The Hot Box

The Hot Box
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoe Viola
Written byJoe Viola
Jonathan Demme
Produced byJonathan Demme
Cirio H. Santiago
StarringCarmen Argenziano
Music byRestie Umali
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • May 1972 (1972-05)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$181,000[1]

The Hot Box is a 1972 women in prison film from Joe Viola and Jonathan Demme, who had previously made Angels Hard as They Come (1971) for New World Pictures. It was shot in the Philippines and was originally known as The Prescription Revolution.[2]

  1. ^ Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 106
  2. ^ Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 38