Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- lurid
- oppressive
- grotesque
- grindhouse marathon
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics have generally regarded the film as a disappointing and ludicrous entry in the Ilsa exploitation cycle.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The plot centers on women imported as sex slaves, while the film foregrounds sexualized spectacle and sensational violence.
Ilsa operates a harem for an Arab sheik whose victims are confined, exploited, and disciplined.
The film is identified as splatter and its aggregate reception describes it as bordering on the ludicrous.
The sheik's harem and desert-oil milieu frame the story through exaggerated 1970s exploitation conventions.
Films like Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks, and why
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
shares sexploitation, splatter violence, sadistic female authority, and lurid exploitation-cinema excess
The Big Doll House
shares women-in-prison exploitation, sexual coercion, graphic brutality, and campy transgression
The Seven Minutes
shares sexploitation spectacle, sadistic confinement, and deliberately sensational B-movie tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Don Edmonds
- Release Date
- 1976-02-29
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 4.9 / 10 (93)
Cast
- Dyanne Thorne
- Max Thayer
- Jerry Delony
- Uschi Digard
- Colleen Brennan
- Haji
- Tanya Boyd
- Marilyn Joi
- Su Ling
- Richard Kennedy
Common questions
- What is Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks about?
- A sadistic enforcer runs a sheik’s brutal harem in a lurid, transgressive splatter-sexploitation shocker.
- What is Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks as graphic.
- What did critics think of Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks?
- Critics have generally regarded the film as a disappointing and ludicrous entry in the Ilsa exploitation cycle.
- Which films are like Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks?
- Films with a similar feel include Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, The Big Doll House, and The Seven Minutes.
- How long is Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks?
- Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks runs 94 minutes.
