The Confession – FrightFest 2025 Movie Review
First Reaction – The Confession is a great creepy haunting story.
Director: Will Canon
Writer: Will Canon (Screenplay)
Cast
- Scott Mechlowicz (Eurotrip)
- Terence Rosemore (Haunted Mansion)
- Italia Ricci (The Remaining)
- Allie McCulloch (The Glorias)
- Zachary Golinger (A Quiet Place Part II)
Plot: When a struggling musician moves back into her childhood home, she discovers a recording of her deceased father confessing to a grisly murder he claims to have committed to protect himself from an unknown evil force. As her young son exhibits increasingly unsettling behavior, she becomes more and more desperate in her attempts to stop the evil.
Runtime: 1 Hour 27 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Confession starts when Naomi (Ricci) struggles with her new life as a single mother of Dylan (Golinger). Her old journalist friend Grayson (Mechlowicz) visits and Naomi discovers an old tape her father recorded.
Naomi discovers a dark secret and between herself and Grayson they begin to investigate his secret. However, much darker events begin happening and leading to them needing to solve a much bigger mystery.
Verdict on The Confession
Recap
The movie follows a musician who moves back into her family home. However, she makes a disturbing secret about her father and now her son has become the target for something which has controlled her family for years.
Best Parts
The mystery behind what has been changing is very interesting and keeps us wanting to see what the next chapter will be. It doesn’t hold back, with the reveal of the father’s sin, rather than slowly learning the truth. However, it steps into the haunting connection with a bigger story needed. Elsewhere, it tackles a bigger historical error, which has caused the larger amount of pain. The performance are good and the scare are effective.
Worst Parts
The kid is written in an annoying way and that comes from the opening introduction with the clash with the goat.
Final Thoughts – The Confession is an entertaining paranormal investigation horror.
