House Of Mortal Sin [DVD] [2015]

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We might have reached the end of my Pete Walker journey. I might try to make it to some of the other films available on Arrow Player before they are removed, but I don't think I'm going to have time. a disappointment, although it has its moments...The script relies too much on mild sacrilege for its effects, instead of concentrating on more interesting aspects of religious repression." ~ Time Out [5] Irreligion which is evidenced: in tempting Godby word or deed; in sacrilege, which profanes sacred persons or sacred things, above all the Eucharist; and in simony, which involves the buying or selling of spiritual things. It doesn't take much plot before we find out, but in the meantime we're treated to a brief introduction to the rest of the cast - young priest Bernard Cutler, who very nearly runs over friend Jenny (Susan Penhaligon) in his car, Jenny's boyfriend (typical 70s bloke complete with comedy cravat), who's busy moving OUT of their flat above Jenny's sister's (Stephanie Beacham) shop.

OF MORTAL SINS ALL CATHOLICS SHOULD KNOW. A GENERAL LIST OF MORTAL SINS ALL CATHOLICS SHOULD KNOW.

House of Mortal Sin sees British exploitation legends David McGillivray and Pete Walker having fun at the expense of Catholicism, depicting the murderous antics of a sexually frustrated Catholic priest with a mother complex whose mind has been twisted by a lifetime of repressed carnal urges. It should be a whole lot of salacious silliness, but sadly falls short of the mark. Anthony Sharp gives a good performance in his role as Father Xavier Meldrum, the priest whose actions make him a really unlikeable character, while Susan Penhaligon is decent as Jenny, the young woman who is determined to try and get away from the priest, but she knows it won’t be easy. and avoiding all sins, especially the mortal sins ( negative) which are the cause of Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Passion and Death on the Cross. More broadly, the Catechism says that “grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments” (1858), pointing to Jesus’ words to the rich young man. When the man asks him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”, Jesus answers, “You know the commandments: ‘Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother’” (Mark 10:17,19). Jesus’ clear implication seems to be that those who do commit adultery, steal, etc. shall not inherit eternal life. House of Mortal Sin (also known as The Confessional and The Confessional Murders) is a 1976 British horror slasher film directed and produced by Pete Walker. It was scripted by David McGillivray from a story by Walker. [1] Its plot concerns a deranged priest who takes it upon himself to punish his parishioners for their moral transgressions. [2] Plot [ edit ]It's almost as if he could see into the future, or maybe he knew what only a few people did, but this was a time well before the truth came out about the perversions which The Church…

House of Mortal Sin (1976) | BFI

Catholic priest Father Xavier Meldrum (Anthony Sharp) becomes obsessed with parishioner Jenny Welch (Susan Penhaligon) who unwisely pays a visit to his confessional after a break-up with her boyfriend. Excited by the gorgeous young woman, but unable to have her, Meldrum is driven to kill using rosary beads, a flaming incense burner and poisoned communion wafers as his weapons. This sin destroys charity in us, deprives us of sanctifying grace, and, if unrepented, leads us to the eternal death of hell. It can be forgiven in the ordinary way by means of the sacraments of Baptism and of Penance or Reconciliation. See as well Catechism of the Catholic Church nos. 1855-1861, 1874. Paced nicely with some solid kills and some standout tension despite limited resources, House of Mortal Sin features a doozy of a turn from Anthony Sharp as a obsessive murderous priest who’s just keen enough to go under the radar when it comes to investigative suspicions despite spitting out ramblings of an overbearing delusional maniac who gets his ya-ya’s off while overseeing confession. Haven’t watched this in quite a long time and it was just the late night excursion into seedy giallo-esque trash that I needed.SINCE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE FORMULATED IN A GENERAL MANNER AND TO HELP PEOPLE DISCERN IF THE MORAL OBJECT OF THEIR ACTIONS ARE OF GRAVE MATTER,BELOW IS A LIST OF MATTERSCONSIDERED GRAVE– WITHOUT PRETENDING TO BE EXHAUSTIVE -, ACCORDING TO COMPENDIUM OF CATHECISM AND THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Anthony Sharp gives the best performance of his career as the sexually-frustrated priest. This is a significant departure from his usual supporting roles as an authority figure in the form of a government official. He shows us a very self-tormented man, indulging in self-pity due to guilt at his own choices, harbouring perverse desires and feeling resentful of his mother for persuading him to become a priest. In other scenes, he shows someone who is cold, heartless, twisted and merciless. At all times, he gives everyone except the viewer and his victims the impression of being the genuinely respectable man of the moral high ground that people in the community regard him as. This surprised me by its sense of urgency - the writer-director had a point to make and did - with a straight ahead drive, never straying from powering the plot along with extraneous moments. I'd have guessed its running time to be less than 104 minutes.