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Rupert Davies (Actor), Susan Penhaligon (Actor), Pete Walker (Director, Producer) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Rupert Davies, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley, Jack Jones
  • Directors: Pete Walker
  • Producers: Pete Walker
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Anchor Bay
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Mar. 2005
  • Run Time: 480 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007LYDQE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 45,063 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Collection of five of exploitation director Pete Walker's films. In 'Die Screaming Marianne' (1971) Susan George plays a young woman trapped in her house by violent killers who want to prevent her reaching her 21st birthday. In 'House of Whipcord' (1975), deranged madmen are abducting young women and torturing them for sport. 'Frightmare' (1974) sees a cannibal couple released from prison, only to take up their old man-eating ways. In 'House of Mortal Sin' (1975) a perverted priest abuses his office to molest young women. Finally, in 'The Comeback' (1978), a washed-up rock star finds his estranged wife brutally murdered.

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5.0 out of 5 stars"Your mother has suffered a serious relapse..."
By A Customer on 23 Mar. 2005
Format: DVD
The fourth and best of Anchor Bay's coffin-boxed collections of British Horror movies, the Pete Walker collection succeeds if nothing else because the quality of the films is consistently better than its predecessors.
Pick of the bunch is Frightmare, a darkly comic story of care in the community and cannibalism in the Home Counties with Walker regular Sheila Keith on top form serving tea in bone china the one moment and then proving that the maxim "you'll have someone's eye out with that" really is appropriate when it comes to pitchforks and power drills. Also excellent is the luridly titled House of Whipcord, which is a loopy cross between Kafka and Caged Heat and features a villain who bares an uncanny resemblance to Camilla Parker Bowles. House of Mortal Sin features - gleefully - a psychopathic catholic priest who dispatches sinners personally while his one-eyed housekeeper (Keith, again) looks on with raised eyebrow.
Of the rest, both Die Screaming Marianne and The Comeback are entertaining and well made, although they lack the devious wit of the set's best, they're still considerably better than many examples of the genre.
The extras are excellent and plentiful, with Walker contributing sprightly commentaries to each film, plus a handful of other interesting trailers and featurettes (including a welcome tribute to the late Keith).
Don't be put off by the fact that the cover-art looks a bit like David Dickinson wielding a power tool, this is a cracking collection and a bargain at the price.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAre you getting your headaches again mother?
By Fallen TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 13 July 2009
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
Top notch collection of films by British exploitation director Pete Walker. Pete Walker enjoyed making films that shocked and offended the sensibilities of cinema goers, especially the self appointed moral guardians of our viewing habits, the campaigners and advocates of censorship.
To those ends he made a number of quite shocking, at the time, and very good films including some of his more notorious horrors which are contained in this boxset.
The first film 'Die Screaming Marianne' (his most troubled production apparently) is quite a gentle introduction of what is to come. A tale of greed, family dysfunction, murder and treachery! Set partly in the UK and partly in the Algarve it hints at incestuous liasons without actually depicting it and involves Susan George (Marianne) who is due to inherit her late mothers estate including documents which could spell the end for her corrupt judge father. A good atmospheric film with a really good 70's vibe to it.
Interestingly Walker says he believed the part of Marianne was not really suited to Susan George but nonetheless she got the part of 'Amy' in 'Straw Dogs' off the back of it.
Next is 'House of Whipcord' a film about a private prison established and run by an insane elderly ex-judge and his sadistic cohort of female guards to punish, correct and dispose of female moral transgressors (wayward women). Walker states that the only way he believed it possible to depict this sado-masochistic environment of floggings, punishment and hangings without his film being banned was to set it within the context of a prison type institution. Regardless of the fetishistic imagery and nature of the film it is in itself a very dark and very good horror. Very good characterisation and acting including Sheila Keith as a sadistic prison guard.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsBlu-ray review
By Blood Freak on 3 Dec. 2012
Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase
This is an review of the blu-ray collectyion.

Four disc collection in a single keepcase with outer slipcase.

Die Screaming Marianne is a well made thriller with Susan George looking typically lovely. Film is very British and a little old fashioned but still fairly gripping.

House Of Whipcord is a very low budget version of Women In Prison films where a young woman is imprisoned in the country by puritanical matrons who punish sinners. Some nudity and whipping etc and feels like an extended episode of Hammer House Of Horror.

The Comeback mixes musical and horror in a similar way to Phantom Of The Paradise. It's not great but has its moments and a young Pamela Stephenson looks hot in it.

Schizo is the goriest film here and has Stephanie Beacham in the cast. Good British dialogue and quirky characters in a tale of a woman who is being stalked by a figure from her mysterious past.

Pete Walker's films were made independently on low budgets so there are flaws such as sloppy editing and occasional bad acting. But they are charming and very much of their time. The music is always good and the terror scenes are always tense.

All the films look their best on blu-ray (1080/16X9/Uncut) with strong colour and detail. Odd scratches are on the prints but overall they are clean. There is heavy grain and softness in bits of Schizo but other scenes in it are remarkably clear. Audio is always clear.

Extras are Walker commentary tracks for all films except Schizo, trailers and interviews with Walker.

The discs are region A (America).
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5.0 out of 5 starsTop Notch Britsploitation!
By A Customer on 13 April 2005
Format: DVD
It's about time the films of Pete Walker were given this sort of attention - this box set, adorned with artwork last seen on the original FRIGHTMARE UK cinema release poster (I'm old enough to remember) is a must - the films within are a grimy, sleazy delight which make a welcome change to predictable Hollywood gloss. Besides the five movies (count 'em, five - what value!) the box set also includes some insightful extras, which strangely aren't mentioned on the packaging. I found these to be highly informative, and it was fantastic to see Pete Walker's contribution. The Sheila Keith (RIP) featurette almost had me in tears. Very touching - nice one Anchor Bay!
We want more coffin sets. Ane we want them NOW!
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I purchased this as a birthday present. I am in the US and the seller was great. Prompt rely to questions, quick shipping, item was described perfectly. A++ service.

Published on 22 April 2010 by D. Hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars"Your'e trying to help me back into that Asylum"...

Very pleasantly surprised by the cleaned up discs! Anchor Bay have done a sterling job-especially on 'Frightmare' because the VHS copies were atrocious quality prints. The films? Read more

Published on 2 Jan. 2010 by Mr. B. Fraser
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!!!WARNING! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!!
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The enormous entertainment value of the commentaries to these films outweighs the films themselves.

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