House of Whipcord (1974)

Director:

Pete Walker

Writers:

David McGillivray
Pete Walker (story)

Release Date:

March 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Their beautiful bodies defiled by the ultimate immoral atrocity!

Plot:

An old man that lives in an old house conducts a correctional institute for girls. But he does not realize...

Plot Keywords:

House | Shower | Women In Prison | Forced To Strip | Female Removes Her Clothes

Cast

Barbara Markham	...	Mrs. Wakehurst
Patrick Barr	...	Justice Bailey
Ray Brooks	...	Tony
Ann Michelle	...	Julia
Sheila Keith	...	Walker
Dorothy Gordon	...	Bates
Robert Tayman	...	Mark E. Desade
Ivor Salter	...	Jack
Karan David	...	Karen
Celia Quicke	...	Denise
Ron Smerczak	...	Ted
Tony Sympson	...	Henry
Judy Robinson	...	Claire
Jane Hayward	...	Estelle
Celia Imrie	...	Barbara
Barry Martin	...	Al
Rose Hill	...	Henry's Wife
Dave Butler	...	Ticket Collector
Penny Irving	...	Ann-Marie Di Verney
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David McGillivray	...	Caven (uncredited)
Denis Tinsley	...	Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Pete Walker	...	Cyclist (uncredited)

Directed by
Pete Walker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David McGillivray
Pete Walker		story

Produced by
Pete Walker	....	producer

Original Music by
Stanley Myers

Cinematography by
Peter Jessop

Film Editing by
John Black

Art Direction by
Michael Pickwoad		(as Mike Pickwoad)

Makeup Department
George Partleton	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Edward Dorian	....	production manager
Matt McCarthy	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Hamilton	....	second assistant director
Brian Lawrence	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Tony Anscombe	....	dubbing mixer
Chris Munro	....	boom operator
Peter O'Connor	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Davis	....	gaffer
Peter Sinclair	....	camera operator

Music Department
Stanley Myers	....	conductor

Other crew
John Metcalfe	....	follow focus
Leigh Taylor	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.

Distributors

• Miracle (1974) (UK) (theatrical)
• American International Pictures (AIP) (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ambassador Film Distributors (1975) (Canada) (theatrical)
• United Producers Releasing Organization (1975) (USA) (theatrical) (as 'Photographer's Models')
• United Producers Releasing Organization (1975) (USA) (theatrical) (as Stag Model Slaughter)
• Metrodome Video Ltd. (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Shriek Show (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Monterey Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Redemption Films (????) (UK) (VHS) (as Redemption Video)
• Video Invest AB (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Video Vamp (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cine-Lingual Studios  sound recording

Also Known As:

"Stag Model Slaughter" - USA (reissue title)
"The Photographer's Models" - USA (reissue title)

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | UK:X (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) | Norway:(Banned) (1977-2003) (cinema release) | France:-16

Filming Locations:

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Company:

Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.

Trivia:

Peggy Cummins auditioned for the role of Mrs. Wakehurst, but didn't get the role because Pete Walker thought she looked too attractive and hence was wrong for the part.

Quotes:

Jack:[looking at back of newspaper] Osgood rocks Spurs, eh?
Customer seated in cafe:Two in the first half, and another five minutes from time.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V)

House of Misogyny

An old, blind judge, his crazy wife who once was a wardeness of a prison but dismissed for her complicity in a girl's death, two guards from said prison as retainers of some type, and a son with a "CLOSE" love for his mother who goes out in public as Mark E. Dessard(something like that)round out the antagonists in this interesting, exploitative, misogynistic treatment by British director Peter Walker. The protagonists are, of course, scantily clad girls being flogged, humiliated, and hanged in an old run-down prison in the English countryside. The girls are brought there by the son who finds girls of an indecent nature(flashing in public and the like)where they are then sentenced and mistreated. Boy, would there really be prison over-crowding today! The film has a very dark edge to it without any humanity. The brutality used toward the women is cold and has a decidedly anti-women flair to it. What I did like about it was its obvious atmosphere. Walker has some skill as a director to be sure. His tense scenes in the prison with the veiled lighting and austere setting propel this feature from just another female prison movie to something quite different. Whether that is good or not is for you to decide. I am really not sure how I feel. The acting also helps as everyone involved is at the very least adequate. Ms. Irving, as the French girl, is quite fetching and does a credible job in the lead. The girl playing her roommate is an even brighter highlight(very lovely!). Barbara Markham makes as cold a wardeness as I have ever seen. For me the acting highlight belongs to Shelia Keith as the primary guard. She is able somehow to add a relaxedness to her role while even a touch(admittedly a rather small touch) of sympathy(the scene where she goes to get some lotion for the wounds she inflicted).