'House of mortal sin' has an eerie premise, and some scenes on their own work okay, but there is too much silliness going on. Our leading pretty lady all too easily takes back her lover who had left her just the day before, only for the purpose of having our baddie kill the wrong guy. Then on to our baddie, who turns out to be a very silly mama's boy who never knew about the woman who really loved him all along. Or maybe he did and never cared; when she finally offs herself he is none to bothered. There are plenty of other questions popping up from time to time; why does the mother of the first 'murdered' woman not go to the police when she sees a body being buried (or at least write down that information in case she doesn't make it)? How can the disabled mother of Xavier write on a piece of paper, hide it from the ones who take care of her and know who to trust with it? Et cetera, and so on.
It cóuld have worked, but it didn't. Sure, some scenes are atmospheric, some parts are utterly creepy, the kills are quite gruesome and the soundtrack is mostly just fine for a b-horror movie, but it never becomes more than that. Especially with the tagline on the poster in mind: 'The Omen', 'The exorcist', 'The Confessional' (the latter being the alternative title to this one), the unholy trinity is now complete. That's pretty pretentious...
A small 6 out of 10.
It cóuld have worked, but it didn't. Sure, some scenes are atmospheric, some parts are utterly creepy, the kills are quite gruesome and the soundtrack is mostly just fine for a b-horror movie, but it never becomes more than that. Especially with the tagline on the poster in mind: 'The Omen', 'The exorcist', 'The Confessional' (the latter being the alternative title to this one), the unholy trinity is now complete. That's pretty pretentious...
A small 6 out of 10.