Pete Walker (born 4 July 1939) is an English film director, writer, and producer specialising in horror and sexploitation films, frequently combining the two.
Walker was born on 4 July 1939 in Brighton, England, the son of comic Syd Walker and a showgirl mother. He began his performing career as a stand-up comic while a teenager, but quit at age 19.
Walker made films such as Die Screaming, Marianne, The Flesh and Blood Show, House of Whipcord, Frightmare, House of Mortal Sin, Schizo, The Comeback, and House of the Long Shadows. His films often feature sadistic authority figures, such as priests or judges, punishing peopleusually young womenwho do not conform to their strict personal moral codes. Because of the speed with which he had to make his films, Walker often used the same actors, including Andrew Sachs and Sheila Keith.
Walker retired from filmmaking to focus on buying and restoring cinemas.
Asked whether his films have hidden depths, Walker replied: "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."