House of Mortal Sin

House of Mortal Sin
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Directed by	Pete Walker
Produced by	Pete Walker
Written by	David McGillivray
Starring	Anthony Sharp Susan Penhaligon Stephanie Beacham Norman Eshley Sheila Keith
Music by	Stanley Myers
Cinematography	Peter Jessop
Edited by	John Black
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date	February, 1976 (UK)
Running time	104 min.
Country	UK
Language	English

House of Mortal Sin (also known as The Confessional and The Confessional Murders) is a low budget 1976 British horror film directed by Pete Walker. It was scripted by David McGillivray from a story by Walker. Its plot concerns a deranged priest who takes it upon himself to punish his parishioners for their moral transgressions.

The poster tag line read: "tortured by desires his vows forbid... master of a house of mortal sin!"

Troubled young Jenny (Susan Penhaligon) enters the confessional of her local church, and bares her soul to elderly priest Father Meldrum (Anthony Sharp). Apparently obsessed with her, Meldrum begins to stalk the distressed Jenny and blackmail her with a tape recording of her confession. Seeing himself as the dispenser of "divine justice", Meldrum tortures his victims with guilt, murdering those in his way with such diverse means as incense burners and poisoned holy wafers.