I'm not nearly as good at keeping track of the history of exploitation and horror films as I am at watching them and giving my two-bit opinions on. But given my semi- knowledgeable knowledge of such things-I'm not aware of a full-length Nazisploit film that pre-dates LOVE CAMP 7. I know there were a few earlier shorts and loops that made reference to Nazi-ism in terms of exploit/sexploit films-but as far as I know-this was the first to make a feature-length film out of the concept...
The premise of LOVE CAMP 7 is told as a flashback from a retired WWII vet, who tells the story of two brave young American female soldiers who volunteer to go behind enemy lines in order to meet up and extract information from a German/Jewish sympathizer regarding a top-secret airplane project, who is being held captive at the notorious 'love camp'. The sole purpose of said camp, is to provide Jewish women who will serve as love-slaves for the German soldiers. Once in the camp-the two female American soldiers witness firsthand the brutality of the Germans-but are firmly resolved in carrying out their mission...
First off-LOVE CAMP 7 is not a great film by any means. By far-the only notable performance in the entire film is by Bob Cresse (who also wrote the film) as the brutal Commandant of the camp. He obviously had 'fun' with his role and it shows in his performance. The rest of the film is made up of rather lackluster actors/actresses-and even though the film sports plenty of tits-and-ass from the mostly attractive female cast- the 90 or so minute runtime starts to feel more like 4 hours around the 3/4 mark of the film. Regardless-I still give LOVE CAMP 7 relatively high marks for being one of, if not THE originator of an entire sub-genre of sleaze films-which other than a few notable entries- weren't much better-and were oftentimes far worse than this precursor entry. Maybe not too shocking given today's standards-but I can imagine this one turned some heads back in '69. 7/10
The premise of LOVE CAMP 7 is told as a flashback from a retired WWII vet, who tells the story of two brave young American female soldiers who volunteer to go behind enemy lines in order to meet up and extract information from a German/Jewish sympathizer regarding a top-secret airplane project, who is being held captive at the notorious 'love camp'. The sole purpose of said camp, is to provide Jewish women who will serve as love-slaves for the German soldiers. Once in the camp-the two female American soldiers witness firsthand the brutality of the Germans-but are firmly resolved in carrying out their mission...
First off-LOVE CAMP 7 is not a great film by any means. By far-the only notable performance in the entire film is by Bob Cresse (who also wrote the film) as the brutal Commandant of the camp. He obviously had 'fun' with his role and it shows in his performance. The rest of the film is made up of rather lackluster actors/actresses-and even though the film sports plenty of tits-and-ass from the mostly attractive female cast- the 90 or so minute runtime starts to feel more like 4 hours around the 3/4 mark of the film. Regardless-I still give LOVE CAMP 7 relatively high marks for being one of, if not THE originator of an entire sub-genre of sleaze films-which other than a few notable entries- weren't much better-and were oftentimes far worse than this precursor entry. Maybe not too shocking given today's standards-but I can imagine this one turned some heads back in '69. 7/10