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| House of Whipcord [VHS] |  | Actors: Patrick Barr, Ray Brooks (II), Dave Butler, Karan David, Dorothy Gordon (II)
Studio: Monterey Home Video
Category: Video
Buy Collectible: $39.95
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 110,741
Format: Color, NTSC
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304822561
EAN: 9786304822562
ASIN: 6304822561
Theatrical Release Date: March 1975
Release Date: June 11, 1997
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With a title like House of Whipcord, you already know this is no Disney movie. British exploitation horror-meister Pete Walker (The Flesh and Blood Show) combines his two shock-in-trade specialties--sex and violence--for this sadistic portrait of a private prison used for the systematic degradation of "loose" women. A perverted prison matron, her dutiful son (named, tellingly, Mark E. DeSade), and a doddering old judge with an Old Testament approach to modern permissiveness collect beautiful young women guilty of the most minor offenses (our heroine is found guilty of public lewdness) and punish them for their sins via a penance that ends in their inevitable death. As our sweet young French model is stripped, whipped, and generally abused by her brutal captors--oddly enough merciless and angry middle-aged women--her roommate takes it upon herself to track her down. It's a sleazy exercise in cinematic sadism perpetrated on beautiful women for the entertainment of the audience, smoothed slightly by surprisingly good performances, a modicum of rough style, a few gripping scenes of tension, and one jaw-dropping twist. --Sean Axmaker
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 Pete Walker Whips Up a Good One December 8, 2008
Michael R Gates (Nampa, ID United States)
While not the best effort from British exploitation auteur Pete Walker, HOUSE OF WHIPCORD is far from his worst. In fact, if viewed with the tongue-in-cheek spirit with which it was made, the film is actually a rippingly fun but dark parody of 1970s mores and jurisprudence. The cheesy gallows humor is punctuated with several verbal and visual puns, and as with most exploitation films of the era, there are scenes with outre violence and a tantalizing peppering of gratuitous T&A.
Most of the performances in the film are surprisingly good, and fans of British horror and exploitation will recognize genre regulars like Sheila Keith (who was also in Walker's 1974 film FRIGHTMARE) and Robert Tayman (who co-starred in Hammer Studios' 1972 offering VAMPIRE CIRCUS), among others. Peter Jessop's cinematography for HOUSE OF WHIPCORD is excellent, creating a brooding atmosphere that perfectly suits the story without detracting from the underlying humor.
Unfortunately, the DVD edition of HOUSE OF WHIPCORD from Shriek Show leaves a lot to be desired. Although the source print used for the digital transfer is better than those used for other Shriek Show entries in the Pete Walker series, this one still has noticeable scratches and wear spots, and the resulting digital presentation contains lots of compression artifacts and numerous instances of color-shift and contrast fluctuation (especially in the darker scenes). The one redeeming aspect of the DVD is that it contains a feature commentary with director Pete Walker and biographer Steven Chibnall.
In short, HOUSE OF WHIPCORD is a fun piece of 1970s exploitation cinema that actually makes a few poignant statements about Western society without taking itself too seriously. Fans of exploitation will definitely want the film in their collections, but until a better-quality edition comes along, the Shriek Show DVD will have to suffice.
NOTE: The four-star rating is for the film itself; the DVD from Shriek Show is only a two-star offering.
Pete Walker's Political Satire On Censorship Is Horrifying And Suspenseful August 15, 2008
J. B. Hoyos (Chesapeake, VA)
Pete Walker creates nightmare worlds. Known as the British goremeister, he is most famous for directing "Frightmare" and "House of Whipcord." The latter is pure nightmarish horror. It has a great plot and plenty of action, suspense, and terror.
Beautiful women are lured to the "House of Whipcord" by a handsome young man, Mark E. DeSade (Robert Tayman of Hammer's "Vampire Circus"). They are falsely charged with committing amoral crimes and thrown into a cell. An angry, bitter "prison matron" and her equally horrid female "guards" mentally abuse, starve, whip, and hang the young girls. A gorgeous French model (Penny Irving of Pete Walker's "The Comeback") is the latest victim. Will she escape? This is a Pete Walker film. One never knows. His heroines don't always fare too well.
"House of Whipcord" is Pete Walker voicing his contempt towards those who have tried to censor movies in the name of morality. This film is very political in nature and prevents me from giving it five stars. I prefer movies that are pure horror and aren't vehicles for expressing one's political and/or religious viewpoints. Nevertheless, this movie is highly recommended for fans of horror and Pete Walker. "House of Whipcord" is definitely more entertaining than "Die Screaming Marianne" and "The Flesh and Blood Show."
My review wouldn't be complete without mentioning Sheila Keith who has starred in several Pete Walker movies. She plays the perfect villain. In "House of Whipcord," Keith is Walker, a terrifyingly abusive prison guard; in "Frightmare," she is the insane fortune-telling cannibal, Dorothy Yates. Her acting is superb.
When The Whip Comes Down... July 24, 2008
Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein (under the rubble)
A beautiful french model named Anne-Marie (Penny Irving!!!) meets a mysterious man at a party. Said man sweeps the poor girl off her feet, only to take her to a strange, renovated prison, out in the middle of nowhere. Anne-Marie learns quickly that she's in serious trouble! It seems that this place is a house of rehabilitation run by a crazy old judge, his even crazier wife, and two matrons w/ sadism on their minds! Sheila Keith (Frightmare) plays the head matron w/ ghoulish glee. She introduces Anne-Marie to some good old fashioned discipline! You see, in the HOUSE OF WHIPCORD, the 3-strikes policy is in use. Mess up once, and it's solitary confinement, complete w/ rats. Twice, and it's flogging time. Three times, and you get to do the dangle-dance at the end of a noose! I like WHIPCORD better than many, if not most of the typical women-in-prison movies. This one's actually not as exploitative and has a decent storyline. Besides, I love Sheila Keith in anything! No one portrays a better psycho-bit¢#! Ms. Irving does a good job in her damsel-in-distress role as well. Too bad she didn't make more movies like this one. Enjoy...
 *Awful* October 30, 2007
Melissa Blubaugh (Maryland,United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was so awful.I am giving it away.I did not like it at all.Nothing good about any of the movie.
 Whipcord November 10, 2006
M. Noon
This movie has a special English style . The ruial country side of England and a Family gone mad.
Discipline Taken in their own hands of those they find guilty.
Not enough female nudity or punishment to make the movie
intersesting. It is disppointing to say the least.
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