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The Corpse (1971)
Claustrophobic,dark tale of revenge.
Really a very good example of British repression.Michael Gough is a bullying sadistic father of "Jane" (played by the young and beautiful Sharon Gurney, daughter of English actress Rachel Gurney).The actors are top drawer and the script by Olaf Pooley is tight and suitably grim. The seemingly genteel facade of a respectable English family is ripped aside. The girl and her mother plot the ultimate revenge on Gough--but do they manage it? You'll have to try and track down this mini-gem to discover what happens. Or does it? Some exploitation of young Gurney with Gough playing some sort of nasty escapade with her whilst she is nude in a river - quite a revealing scene - and then a scene in her bedroom at night when he shows up with a thin cane and bends her over the vanity for a ferocious beating. Nice work also by Yvonne Mitchell as the worldweary mother who sees all and says little. She has a plan, though. If can find this one, buy it.
House of Whipcord (1974)
Very nice piece of Walker sensationalism.
Very creepy comment on capital punishment, "Whipcord" ranks almost with "Flesh and Blood Show" as one of Walker's guilty pleasure outings. Patrick Barr excels once again, this time as a maniac judge dedicated to the punishment of women who break the "law". Some nasty scenes of capital punishment in action which are very unsettling. The title doesn't mislead either, he gives us a couple of whipping scenarios and we get to see the results on the back of pretty Penny Irving. (She was a very pretty young Scottish "Page 3" girl who plays a French girl!) Not a bad effort from her acting-wise - this was her first leading role and I think her last.Gets a chance in a post-shower scene to display a very pleasing "rear aspect". A definite must-buy.