and 10 the best)