Ilsa, the Wicked Warden

Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (originally released as Greta: Haus Ohne Männer, and also known as Greta, the Mad Butcher, Ilsa: Absolute Power, and Wanda, the Wicked Warden) is a 1977 Canadian sexploitation film directed by Jess Franco, written by Ric Meyers, and starring Dyanne Thorne.

[1] The plot follows Greta, a warden at a psychiatric hospital for young women, and a girl who feigns illness in order to investigate the disappearance of her sister, a former patient.

Often considered the third installment in the Ilsa film series, The Wicked Warden was not initially produced with the intent of being as such, despite Thorne's starring role.

[3] Meyers further opined that it had been shot at the same time as Franco's Barbed Wire Dolls due to the shared cast and film setting.

Given the inclusion of Dyanne Thorne in the title role, and the similar content and subject matter between the film and the Ilsa series, the small change of character name and other edits made to support it allowed the film to commercially benefit from the popularity of the Ilsa series, despite it not being originally intended as part of the canon.