Review of House of Whipcord (1974) by Elgan D — 10 Jun 2012

Remains quite a disturbing film in places, this British shocker did need to pick up the pace and the dialogue is poor.

This review of House of Whipcord (1974) was written by Elgan D on 10 Jun 2012.

House of Whipcord has generally received mixed reviews.

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Produced and directed by Pete Walker, who did a lot of naughty horror films in the 1970's, mainly ones with more sex than scares, he turned…

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By Megan P (212) on 01 Jun 2008

I concur entirely with Miss Gory. The lack of recognition for Mr Walker's work is nothing short of shameful as well as deeply sad…

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Pete Walker really hit his stride for me with my watch of this one, in which a cruel older woman uses her son to lure promiscuous young women…

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