Review by Dennis D. McDonald

There are scores of junky independent horror movies on Amazon Prime but Hellmouth is head and shoulders above the crowd.

We follow our about-to-retire and gravely ill gravedigger hero as he is assigned “one more job” in a distant cemetery. On his way there he encounters a Beautiful Woman with a Secret. He becomes ensnared with her backstory, escaped convicts, and supernatural links to Hell.

What starts out as a seeming throwback to 50’s film noir soon evolves into a CGI-heavy twilight world of creatures, pits, demonic possession, and hallucinatory set pieces reminiscent at times of Sin City.

It’s quite a ride. Holding everything together is a standout performance by Stephen McHattie as the haunted gravedigger/hero as we experience his increasingly bizarre and emotionally draining encounters with a weird world that seems dedicated to preventing his ever seeing real daylight. Recommended.

Review copyright (c) 2021 by Dennis D. McDonald

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