Justin_S

Extra Director Lists #8 - Pete Walker

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Pete Walker

House of the Long Shadows (1983)
... aka House of Long Shadows
Home Before Midnight (1979)
The Comeback (1978)
... aka Encore (UK)
... aka The Day the Screaming Stopped (USA: reissue title)
Schizo (1976)
... aka Amok
... aka Blood of the Undead
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
... aka The Confessional (USA)
Frightmare (1974)
... aka Cover Up (USA)
... aka Frightmare II (USA: video title)
... aka Once Upon a Frightmare
House of Whipcord (1974)
... aka Photographer's Models (USA: reissue title)
Tiffany Jones (1973)
... aka Tales of Tiffany Jones (USA: video title)
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
... aka Asylum of the Insane
Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
... aka The Four Dimensions of Greta (UK: video box title)
... aka Three Dimensions of Greta
Die Screaming, Marianne (1971)
... aka Die, Beautiful Marianne
Man of Violence (1971)
... aka The Sex Racketeers
Cool It Carol! (1970)
... aka The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met
The Big Switch (1969)
... aka Strip Poker
For Men Only (1968)
... aka Hot Girls for Men Only (USA)
... aka I Like Birds
School for Sex (1968)
... aka School for Love

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Justin_S

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Ranks and ratings on a scale of * to *****:

1: Schizo (1976) ****½
2: House of Mortal Sin (1976) ****½
3: The Comeback (1978) ****
4: Frightmare (1974) ****

Seen 4
Own 6

I really enjoyed all four of the above films and bought Walker's The Flesh and Blood Show and House of Whipcord blindly because of it.

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SteveGon

Re: Extra Director Lists #8 - Pete Walker

Well, I've heard of a couple of those...

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Ratings from to

House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Home Before Midnight (1979)
The Comeback (1978)
Schizo (1976) (Own the DVD, haven't watched it yet)
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
Frightmare (1974)
House of Whipcord (1974)
Tiffany Jones (1973)
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
Die Screaming, Marianne (1971)
Man of Violence (1971)
Cool It Carol! (1970)
The Big Switch (1969)
For Men Only (1968)
School for Sex (1968)

Seen 5
Own 1

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Mario Gauci

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In order of merit:


1.Frightmare (1974) ***
2.House of Mortal Sin (1976) ***
3.House of Whipcord (1974) **1/2
4.The Comeback (1978) **
5.Die Screaming, Marianne (1971) **


Although I had heard of a few of Pete Walker's films, I had never seen any until that 5-Disc coffin-shaped Box Set came along from Anchor Bay UK; having greatly enjoyed their Amicus set, I went for this and the Norman J. Warren Collections practically blindly but, all in all, I don't regret buying them, especially the Walker set. Having said that, MARIANNE is clearly the weakest of the lot and I was even underwhelmed somewhat by WHIPCORD...but then FRIGHTMARE and MORTAL SIN were far better than I was expecting them to be. I now look forward to catching up with the upcoming THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW (1972) and perhaps even SCHIZO (1976) which has been available for some time already - both on R1.

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Brook K

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1. House of Whipcord - C (saw it a few years ago and don't really remember much about it now)

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