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House of Whipcord

1974 ·1h 42m · ★ 5.9 (54)

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.

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8 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
57
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
57
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
100
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Setting

Prison

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

blind mancagecountrysideexploitationfemale prisonermisogynistmodelmurderparent child relationshipprison escapesadismtortureviolence against womenwhippingwomen's prison

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