Here is a large, old home just a few hours drive from londono a home that used to be a house of corrections, where bad girls were brought to be punished for crimes against society. Aug 19, 2014 instead the film projects something dark, resonant, and gloomy opting for drama with a strong essence of the horrific and none of the overt lesbianism and erotic elements of some of the other prison set films of this period. House of whipcord year 1995 distributors redemption films ltd classified dates 15121995 main language english submitted run time 97m 54s bbfc reference avf036464. Staring penny irving, dorothy gordon, sheila keith and ann michelle. Another reason to expect an all out exploitation film, but house of whipcord has a slightly more serious and far less sleazy approach than most of these. On this basis house of whipcord stands out as something memorable, haunting and one of the best examples of the period. Walkers idea is great and the film is overall very wellscripted, with an eye for black humor and imaginative perverted undertones. You d think by the video packaging and the name of the film that you were in for some kind of kinky sub confessions movie featuring a bunch of nutters who get their kicks from dishing out spankings to naked young girls.
American international pictures aip 1974 usa theatrical roadshow film distributors 1978 australia theatrical. House of whipcord is a genuinely disturbing and effective horror film and perhaps one of the more scarily realistic horror abduction stories. It also marked the horror film debut of actress sheila keith, who went on to star in six more films for walker. Posts about house of whipcord written by jon kitley. Judging from the poster and synopsis, youd expect it to be your average girls behind bars exploitation flick. Kids these days with their ipads and their twitter feeds and their photoshopping of peoples heads onto other peoples naked bodies. That film is 1975s house of whipcord released in the uk in 1974, a sleazy but sophisticated and wildly subversive film and the single weirdest entry in the generally spotty womeninprison. Beta house 11 the last house on the left 5 house of the dead 2 5 road house 4 animal house 4 the exotic house of wax 4 sorority house massacre ii 4. Mar 10, 2005 in 1974s house of whipcord, a judge and a disgraced prison warden subject beautiful young women to imprisonment, torture and even execution for what they imagine are their loose morals. The film is dedicated ironically to all those who wish to see the return of capital punishment in britain, and its about a senile old judge and his wife who are so. A more intelligent and effective entry of the wip films of 1970s infamy, house of whipcord is a grim odyssey into the same thematic decadence that walker mined from a different perspective in frightmare. But he does not realize that the date is the present as hes been cooped up in the house.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards. In house of whipcord, fashion model annmarie penny irving is lured into a private reform school where she is punished for her sexually liberated behavior by a zealous warden barbara markham. As 70s exploitation filmmakers go, pete walker was one of the savviest and more intelligent. Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed. An old man who lives in an old house conducts a correctional institute for girls. Death and torture are the two main rules of the house. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Upon closer inspection we see the girl, whom we later learn is a. Penny irving, barbara markham, sheila keith, patrick barr, dorothy gordon, ray brookes, ann michelle themes. House of whipcord british board of film classification. The version of this work detailed above is rated by the bbfc under the video recordings act 1984 for use on any packaged media format including dvd, bluray. Hes helped a good deal by david mcgillivrays script which, like his work for pete walker, succeeds in combining classic genre themes with a.
House of whipcord is a genuinely disturbing and effective horror film and perhaps one of the more scarily realistic horror abduction stories ever made. Trailer for the women in prison film house of whipcord. With barbara markham, patrick barr, ray brooks, ann michelle. House of whipcord letterboxd social film discovery. Cult director pete walkers disturbingly effective horror film belongs to the private prison subgenre, in which insane sadists abduct typically female innocents and torture them for sport. Apr 30, 20 trailer for pete walkers house of whipcord. Feb 20, 20 trailer for the women in prison film house of whipcord. Old folks punish bad girls with help from their son, mark e. If youve seen more than a couple pete walker films, then you probably know who sheila keith is, or at least have seen her.
House of whipcord scene 1 of 2 i like this video i dont like this video. House of the whipcord 1974 february 12, 20 redemption film. A secret and illegal institution resembling a private reform school whose inmates have been kidnapped and eventually wind up dead, all because the puritans running it have deemed them immoralthat could have been a neat horror flick with 1 better camera work. Feb 12, 1974 house of the whipcord 1974 february 12, 20 redemption film. Flagellations 1974 film complet en francais youtube. Penny irving and sheila keith in house of whipcord 1974. In 1974s house of whipcord, a judge and a disgraced prison warden subject beautiful young women to imprisonment, torture and even execution for what they imagine are their loose morals. He is assisted by a matron who likes to get the girls into trouble and present them in front of the old man who thinks he is the law and. Licensed to youtube by rumblefish on behalf of beat records company italy, and 6 music rights. House of whipcord movie trailer and videos tv guide. This film is dedicated to those who are disturbed by todays lax moral codes and who eagerly await the return of corporal and capital punishment.
House of the whipcord 1974 february 12, 20 redemption. It was his first collaboration with former time out critic. You d think by the video packaging and the name of the film that you were in for some kind of kinky subconfessions movie featuring a bunch of nutters who get their kicks from dishing out spankings to naked young girls. House of whipcord nude scenes naked pics and videos at. Oct 11, 2014 house of whipcord trailer 1975 director. Cast includes barbara markham, patrick barr, ray brooks, ann michelle, penny irving, sheila keith. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. House of whipcord photographers models 1974 rotten.
House of whipcord 1974 elderly prison matrons take sadistic pleasure in torturing the female convicts who stray from the strict moral standards. Trailers from hell enters the house of whipcord indiewire. Remastered edition on bluray 738329110925 from redemption usa. In this british exploitation film, an elderly husband and wife begin torturing young women whose behavior offends their puritan sensibilities. House of whipcord is a 1974 horror exploitation film directed by pete walker. With a title like house of whipcord, you already know this is no disney movie. Reviled in the 70s as a creator of exploitative trash, walker has become somewhat of a cult figure over the last decade, as film scholars have delved into his relatively small catalogue of film and realize the man has something of value to. House of whipcord trailer 1 trailer 1975 video detective.
The first dvd presentation of house of whipcord from image was a minor step up from the incredibly murky vhs editions released in the us by monterey, to cite one underwhelming example but left enormous room for improvement. All he ever wanted to do was create a little mischief. Watch house of whipcord movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Barbara markham, patrick barr,, official content from live home video a beautiful model is held captive by a madman. This week on trailers from hell, david decoteau talks lurid 1974 cult film house of whipcord set in a womens prison. The film has a tricky color scheme, with the prison sequences looking drab and sometimes very desaturated including the. English house of whipcord is a 1974 horror exploitation film directed by pete walker. House of whipcord 1974 r 1h 42min horror march 1975 usa an old man who lives in an old house conducts a correctional institute for girls. Pete walker film productions as a pete walker production. Wakehurst barbara markham and her senile husband, justice bailey patrick barr, are running an entire covert penal institution for sinful women, complete with a pair. House of whipcord 1974 house of whipcord is a bit of a surprise. West germany 1986 video premiere also known as aka original title house of whipcord. Whereas in the later film he lamented the permissiveness that allowed cannibals to reenter society, in this spectacle of lawgonewrong his.
Jun 11, 2014 this week on trailers from hell, david decoteau talks lurid 1974 cult film house of whipcord set in a womens prison. If youve ever fantasized about giving the millennial generation a nice oldfashioned whipping, then youll be able to sympathize with the hoary villains of the thinlyveiled intergenerational parable house of whipcord 1974. House of whipcord poured napalm on troubled waters with its original release in 1974, when the hangemandflogem brigade were at their most vocal and the likes of mary whitehouse and lord longford lord porn, according to private eye magazine were keeping a beady eye on the increasing amount of sex, violence and bad language on. Yeah, house of whipcord is so wrapped up in its sanctimony mock or sincere that it actually starts out with the following onscreen text. Poster for house of whipcord aka photographers models. As the film opens its a dark and stormy night, and we see a half nekkid girl, dressed fashionably in a potato sack, running through the woods, eventually finding help in the form of a truck driver parked on the side of the road, resting his eyes. Company group 1 hammer film productions harry alan towers. Oct 02, 2014 in house of whipcord, fashion model annmarie penny irving is lured into a private reform school where she is punished for her sexually liberated behavior by a zealous warden barbara markham. Women in prison, britsploitation, classic british horror, sadism. House of whipcord is an essential euroshock film, often regretfully mistaken for depthless sleaze. British exploitation horrormeister pete walker the flesh and blood show combines his two shockintrade specialtiessex and violencefor this sadistic portrait of a private prison used for the systematic degradation of loose women. One other victim to show the fate awaiting the heroine, check. It was his first collaboration with screenwriter david mcgillivray, who went on to write a further three films for him. Barbara markham, patrick barr, ray brooks, ann michelle, sheila keith, annmarie di verney show embed code.
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