Amazon Hot Box (2018)
Genres: Action, Horror, Exploitation, Women In Prison
Written, produced and directed by James Bickert
Starring: Ellie Church, Tristan Risk, Jett Bryant, Kelsey Carlisle, Jordan Phipps, Paul McComiskey, Samara Scott, Rodney Leete, Alyss Winkler, Danielle Page, Janine Cygan, Kris Donta, Nick Hood, Billy Ratliff, Bryan G. Malone, Aaron Beelner, Robert Alvarez
“When life is cheap, you bust out!”
An American college student is apprehended during a round-up in the banana republic of Rattica. She is incarcerated into the island penal system overseen by Wardress Von Krupp who is constructing the world’s greatest information extractor. Crocodiles, religious zealots, psycho inmates and voodoo-based experiments block her every escape. Life is cheap and the jungle explodes in Amazon Hot Box. James Bickert’s subversive love letter to the women in prison exploitation films of the seventies stars Tristan Risk (AMERICAN MARY), Ellie Church (JOHNNY Z), Kelsey Carlisle (HEADLESS), Jordan Phipps (CLOSE CALLS), Jett Bryant (DEAR GOD NO!, FRANKENSTEIN CREATED BIKERS) and many more.
AWARDS
WINNER Best Exploitation Film – Optic Theatre (Italy)
Nominated Best Feature Film – Optic Theatre (Italy)
Nominated Best Screenplay (James Bickert) – Optic Theatre (Italy)
Nominated Best Actress (Tristan Risk) – Optic Theatre (Italy)
Nominated Best Director (James Bickert) – Optic Theatre (Italy)
WINNER Best Exploitation Film – Arizona Underground Film Festival
WINNER Best Exploitation Film – Yellow Fever Film Festival – Ireland
Nominated Best Director (James Bickert) – Genre Blast 2018
Nominated Best Screenplay (James Bickert) – Genre Blast 2018
Nominated Best Cinematography (Jonathan Hilton) – Genre Blast 2018
Nominated Best Villain (Ellie Church) – Genre Blast 2018
Nominated Best International Feature – Feratum Film Festival (Mexico)
Nominated Best Score – Feratum Film Festival (Mexico)
