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House of Mortal Sin (1976)
Directed by Pete Walker
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.
Rated R | Length 104 minutes
Actors
Anthony Sharp | Susan Penhaligon | Stephanie Beacham | Norman Eshley | Sheila Keith | Hilda Barry | Stewart Bevan | Julia McCarthy | John Yule | Victor Winding | Bill Kerr | Jack Allen | Kim Butcher | Ivor Salter | Andrew Sachs | Jane Hayward | Mervyn Johns