House of Whipcord

House of Whipcord

Only young girls may enter and no one leaves...

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Release Date

4/19/1974

Runtime

102 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A sadistic descent into a isolated hellhole where twisted authority figures enact their own brutal brand of justice on trapped women. Exploitation cinema that's visually grueling and morally suffocating.

Mood

Dread-soakedClaustrophobicUnsettling

Themes

JusticePowerCorruptionGender

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Single location

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Graphic violenceSexual violence

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