House of Whipcord (1974)
Director: Pete Walker
Where to get it: Cheezy Flicks
An old man that lives in an old house conducts a correctional institute for girls. But he does not realize that the date is the present as he is cooped up in the house. He is assisted my a matron who likes to get the girls into trouble and present them in front of the old man who thinks he is the law and he passes out punishment. Afterwards the girls get tied to a cross and whipped. Meanwhile The matrons son falls in love with a girl at a party and bring her to the this house.
House of Whipcord, is a film that in some ways might remind you of the film Hostel, at least in it’s setup of the plot. I’m sure this film had to be somewhat influential in that film. And if it wasn’t, what a coincidence that was. The film also sets the table for you in a very interesting way, as it takes it time to attempt to get you behind a couple characters that perhaps isn’t as important as they appear to be. The story is done in a very nice way and while there isn’t any blood or gore really flying all over the place on the TV while the movie is on, you at least get some cool scenes and it does an OK job at building up some suspense to the viewer. It also brings out some nice characters that are interesting and make watching the film fun in some points.
We see the film really go the way of a women in prison film rather quickly, only we don’t have all the nudity and such that the older films of that nature have. We do see women beaten and hung by a group of very evil people, women included in the group, and a somewhat funny blind male judge. As much as the film might try, there is a lead we don’t feel too bad for, even with all the film’s effort. That may be due to the fact that these characters aren’t the smartest we’ve ever seen on film. But it does a fine job for what it is and what it does give. It does such a good job that I will go as far as to say that it is worth checking out, to spite any of it’s flaws..And it does have a few. But the positives are better than the negatives in this case.
(7/10)
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