European ApocalypseI recently picked up SS Hell Pack, a DVD triple feature from Media Blasters/Exploitation Digital. While I prefer the films in the followup collection, SS Hell Pack II, this first collection is still a lot of fun. It’s highlight being the wonderfully loopy SS Girls (1977) by Bruno Mattei, Trash God Extraordinaire, which ranks among my favourite Naziploitation flicks.

The other two features, SS Experiment Love Camp (1976) and SS Camp Women’s Hell (1977), are cheap, enjoyable pieces of shit both directed by Sergio Garrone. Perhaps better than the films themselves, the SS Camp Women’s Hell DVD features an excellent interview with Garrone. Garrone is an interesting interview subject; an intelligent, well-spoken man proud of his work but with a definite sense of humour about it too. At one point, the interview steers off on a hilarious tangent as Garrone reveals his thoughts on reality TV. The comments he makes reminded me of the many times I’ve defended my movie viewing habits with a comparison to the evil that is bad reality television.