It runs 92 minutes and is rated r for sexual situations and nudity, violence gore and frightening intense scenes. The sentinel 1977 is another extraordinary occult film whose ambiance benefits from being shot on location in brooklyn heights and manhattan. Currently, it is father halliran, but that night, alison is to become the next sentinel upon his passing. It also features christopher walken, jeff goldblum, john carradine, jerry orbach, tom berenger, nana visitor and beverly dangelo in supporting roles. Oct 08, 2016 only in the satanic panic of the 70s could there be a crazy, overstuffed occult thriller like the sentinel 1977, based on a novel by jeffrey konvitz describing the portal to hell as located in a new york brownstone apartment building. A deeper look at michael winners leering 1977 theological horror film the sentinel.
Even though its an older movie it will keep you on your seat. 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. Another downside to seeing so many films is that by the 35 minute mark i have the plot figured out, that did not happen with this movie. The sentinel is a 1977 american horror film based on the 1974 novel of the same name by jeffrey konvitz, who also. Though there are brief pieces of evidence of natural wearandtear, this transfer is otherwise gorgeous and surprisingly clear, even through a somewhat heavier grain than some might anticipate. Watch the sentinel online stream full movie directv. The sentinel michael winner, chris sarandon, cristina.
Breaking up with her boyfriend, michael chris sarandon. The sentinel 1977 a new york city model with a troubled past, alison parker cristina raines decides to make some changes in her life. 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. Fortunately, a minor role in annie hall 1977 garnered. When new york fashion model cristina raines splits with her fiance chris sarandon and moves into an old brownstone, she soon discovers she has more than she bargained for in the lease. The sentinel 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. But the main reason for this discomfort is the sentinel released in 1977. Watch the sentinel starring michael douglas in this suspense on directv. At night, ghouls forever embedded in my mind after three decades of horror films still lurk behind it. When a beautiful model, alison parker cristina raines, rents an apartment in a gloomy new york brownstone, little does she realize the unspeakable horrors that await her behind its. Thankfully, every now and then you come upon a somewhat wellknown horror film you just havent gotten around to watching yet and it turns out to be a solid film. Michael finds alison hiding in this clip from the sentinel. The sentinel 1977 123movies 123 movies watch full movie. 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.
Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. 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. The sentinel bluray disc, 2015 for sale online ebay. 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. The sentinel is a 1977 american supernatural horror film directed by michael winner, and starring cristina raines, chris sarandon, ava gardner, burgess. The sentinel is a good action film that has a decent cast. Many of the films minor actors jerry orbach, tom berenger, jeff goldblum, christopher walken went on to have far better careers than the films stars.
Feel free to post any comments about the sentinel 1977 720p bluray x264lividity, including links to downloads, samples, screenshots, information, or any other relevant information. But unlike that film, which was about womens reproductive rights, the sentinel isnt about anything. 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. What are horror films but morality tales whose serpentine roots lie deeply grounded in campfire ghost stories. 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. The people alison met in the building, the murderers, were actually reincarnated devils, who could only stop her from becoming the next sentinel by driving her to suicide. Jun 22, 2017 from the late 60s and throughout the 70s there were some very successful horror movies dealing with satanic forces. This page should be moved to the sentinel 1977 film as there is a 2006 film with the same name. The sentinel r 1h 32min horror 11 february 1977 usa a young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil. The sentinel 1977 720p bluray x264lividity scenesource. Cristina raines in the sentinel 1977 ava gardner and cristina raines in. 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. I probably viewed the sentinel at an age when i shouldnt have.
Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. This movie happened to be on tv the other night and i was watching bits and pieces while i was trying to work. The sentinel 1977, chris sarandon horror movie videospace. Clerks premiered at the sundance film festival 26 years ago, so we asked kevin smith 26 questions about the festival. I remember first reading the sentinel in paperback and thinking what a great film it would make, and then i saw it at the cinema when it first came out and was not disappointed. Widescreen bluray presentation of the film from a new hd transfer, plus bonus features. Cette semaine, le fantastikoflou, oups je voulais dire le fantastikophile presente le film dhorreur the sentinel realise par michael winner et mettant en vedette. This film is good entertainment, but it could have been much better. The sentinel is a movie that evaded me for decades. The house is inhabited on the top floor by a reclusive blind priest who spends all of his time sitting at his open window.
Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united states, 1977. Jim ellison a stalwart richard burgi is the sole survivor of a special forces mission in the jungles of peru. The last movie 1971 rescue force 1990 season of the witch 1972 black sunday 1977 supermarkt 1974 subwaystories tales from the underground 1997 radio inside 1994 appointment at eleven 1959 memories of murder 1990 uno koichiro no nurete noru 1982 cat girls gamblers naked flesh paid into the pot 1965 domination 1994. The film itself merits at least four stars, with fine acting, good cast and most original plot. All classic pieces of horror cinema, perhaps one of the most overlooked films of the era was 1977 s the sentinel. Sentinel, less a horror film than dull the new york times. See the full list of the sentinel cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Not a great movie by any means, the sentinel is cheesy and poorly. The sentinel 1977 stream and watch online moviefone. Based on the 1974 novel of the same name, written by jeffrey konvitz, the sentinel was a film that combined an eerie atmosphere with. I love religious horror films like the omen, the exorcist, rosemarys baby, and most recently this is the end.
May 16, 20 the sentinel 1977 the search to find a horror film as gratifying to me as roman polanskis rosemarys baby has largely proved a futile one, but through my efforts ive discovered several reasonable and unreasonable contenders for the crown which ive nevertheless enjoyed a great deal. The sentinel 1977 full movie fullscreen by robin mcgraw. The sentinel 33 michael finds alison 1977 hd youtube. Not ready for marriage, a fashion model moves into an unbelievably cheap brooklyn heights apartment. Alison parker, a beautiful but severely neurotic fashion model recently moved into a brooklyn brownstone house that has been divided into apartments.
After experiencing strange occurrences, alison begins to realize why the. The sentinel 1977 stars chris sarandon, cristina raines, john carradine, jeff goldblum, jose ferrer, ava gardner, arthur kennedy, burgess meredith, christopher walken, jerry orbach and beverly dangelo. 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. When a beautiful model, alison parker cristina raines, rents an apartment in a gloo. In the wake of such satanicthemed thrillers as rosemarys baby, the exorcist and the omen comes the sentinel. It scared the hell out of me at nineyearsold and has the same chilling effect 25 years later. Le film the sentinel 1977 vostfr admin 20170511t17. The sentinel 1977 alison parker cristina raines, a fashion model moves into a house inhabited by a blind priest. Purchase the sentinel on digital and stream instantly or download offline. 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.
Director michael winner death wish, the crazyawesome scream for help has an inelegant cavemancrude eye, lead actress cristina raines is as animated as a colorform, and the derivative sanctimonious plot even has the nerve to rudely sink into the police procedural zone for zero effect or reason. New york film locations from the movie the sentinel starring cristina raines. Sep 22, 2015 why we love it fans of the sentinel and there are many will firstly appreciate the new hd transfer, stricken from the original interpositive. Jun 16, 2019 for this weeks episode we delve into the absolutely bonkers film from 1977 the sentinel. By the time he made the sentinel, which he also cowrote the screenplay for, working with the author of the novel its based on, hed already made his most wellknown film, the first death wish, and since this film did fairly well at the boxoffice, he went on to have a couple of other moderate successes with the big sleep and firepower. Chris sarandon, cristina raines, martin balsam akas. May 11, 2017 le film the sentinel 1977 vostfr admin 20170511t17. Beverly dangelo made her film debut in the sentinel, which almost ended her career before it started. The complete first season contains the initial 10 episodes for a unique police procedural, first aired in 1996. She begins having strange physical problems as well as trouble sleeping at night combined with nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. The film certainly is good entertainment, but at times it lingers.
How any selfrespecting horror film fan can not like a movie that works on the premise that the entrance to hell is in a brooklyn apartment building is more. So i should have loved the sentinel, with the tagline shes living in the gateway to hell. 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. Grab the sentinel on bluray at film film horrorthe sentinel when a. Le fantastikophile presente le film the sentinel 1977. When i went back to watch it my system had only recorded the last 12. A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil. The sentinel 1977 full movie download full hd youtube.
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. Watch the sentinel 1977 full movie online 123movie watch the sentinel 1977 123movies online for free. Anyway, the sentinel is an abject lesson in how not to make an exploitation film. Another example of a major studio trying to milk another exorcist or omen out of the genre, the sentinel was universals starstudded answer to the demonic horror craze of the 1970s, and it now arrives on bluray courtesy of scream factory. The sentinel was released theatrically by universal pictures on february 11, 1977. 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. This was one shad had seen an edited version of as a child and betty had not seen at all. Take a look back at the early roles of some of hollywoods heavy hitters. Its an exploitation picture offering a smorgasbord of gore, nudity, lesbianism, human deformities, and female masturbation. 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.
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