One of my favorite sick series remains the Olga films, incredibly sadistic little productions that were thankfully clumsily made. Olga was mainly played by the astonishingly beautiful Audrey Campbell, a perfect future Siren if there ever was one. One big influence in all these productions was Irving Klaw’s photo work, shot sometimes with the collaboration of the inestimable Bettie Page. Here though, the violent side is much more explored, as some punishments often turned bloody. Still, it’s clear that a remake of any of these entries is unlikely in this day and age, which makes these titles (White Slaves of Chinatown, Olga’s Girls, Olga’s House of Shame and Olga’s Dance Hall Girls) a very unique viewing.

Besides the imposing Campbell, the acting is mainly atrocious but the low-budget still succeed in giving us the appropriate seedy feeling appropriate for its subject. Let’s mention that Olga is a drug trafficker/slave trader that deals from her underground New York Chinatown headquarter. Being a sadistic lesbian, she of course passes most of her time punishing various unfortunates prostitutes under her steely command. As directed by Joseph P. Mawra, there’s a lot to please any fetish enthusiast: beautiful girls tied up and gagged, wearing high heels and pantyhose, females kissing, etc. All this in icy black and white! Of course, this is not Hostel, but for the time it was grim stuff… and all box-office hits in grindhouse theaters. In the seventies, the more or less likewise Ilsa series would also not be easily forgotten.

Here’s a typical lurid poster that promised all that kind of secret thrills…!