House of Mortal Sin [Blu-ray]

Director: Peter Walker, Pete Walker Peter Walker

Overview

British sleaze artist Pete Walker applies his characteristic sleazy, ultra-violent touch to this audacious, Catholic-bashing tale. A deranged, sex-mad priest (Anthony Sharpe) exploits the sanctity of his office as a means of harassing young women who confide their sins in his confessional, recording their confessions in order to blackmail them into doing his vile bidding. Eventually, evidence of these transgressions reaches other members of his parish (including his mother), prompting him to bump them off in creative ways, utilizing the trappings of his profession -- strangulation by rosary, arsenic-laced communion wafers, bludgeoning by incense burner, etc. Much criticism has been leveled against this film for its unabashed attacks on Catholicism, but it's really Walker's trademark amoral approach to filmmaking that elicits a strong urge to take a hot bath after viewing.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2014
UPC:	0738329131623
Original Release:	1975
Rating:	R
Source:	Redemption
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	36,644

Special Features

Pete Walker: an Eye for Terror, Part 2," an interview with Pete Walker, by Elijah Drenner; Audio commentary by director Pete Walker and Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic; Pete Walker trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Sharp	Father Xavier Meldrum
Susan Penhaligon	Jenny Welch
Stephanie Beacham	Vanessa Welch
Norman Eshley	Bernard
Sheila Keith	Miss Brabazon
Hilda Barry	Mrs. Meldrum
Stewart Beven	Terry
Julia McCarthy	Mrs. Davey
Jon Yule	Robert
Mervyn Johns	Father Duggan
Victor Winding	Dr. Gaudio
Kim Butcher	Valerie
Bill Kerr	Davey
Ivor Salter	Gravedigger
Jack Allen	GP
Jane Hayward	Nurse
Andrew Sachs	Man in Church
Austin King	Boy at Presbytery
Melinda Clancy	Girl at Presbytery
Stanley Myers	Composer

Technical Credits

Peter Walker

David McGillivray

Peter Walker	Director,Screenwriter,Producer,Producer,Director
David McGillivray	Screenwriter