The Hairdresser and Clean Sweep

‘The Hairdresser’ and ‘Clean Sweep’ are two movies made by Cavern Spanking about 1995. ‘The Hairdresser’ is 26-minutes long and ‘Clean Sweep’ is 40-minutes long.  I don’t know how the movies were originally released in the UK but they were eventually included on the Moonglow North Compendium tapes N09 and N10.  ‘The Hairdresser’, retitled as ‘Spanked Hairdresser’ and another movie ‘Call Girl Caning’ were released together in the US as part of CalStar’s English Discipline Series.  This CalStar release is currently available on video on demand websites such as www.hotmovies.com.  I haven't found any indication that 'Clean Sweep' was ever released by CalStar.

‘The Hairdresser’ (Cavern on-line catalogue number 23A) and ‘Clean Sweep’ (Cavern on-line catalogue number 28A) are two movies with a very confusing history.  My first exposure to the confusion came from a listing on the Bottommarks website (www.bottommarks.com) where the description for the movie ‘C.P. Admin.’ (K10790) starts with “The first 26 minutes of this video (The Hairdresser) is just a shorter version of the full 40 minute iShare discipline video K-10397 entitled A Clean Sweep …”.  Unfortunately, that’s not correct, the two movies are set in the same location and they may have been filmed at the same time but they are two different movies.  The confusion continues when CalStar (as they often did) renamed ‘The Hairdresser’ as ‘Spanked Hairdresser’.  The two movies were called ‘Spanked Hairdresser’ and ‘The Lazy Hairdresser’ when a number of Cavern movies were repackaged into the Moonglow North Compendium tapes after 1997.  ‘Clean Sweep’ was omitted from the Moonglow North Compendiums when the VHS tapes were rearranged during their transfer to DVD.  This is all too confusing so I will just use the original Cavern names for simplicity.

‘The Hairdresser’ is a 26-minute long movie made in 1995.  It features Alison Payne in a role where she is not spanked.  I don’t know of any other movie in her entire career where this happens.  The movie opens with Sue (played by Alison) at a hair salon.  The stylist, Rita, is played by a woman who also appears in the Cavern movie ‘Professional Misconduct’.   There is a lengthy opening scene with Alison and Rita in the salon and they are briefly joined by the owner at about the 6-minute mark.  Trouble ensues just after the 7-minute mark.  Rita has cut more than Alison wanted and she is not happy.  The owner hears the ruckus and he returns to find out what is happening.  Sue storms out and the owner is angry because this isn’t Rita’s first mistake.  He decides that discipline is required so he takes her over his knee for a spanking that can only be described as ‘light’.  Soon her skirt is up and not long after her panties come down.  After the spanking he has her take her skirt and panties off and kneel, first on a couch and then a salon chair, for a session with 2 straps and a riding crop.  Finally, he orders her to undress and lean on a counter in front of a mirror for about 20 strokes of the cane which are much harder than anything that had preceded them.

‘The Hairdresser’ has its moments, most of then during the final caning, but it isn’t a great movie.  It drags in the first 10 minutes and the early punishments are unremarkable.  There are also problems with the camera position during the strapping, which results in the owner standing between the camera and Rita, but they make much better use of the mirror in the final scenes.

‘Clean Sweep’ is set in the same hair salon and features the same owner, ‘Mr. Jones’, but a different stylist.  The stylist is lounging on the couch when the owner comes in and starts complaining about the mess.  He gives her a slap on the bottom when she finally stands and bends over to pick up a few items and then he pulls her over he knee and begins spanking her (this movie doesn’t have a long opening scene like the one in ‘The Hairdresser’).  But, this spanking, like the one in the previous movie, isn’t terribly effective so he soon decides to call for help.

Mr. Jones puts in a call for help to Joe Stewart at the ‘C.P. Administration Agency’ who agrees to bring the ‘specialist equipment’.  He arrives at the appointed time, near the 6-minute mark of the movie, and brings in his equipment.  He introduces himself to the stylist, arranges his equipment and then takes her over his knee for a hand spanking that is much harder than the one given by the owner.  Her pants come down and the hand spanking continues until he tells her to stand facing the wall while he prepares for the next step.  He gives her a change of clothes and sends her off to change.  There is an awkward scene with a clock that says it takes her 15 minutes to change but eventually she returns in a gray pinafore and she is soon back over his knee for more spanking.  She starts giggling during the spanking so he decides to move on to the strap and the diaper position.  The strapping is firm but she continues to make insolent comments throughout it and she finally starts giggling again so he switches to a studded strap with her kneeling on the couch.  One more insolent comment leads to a flurry of hard strokes and soon her panties come down.  

There is a brief interlude, during which time her pinafore comes off, then he has her bend over the back of a chair and he moves on to a wooden spoon.   A few strokes of the spoon produce a strong response from her, and some very pronounced marks on her bottom.  Then it’s on to the cane for 5 firm strokes.  This movie follows a different trajectory than most in that the cane isn’t the end of the punishment.  The final 15 minutes are a mixture of straps, paddles and canes in a variety of different positions.  Her demeanor changes noticeably through this final session and her insolent comments largely, but don’t completely disappear.  The session ends with her standing on the couch and holding onto a coat rack for a few final smacks with both the leather paddle and the cane.

I like ‘Clean Sweep’ much more than its prequel although it does start to drag a bit toward the end.  Lorrayne, who I liked as the Secretary in 'Penalty Strokes 2' also plays the stylist here and it is her insolence and her reactions that make the movie for me.  There are a few technical problems, including the camera operators’ hand in the frame at one point, but they aren’t too bad.  My one regret is that the stylist is never naked at any point in her punishment but it seems as though nudity is less common in Cavern movies then it is in movies from some other producers.