House of Mortal Sin (1976)

overview : Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.

Release Date : Feb 03, 1976

Runtime : 1h 44m

Genre : Horror  

Companies : Peter Walker (Heritage) Ltd.

Countries : United Kingdom

Keywords : suicide, confession, murder, priest, church, catholic church, catholic priest, proto-slasher, elder abuse, death by poisoning