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Pete Walker is a Actor, Director, Original Story and Producer British born on 4 july 1939 at Brighton (United-kingdom)
Pete Walker (born 1939 in Brighton, Sussex) is an English film director, writer and producer, specialising in horror and sexploitation films, frequently combining the two.
His films include Die Screaming, Marianne, House of Whipcord, Frightmare, House of Mortal Sin, Schizo, The Comeback, and House of the Long Shadows.
His films often featured sadistic authority figures, such as priests or judges, punishing anyone - usually young women - who doesn't conform to their strict personal moral codes, but he has denied there being any political subtext to his films. Because of the speed with which he had to make his films, Walker often used the same reliable actors, including Andrew Sachs and Sheila Keith, the latter playing memorable villainesses in four of Walker's pictures.
Malcolm McLaren hired Walker to direct a documentary on The Sex Pistols entitled A Star Is Dead. Walker was an unlikely choice of director for this project and the deal fell through when the band split up.
Walker's work was reviled and condemned by some contemporary critics, while others were surprised to find relatively sophisticated subtexts in what were made and marketed as commercial exploitation films. Although Walker's movies have never undergone a critical reappraisal in the same way as Hammer films or his American contemporaries Tobe Hooper and Wes Craven, the release in 2005 of a DVD boxed set of five of his films was greeted with some good notices in the British national press.
On his own work, Walker has said when asked if his films had hidden depths, "Of course they didn't. But recently I had to record commentary for the DVD releases, so I saw the films for the first time since making them, and you know what? They're not as bad as I thought. But searching for hidden meaning ... they were just films. All I wanted to do was create a bit of mischief."
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Pete Walker (born 1939 in Brighton, Sussex) is an English film director, writer and producer, specialising in horror and sexploitation films, frequently combining the two.
His films include Die Screaming, Marianne, House of Whipcord, Frightmare, House of Mortal Sin, Schizo, The Comeback, and House of the Long Shadows.
His films often featured sadistic authority figures, such as priests or judges, punishing anyone - usually young women - who doesn't conform to their strict personal moral codes, but he has denied there being any political subtext to his films. Because of the speed with which he had to make his films, Walker often used the same reliable actors, including Andrew Sachs and Sheila Keith, the latter playing memorable villainesses in four of Walker's pictures.
Malcolm McLaren hired Walker to direct a documentary on The Sex Pistols entitled A Star Is Dead. Walker was an unlikely choice of director for this project and the deal fell through when the band split up.
Walker's work was reviled and condemned by some contemporary critics, while others were surprised to find relatively sophisticated subtexts in what were made and marketed as commercial exploitation films. Although Walker's movies have never undergone a critical reappraisal in the same way as Hammer films or his American contemporaries Tobe Hooper and Wes Craven, the release in 2005 of a DVD boxed set of five of his films was greeted with some good notices in the British national press.
On his own work, Walker has said when asked if his films had hidden depths, "Of course they didn't. But recently I had to record commentary for the DVD releases, so I saw the films for the first time since making them, and you know what? They're not as bad as I thought. But searching for hidden meaning ... they were just films. All I wanted to do was create a bit of mischief."
Biography
Pete Walker, fut de la fin des années 1960 au début des années 1980, un des principaux réalisateurs britanniques de films Sexploitation et d'horreur et produisant lui-même ses propres réalisations. Son premier film fut L'école du sexe (1968), ensuite suivront Meurs en hurlant, Marianne en 1971 avec Susan George, Le Rideau de la mort en 1972, Flagellations (1974), Schizo (1976) ou encore Le manoir de la peur en 1983. Les films de Walker montrent la satisfaction des figures sadiques des autorités, comme les prêtres ou les juges, à punir généralement les jeunes femmes qui enfreignent les codes moraux. On a reproché à Pete Walker de faire de la politique par l'intermédiaire de ses films, ce qu'il a farouchement nié. Il a surtout travaillé avec des acteurs comme Andrew Sachs ou Sheila Keith.Usually with
Filmography of Pete Walker (21 films)
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, 1h46Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Menahem Golan, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Globus, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis
Roles Self - Director
Rating73%
Mélangeant interviews, extraits de films et images d’archives, ce documentaire retrace l’histoire de la société de production Cannon Films, créée par Menahem Golan et Yoram Globus. Dans les années 1980, ces deux producteurs ont sans aucun doute produit les plus grands nanars du cinéma, s’emparant de force de la machine hollywoodienne, et changeant à jamais l’histoire du cinéma bis.
House of Whipcord (1974)
, 1h42Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Ray Brooks, Patrick Barr, Sheila Keith, Penny Irving, Ann Michelle, Ivor Salter
Roles Cyclist (uncredited)
Rating58%
The film opens with a semi-nude young woman running down a highway and being picked up by a trucker.
The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)
, 1h26Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jenny Hanley, Ray Brooks, Luan Peters, Candace Glendenning, Robin Askwith, Tristan Rogers
Roles Ludovico (pas crédité)
Rating54%
A anonymous producer assembles a group of unemployed actors and actresses to be in a play, rehearsing in an abandoned theatre beside the sea. A murderer, who wears black gloves, kills all of the actors in various ways. The murderer is later revealed to have previously been an actor, who trapped his wife and her new lover in the wall, re-emerging 30 years later to commit murder again.
Behave Yourself (1962)
, 29minutesDirected by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Dennis Price, Michael Winner, Pete Walker
Rating62%
The Breaking Point (1961)
, 59minutesDirected by Peter Medak, Lance Comfort
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Dermot Walsh, Lisa Gastoni, Jack Allen, Brian Cobby, Gertan Klauber, Charles Russell
Roles Alex (uncredited)
Rating55%
Out of the Shadow (1961)
, 1h1Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Actors Terence Longdon, Donald Gray, Diane Clare, Dermot Walsh, Pete Walker, Edwin Styles
Rating50%
Reporter Mark kingston learns that his brother, who was studying at Cambridge University, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own investigation when the police dismiss his suspicions. With the help of Mary Johnson, whose professor father has turned up missing, Kingston attempts to prove that there has been a murder and not a suicide on the campus.
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House of the Long Shadows (1983)
, 1h40Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Julie Peasgood
Rating62%
Kenneth Magee (Desi Arnaz, Jr.), a young writer, bets $20,000 that he can write a Wuthering Heights-calibre novel in 24 hours. To get in the mood for the undertaking, he goes to a deserted Welsh manor. Upon his arrival, however, Magee discovers that the manor is not as empty as he was told. Still there are Lord Grisbane (Carradine) and his daughter, Victoria (Sheila Keith), who have been maintaining the mansion on their own. As the stormy night progresses, more people come to the mansion, including Lord Grisbane's sons Lionel (Price) and Sebastian (Cushing), Magee's publisher's secretary, Mary Norton (Julie Peasgood), and Corrigan (Lee), a potential buyer of the property.
Home Before Midnight (1979)
, 1h51Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Richard Todd, Mark Burns, Juliet Harmer, Debbie Linden
Rating58%
The Comeback (1978)
, 1h40Directed by Pete Walker
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Richard Johnson, Bill Owen, Holly Palance
Rating57%
The film opens with Gail Cooper (Holly Palance) traveling to her ex-husband Nick's (Jack Jones) apartment in Los Angeles in order to remove some of its more valuable items. It soon becomes apparent that while Nick (a successful singer) isn't at home, someone is clearly there. The anonymous person watches Gail take a phone call from a reporter asking about the couple's divorce and inquiring as to when Nick will release his next album, as he's been on a six year hiatus since marrying Gail. As the phone call ends and Gail walks around the house she is ambushed and murdered by the person, who is wearing an old lady mask and women's clothing.
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
, 1h44Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Stephanie Beacham, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Sharp, Norman Eshley, Sheila Keith, Bill Kerr
Rating63%
Suite à la rupture avec son amant, Jenny Welch vit avec sa sœur Vanessa. Sa vie amoureuse instable la pousse à aller en confessions avec le père Xavier Meldrum à l’Église, recommandé par son ami d'enfance, le prêtre Bernard Cutler. Froid et acariâtre, Meldrum abuse de sa position d'homme de Dieu pour profiter des jeunes filles fragiles venues se confesser auprès de lui. Lorsqu'elles se confient, le père Meldrum enregistre secrètement leurs secrets pour ensuite leur faire du chantage. Frustré par sa misérable vie sexuelle, il séquestre notamment sa propre mère avec l'aide d'une tortionnaire blonde et castratrice. Femme libérée, Jenny est sa nouvelle proie et Meldrum, obsédé par elle, s'immisce dans sa vie privée en la traquant, en la faisant chanter avec ses aveux sur un avortement qu'elle a subi puis en tuant les hommes qu'elle fréquente pour la remettre sur le bon chemin et pour la purifier. Lorsqu’elle comprend qu'il est un psychopathe, personne ne la croit car il est inimaginable qu'un homme de foi puisse être un pervers et un meurtrier.
Schizo (1976)
, 1h49Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Actors Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser, Jack Watson, Queenie Watts
Rating57%
When figure skater Samantha Gray (Lynne Frederick) married to England's businessman Alan Falconer (John Leyton), a sinister man from her past; William Haskin (Jack Watson)started stalking her, making Samantha depressed. Then the murder start.
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
, 1h44Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley, Sheila Keith, Stewart Bevan
Rating63%
A deranged priest takes it upon himself to punish his parishioners for their moral transgressions.
Frightmare (1974)
, 1h28Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Leo Genn, Paul Greenwood, Victor Winding, David McGillivray
Rating62%
In an isolated farmhouse, a woman named Dorothy Yates lives with her husband. Dorothy has just been released from a mental institution after it was found she was a cannibal who killed and partially ate at least six people in 1957. Her husband, Edmund Yates was convicted as well but we come to find out that he only faked his dementia in order to remain with his wife. He was a truly devoted husband who loved his wife dearly but really had nothing to do with the actual murders in 1957 and in the present.
House of Whipcord (1974)
, 1h42Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Ray Brooks, Patrick Barr, Sheila Keith, Penny Irving, Ann Michelle, Ivor Salter
Rating58%
The film opens with a semi-nude young woman running down a highway and being picked up by a trucker.
Tiffany Jones (1973)
, 1h30Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Eric Pohlmann, Damien Thomas, Anouska Hempel, Alan Curtis, Ray Brooks, Martin Benson
Rating47%