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.
SPECIAL FEATURES - Audio Commentary with Pete Walker and "English Gothic" Author Jonathan Rigby
- Courting Controversy: And Insider's Look at the Films of Pete Walker featuring interviews with Director Pete Walker, Scriptwriter David McGillivray, Director of Photography Peter Jessop and others
- Sheila Keith - A Nice Old Lady?: A Dedication to Pete Walker's Cult Actress and Icon of British Film Horror
- Theatrical Trailers
- Photo Gallery
ITEM SPECIFICS
Region: | 1 - USA and Canada (NTSC) | Rating: | 18 | Year: | 1976 | Duration: | 100 minutes | Label: | Shriek Show | Ratio: | Widescreen | Cast: | Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley, Shiela Keith, Hilda Barry, Stewart Bevan, Julia McCarthy, Jon Yule, Mervyn Johns, Kim Butcher, Victor Winding, Bill Kerr & Ivor Salter
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