Curse of the Sin Eater

Curse of the Sin Eater is a pretty original making of a historical ritual. According to Wikipedia: "A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person."

However, this movie takes a historical idea and gives it very unique twists and turns. You need however to fight the urge to skip forward to see how it ends.

Elizabeth Laidlaw and Larry Yando give a masterful performance, and the cast of characters blends quite well.

If you manage to predict the amazing ending then congratulate yourself, and buy yourself a prize. I hope there will be a sequel.

Sin Eaters exist in folklore, and take on the transgressions of a deceased person. It's a notion full of possibilities for a modern horror film. But they are never realized here. There is not enough horror to call this a horror film, and not enough suspense to call it a thriller. The main inspiration seems to be Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, with a stern-faced housekeeper overseeing a forbidding mansion. But even this isn't fully exploited. A few setups show some promise to bring this up a notch, but the execution is lacking and the ideas are never fleshed out.

Basically, it feels like a made-for-cable film on a tight budget. The acting from everyone is bland. Nothing in it is particularly memorable or noteworthy. It gets three stars because there is lots worse on streaming services, but there is also lots better.

Great story from and old religious belief.

New Director , unknown actors , Carter Shimp Great performance, Elizabeth Laidlaw also Good, Director Justin Denton, Great Full lenght first movie, they all make it a Super great Horror movie, IF you want easy to see Great Horror, se the Scream films, IF you lika odd Great horror se Curse of the sin eater, last time I saw a Great Odd new Horror was in 1990 , it took 33 yesrs to make a new kind of Horror, I hope all the cast will keep on going. And make a follow upp to this Great film, this Will be called a Classic in the future, just like Carpenters Halloween.

I don't agree with the <5 rating this movie is getting. I always read some reviews before i rite mine to see what others say in cases like thins, and the one thing I will agree with is that it is somewhat predictable in areas. I mean, what exactly would you expect if you ate and took on the sins of another, but I really think people should know what they are getting into when they watch a movie about something like that. Let's face it, if another Friday the 13th came out, wouldn't it be predictable that Jason would kill a bunch of people, get killed in the end, but not really killed? All of that being said, I found Curse of the Sin Eater to be a worthwhile watch. It's not going to go down as one of the greatest movies of all time, but it's a LOT better than some of the stuff they throw at us these days!

When I sat down to watch the 2024 movie "Curse of the Sin Eater" from director Justin Denton, I had never actually heard about it. But the movie's cover proved interesting enough, and the fact that it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, and given my fascination with the horror genre, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch the movie.

I literally had no idea what I was in for here, so writers Adam Davis and Will Corona Pilgrim essentially had every opportunity to impress and entertain me.

The narrative is a slow burn. You need to venture well over halfway through the movie before things start to happen. And truth be told, I have to admit that my interest in the story was waning at that point. So writers Adam Davis and Will Corona Pilgrim sort of dropped the ball and never got it back on track.

The cast ensemble in the movie were all actors and actresses that I wasn't familiar with. And that is actually something that spoke in favor of the movie, as I enjoy watching unfamiliar talents on the screen. And I will say, that despite a subpar script and storyline, then the acting performances in "Curse of the Sin Eater" were fair.

Visually then you're not in for a grand experience in horror cinema. There were some simplistic special effects throughout the course of the movie, but it was hardly sufficient to boost the movie up and out of the mediocre lane.

My rating of director Justin Denton's 2024 movie "Curse of the Sin Eater" lands on a three out of ten stars.