The sentinel 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The sentinelll do until some other movie with bevery dangelo as a creepy lesbian masturbating in a leotard comes along. Chris sarandon, cristina raines, martin balsam akas. The film, edited by winner under the pseudonym arnold crust, sticks with viewers because of its crisp cinematography, taut screenplay, and star.
The gates of hell spill open and all of satans minions come forth to terrorize and unleash more evil into the world. Scene after scene is cynically set up purely to manipulate the sadovoyeurism of the audience but, because the story is wildly incoherent, nobody cared and the movie which had a thenhuge budget of. The sentinel is a movie that evaded me for decades. The sentinel is a 1977 american supernatural horror film directed by michael winner, and starring cristina raines, chris sarandon, ava gardner, burgess meredith, sylvia miles and eli wallach. Thankfully, every now and then you come upon a somewhat wellknown horror film you just havent gotten around to watching yet. The sentinel 1977 a commitmentshy new york fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers shes sitting on the gateway to hell. The sentinel 1977 is another extraordinary occult film whose ambiance benefits from being shot on location in brooklyn heights and manhattan.
The sentinel is a grubby, grotesque excursion into religioso psychodrama, notable for uniformly poor performances by a large cast of familiar names and direction that is hysterical and heavy. Of course i have to check it out to see how wimpy my friends are and to, hopefully, make myself feel better about my answer to whats the scariest movie youve ever seen. A friend once told me that they consider the sentinel to be the scariest movie theyve ever seen. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48 hours to finish it.
Secret service agent pete garrison michael douglas investigates a colleagues murder and subsequently becomes a suspect due to the machinations of a blackmailer who knows the secret he is hiding. Watch the sentinel 1977 full movie online 123movie watch the sentinel 1977 123movies online for free. The sentinel is a grubby, grotesque excursion into religioso psychodrama, notable for uniformly poor performances by a large cast of familiar names and direction that is hysterical and heavyhanded. A series of strange encounters with her eccentric neighbors leaves her paranoid and on edge. The sentinel has a reasonable idea, of an agent failing in the polygraph test due to his love affair with the first lady, but the screenplay does not have any care for the characters. Christina raines is a fine actress but she isnt given much to do here, not helped by the fact that apparently director michael winner was a complete shit to her on set, and once she survives this horrific encounter with. Sentinel, less a horror film than dull the new york times.
The sentinel is a supernatural horror film from 1977 that was produced by universal studios to profit from the recent successes of films such as the exorcist, amityville horror, and the omen. Not ready for marriage, a fashion model moves into an unbelievably cheap brooklyn heights apartment. The running time should be longer and not waste in so many exaggerated details relative to the protection of the american president, and give more attention to. So i should have loved the sentinel, with the tagline shes living in the gateway to hell. The sentinel 1977, chris sarandon horror movie videospace. The sentinel 1977 stream and watch online moviefone. It stars christina raines and chris sarandon, with a supporting cast that includes martin balsam, john carradine, jose ferrer, ava gardner, burgess meredith, and eli wallach. At night, ghouls forever embedded in my mind after three decades of horror films still lurk behind it. Breaking up with her boyfriend, michael chris sarandon, alison relocates to an apartment in a brownstone building where the only other tenant is a withdrawn blind priest john carradine.
As to the morality of using real freaks in movies, students of such ethical questions could do worse than to study tod brownings freaks 1932 in relation to the. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a. Can anyone confirm whether this film is related to the eerily similar hp lovecraft story the music of erich zann, about a tennant who complains about the music created by the only other tennant in the building, a man wh. Chris sarandon saves the sentinel from its own excess. Movies like the sentinel 1977 if you like the sentinel you are looking for scary, psychological and suspenseful movies about with murder, supernatural, ghost, demon, hell, model and woman in danger themes of horror genre shot in usa. Take a look back at the early roles of some of hollywoods heavy hitters. The sentinel full full movie, the sentinel full full movie streaming the sentinel full movie engsub watch the sentinel full english full movie online the sentinel full film online watch the. The sentinel 33 michael finds alison 1977 hd youtube. Cristina raines, burgess meredith, chris sarandon directed by.
Released 1977, the sentinel stars cristina raines, ava gardner, chris sarandon, martin balsam the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. And as for the poor freaks, i am sure they appreciated the humanitarian concerns of not being exploited anymore. I love religious horror films like the omen, the exorcist, rosemarys baby, and most recently this is the end. The sentinel is a supernatural horror film from 1977 that was produced by universal studios to profit from the recent successes of films such as. I probably viewed the sentinel at an age when i shouldnt have. The sentinel a hidden horror gem 40 years later cryptic rock. An unfair assessment discounting the film, the sentinel stands on its. A 1977 horror film directed by michael winner, adapted from the novel of the same name by jeffrey konvitz who also produced the film and wrote its screenplay adaptation with winner. The sentinel 1977 full movie download full hd youtube. The sentinel 1977 the sentinel is a movie that evaded me for decades. So, if you just read about this 1977 horror flick, the sentinel not to be confused with the michael douglas film of the same name that came out about a decade back, or your dads favorite.
I love religious horror films like the omen, the exorcist, rosemarys. Michael finds alison hiding in this clip from the sentinel. The sentinel is a 1977 american supernatural horror film directed by michael winner, and starring cristina raines, chris sarandon, ava gardner, burgess. Not a great movie by any means, the sentinel is cheesy and poorly written, but its also mediocre enough to hold your. That alone would have made me see this movie, but the fact that. If the movie industry is going to go on turning out works about satanism. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
Beverly dangelo made her film debut in the sentinel, which almost ended her career before it started. Anyway, the sentinel is an abject lesson in how not to make an exploitation film. Remembering how much i loved and was terrified by the film growing up, i couldnt resist buying a copy of the dvd version for myself recently so that i would always be able to watch it when i felt like it. A deeper look at michael winners leering 1977 theological horror film the sentinel. She begins having strange physical problems as well as trouble sleeping at night combined with nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. The sentinel seems little more than a pile of outtakes. The film stars cristina raines as a fashion model who moves into a fantastic apartment in a converted brooklyn brownstone. If the movie industry is going to go on turning out works about satanism, perhaps some of the larger film schools should consider adding a course in theology, or at least pastoral protocol. Watch the sentinel starring michael douglas in this suspense on directv. When you have seen many, many horror films there comes a point in your moviewatching where youre really scraping the bottom of the barrel more often than not. Christina raines as alison in horror film the sentinel 1977 alison is a.
Pirie criticised the movie for being derivative of rosemarys baby, the exorcist and the omen. The sentinel 1977 is a halloween horror, drama movie starring cristina raines and chris sarandon. The sentinel is a 1977 american horror film based on the 1974 novel of the same name by jeffrey konvitz, who also. The sentinel is a 1977 american supernatural horror film directed by michael winner, and. The sentinel 1977 123movies 123 movies watch full movie. For michael winner, better known for crime films death wish, death wish 2, death wish 3, the mechanic, scorpio, the big sleep, the sentinel was the first and only horror film he directed. Premiering in new york city on january 8th of 1977, the story of the. Its funny how the passage of time can change ones perspective on a film and this is exactly how i feel about the movie, the sentinel 1977. The big moment in the sentinel not exactly a surprise, as it was prominently featured in the paperback cover art and on the movie poster for the film is the rising of the demons and denizens of hell. A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil. What are horror films but morality tales whose serpentine roots lie deeply grounded in campfire ghost stories.
The cast to this movie ranks up there as one of the best that ive ever seen together in one movie. The sentinel 1977 a new york city model with a troubled past, alison parker cristina raines decides to make some changes in her life. The sentinel is a 2006 american political actionthriller film directed by clark johnson about a veteran united states secret service special agent who is suspected as a traitor after an attempted assassination of the president reveals that someone within the service is providing information to the assassins. Shes living in the gateway to hell a commitmentshy new york fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers shes sitting on the gateway to hell. New york film locations from the movie the sentinel starring cristina raines. But the main reason for this discomfort is the sentinel released in 1977. This page should be moved to the sentinel 1977 film as there is a 2006 film with the same name. Clerks premiered at the sundance film festival 26 years ago, so we asked kevin smith 26 questions about the festival. It also features christopher walken, jeff goldblum, john carradine, jerry orbach, tom berenger, nana visitor and beverly dangelo in supporting roles. Fortunately, a minor role in annie hall 1977 garnered her a number of hits, including every which way but loose 1978, hair. Its funny how the passage of time can change ones perspective on a filmand this is exactly how i feel about the movie, the sentinel 1977. The sentinel was released theatrically by universal pictures on february 11, 1977.
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