The Problematic Gemser-Emanuelles
Some Emanuelleists add two films often credited to Bruno Mattei, VIOLENCE IN A WOMEN'S PRISON (1982) and WOMEN'S PRISON MASSACRE (1983), to the list of official Laura Gemser Emanuelle films. The original Italian title of the latter film was EMANUELLE FUGA DALL'INFERNO (EMANUELLE ESCAPES FROM HELL), and in the films Gemser does play an Emanuelle character--perhaps the Emanuelle. The considerations against including these two films as part of the series are probably weak: director Joe D'Amato was not involved in the films, as were none of the production companies from previous entries, and composer Nico Fidenco, whose smooth loungey grooves accompanied all previous Gemser-Emanuelle films, was also absent.
Added to the list of problematic Gemser-Emanuelle films are two "mondo" movies that were hosted by Laura Gemser, one, at least, being promoted as her Emanuelle character: LE NOTTI PORNO NEL MONDO (1977) and EMANUELLE E LE PORNO NOTTI NEL MONDO N. 2. (1978 ).
Three more problematic Emanuelle movies remain: SEXY MOON (1976), otherwise known as EMANUELLE QUEEN OF SADOS, in which Gemser plays Emanuelle Brindisi, and SISTER EMANUELLE (1977), a Giuseppe Vari film where she plays "Sister Emanuelle." We should also note LE DECHAINEMENT PERVERS DE MANUELA (1983), a Joe D'Amato concoction that used scenes from previous Gemser films, including EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS, for a "new" film that was also referred to as EMANUELLE'S PERVERSE OUTBURST and UNLEASHED PERVERSIONS OF EMANUELLE.
All other Gemser-Emanuelle films appear to be retitlings and nothing more.
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