“Werewolf Women of the S.S.” is a fictional grindhouse film that was never actually produced but was introduced as part of the trailer in Quentin Tarantino’s film “Death Proof”. The trailer pays homage to the exploitation films of the 1970s and is set in an alternate history during World War II.
The film’s storyline revolves around a group of werewolf women who are held captive by the sadistic Nazi scientist Dr Heinrich von Strasser. Dr von Strasser plans to use the werewolf women as a weapon to turn the war in his favour. The women are tortured and treated with a secret serum that enhances their werewolf powers. However, under the leadership of Frau Helga, a feared werewolf leader, the women plot their escape and revenge.
The film contains many absurd and lunatic ideas typical of the grindhouse style. Some of the craziest scenes include:
- A fight sequence in which Frau Helga shoots at Nazi troops with a machine gun while simultaneously transformed into a werewolf.
- A sadistic Nazi dentist who pulls out the prisoners’ teeth and replaces them with sharp wolf teeth.
- A bizarre experiment in which a werewolf woman is hooked up to an electric machine to enhance her powers.
- A bloody scene in which the werewolf women turn on their tormentors and mercilessly maul them.
The film deliberately uses exaggerated violence, dark humour and sexual innuendo to parody and exaggerate the grindhouse style. Although “Werewolf Women of the S.S.” was never realised as a full film, the trailer has achieved cult status and is an entertaining insight into an alternative film world full of absurdities for fans of the exploitation genre.
