Here's the IMDB description: "A collection of paintings unleash horror on an unsuspecting family corrupted by the seven deadly sins of greed, envy, gluttony, lust, sloth, pride, and wrath."

Here's the B&S About Movies description: The movie starts with a near-insane looking Richard Grieco screaming at his family about a painting, yelling "No respect for art!" and throwing his suit jacket about the room.

Oh yeah - they kind of made this movie for me.

Rolfe Kanefsky may sound like the name of a Paul Naschy character, but the writer and director is the son of Victor, who edited Ganja & Hess and Bloodsucking Freaks. His first movie was There's Nothing Out There and he's continued his career with all manner of movies that speak directly to me, like adaptions of Milo Manara comic books like Click and Butterscotch, as well as an entire series of Emmanuelle films that take her into space and into battle versus Dracula. He's also found the time to write kids' movies like Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon and family features such as Puppy Swap Love Unleashed.

Behold! What is that scratchy voice and who does it belong to? It's Tara Reid! Man, if the Italian horror machine was still in full swing, she'd be getting menaced by leather-gloved maniacs and her legs groped by the undead. Such a shame!

Jessica Morris, who was once on One Life to Live, also shows up. She's appeared in a bunch of streaming horror films as of late. Hey - don't knock paying work.

This is a fine slab of complete ridiculousness and reaffirms my faith in the world. All movies should start out with Detective Dennis Booker blowing himself away.

After being auctioned off together, a well-to-do family buys a collection of paintings with a supposedly cursed lineage throughout history and puts them up around the house, only to soon find themselves becoming affected by the paintings and must find out the curse's origins to stop it.

Overall, this one was quite an enjoyable and entertaining effort. One of the strongest aspects of the film is a wholly engaging and immersive supernatural aspect to the entire setup. Bringing together the idea of the various paintings containing a vibrant backstory of supernatural influence and forcing them to carry out graphic acts of carnage and mutilation is a solid start before adding on the religious connections. Utilizing the concept of the Seven Deadly Sins is a slightly cliched take on the material but manages to imbue a special touch later on when it comes to how they affect the family based on the particular painting they become associated with. With the proper personalities falling victim to the various sins, there's a valid connection within the film between these areas. On top of that setup, when the film puts those into the practice of exploring the supernatural influences the film has fun letting loose with some dramatic flair. A fantastic opening scene featuring a former owner imagining a brutal attack on his family before having the paintings attack him is a strong start, as are the fun scenes of the paintings impacting the lives of various personnel around the auction before they arrive at the house. The hallucinations and interactions that we see the family fall into come across well due to the influx of the religious connotations and allows for a wide array of wild and enjoyable sequences. While these are fine, the real fun comes in the final half where they've become fully invested by the paintings which result not only in far more outlandish special effects for their transformations but also featuring wilder actions that are enjoyable to watch as well as come from fine setup work. Overall, these are what work well with the film. There are a few minor issues here. The biggest problem is a rather goofy series of technical qualms that are strikingly at odds with the rest of the movie. The fact that the paintings are given a distinctive voiceover depicting their growing possession and influence they're bringing out on the family feels completely awkward and out-of-place in the film. Just as out-of-place is the series of hallucinations featuring his muse influencing the family, starting with telling him to look beyond what he knows and start to take inspiration elsewhere to the interactions with the sexually frustrated wife. He doesn't need to be a presence as much as he is in here when he takes on the role of narrative dump with all the exposition about the history of his pain and the curse of the paintings, a trope that's goofy, silly and was bound to happen anyway making this method of integration into the story feel rather clumsy. These are what hold the film down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity and a strong scene of sexuality.

In the land of the Mahal Empire, seven paintings were done in 1891 by Dorian Wilde (Danny Tesla). They are all animal paintings representing the seven deadly sins. Together they are called "The Sinsation Collection." People who look at the paintings commit the sin of the painting as it possesses them. Lion-wrath, frog-greed, goat-lust, pig- gluttony, snail-sloth, pride-peacock, snake-envy. So a sloth can't be sloth? The Wilson family buys the paintings from auctioneer Tara Reid who has a minor but recurring role. They hang them in the various rooms of the house. Let the fun begin.

This reminded a bit of 80's horror in that it was fun to watch without anyone attempting to make a statement. Just simple, almost mindless entertainment. On a different note, the seven characters on Gilligan's Island were also based on the seven deadly sins. I would have added a star had that been playing as background on the TV.

Guide: F-word, sex. nudity (Ria Rose, Enna Morgan, + one other)