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THE SENTINEL

1977 US HMDB
January 7, 1977

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

Directors

Michael Winner

Cast

Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, José Ferrer, Ava Gardner, Arthur Kennedy, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, Deborah Raffin
Fantasy Horror Mistero

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

A New York model attends a satanic party in a mysterious house where, besides her, only an old priest lived. Where did the other party participants come from? Are they damned souls ready to return among the living if someone doesn't stop them? A horror film with a bizarre plot that features the indestructible John Carradine. Structure and atmospheres of a "classic" horror, good suspense but a nearly grotesque ending, with the poor model forced to take vows and become a nun to become a "sentinel" of the damned souls. Decent makeup effects and some sequences are good, bordering on gore. Nothing exceptional but watchable.