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House of Whipcord

1974 · 102 min

A grim, oppressive descent into sadistic captivity that leaves you tense and unsettled long after.

Tagline
Only young girls may enter and no one leaves...
Overview
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • violence
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Pete Walker
Written by
David McGillivray
Starring
Barbara Markham, Patrick Barr, Ray Brooks, Ann Michelle, Karan David, Sheila Keith, Penny Irving, Dorothy Gordon
Music
Stanley Myers
Cinematography
Peter Jessop
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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