House of Whipcord (1974)

Directed by

Pete Walker

Genre

horror film, women in prison film, exploitation film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

16

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young women are lured to a remote house where a strict woman runs a severe prison. The inmates face cruel punishment for their supposed moral failings. The film follows one woman's attempt to survive and escape.

grimtenseexploitativebleakharshdarkunsettlingretributive

What happens

House of Whipcord is a 1974 British women-in-prison thriller film directed and produced by Pete Walker and starring Barbara Markham, Patrick Barr, Ray Brooks, Ann Michelle, Sheila Keith, Dorothy Gordon, Robert Tayman and Penny Irving. The film was Walker's first collaboration with screenwriter David McGillivray, who went on to write a further three films for him. It also marked the horror film debut of actress Sheila Keith, who went on to star in four more films for Walker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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