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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   1,411 votes
Director:
Michael Winner
Writers:
Jeffrey Konvitz (novel)
Jeffrey Konvitz (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 May 1977 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
She was young. She was beautiful. She was next! more
Plot:
Not ready for marriage, a fashion model moves into an unbelievably nice Brooklyn Heights apartment, where scary occurrences turn into a much more frightening turn of events. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
black and white cat...black and white cake more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Chris Sarandon ... Michael Lerman
Cristina Raines ... Alison Parker
Martin Balsam ... Prof. Ruzinsky
John Carradine ... Fr. Francis Matthew Halloran
José Ferrer ... Priest of the Brotherhood

Ava Gardner ... Miss Logan
Arthur Kennedy ... Monsignor Franchino
Burgess Meredith ... Charles Chazen
Sylvia Miles ... Gerde Engstrom

Deborah Raffin ... Jennifer

Eli Wallach ... Det. Gatz

Christopher Walken ... Det. Rizzo

Jerry Orbach ... Michael Dayton

Beverly D'Angelo ... Sandra
Hank Garrett ... James Brenner
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-18 (1986) (cut version) | Finland:(Banned) (1977) (uncut version)
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Trivia:
Universal had hoped to sign on 'Don Siegel (I)' as director, but Siegel ultimately bowed out due to his discomfort with this particular movie genre. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: As the hearse passes, the camera crew and lighting equipment are reflected in the car's side. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Others (2001) more

FAQ

Were those really Human Oddities (Freaks) in the climax?
Was Cristina Raines actually a Fashion Model?
Bob Hitt plays a real estate guy in this
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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
black and white cat...black and white cake, 14 January 2001
8/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Bizarre horror movie filled with famous faces but stolen by Cristina Raines (later of TV's "Flamingo Road") as a pretty but somewhat unstable model with a gummy smile who is slated to pay for her attempted suicides by guarding the Gateway to Hell! The scenes with Raines modeling are very well captured, the mood music is perfect, Deborah Raffin is charming as Cristina's pal, but when Raines moves into a creepy Brooklyn brownstone (inhabited by a blind priest on the top floor) things really start cooking. The neighbors, including a fantastically wicked Burgess Meredith and kinky couple Sylvia Miles & Beverly D'Angelo, are a diabolical lot, and Eli Wallach is great fun as a wily police detective. The movie is nearly a cross-pollination of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist"--but what a combination! Based on the best-seller by Jeffrey Konvitz, "The Sentinel" is entertainingly spooky, full of shocks brought off well by director Michael Winner, who mounts a thoughtfully downbeat ending with skill. ***1/2 from ****

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Still chills me to the bone!! hannahp1
Not a great film, but wow... what a cast list!!! TimeNTide
The Beverly D'Angelo scene, this’ll get tossed… swtechaz
$600 a month!!!!! runner098
The really scarey part... BlueDahlia89
Why was Jeff Goldblum's voice dubbed? thompsonrl65
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