The Sentinel (film)

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The Sentinel is a 1977 horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. It is based on the novel by Jeffrey Konvitz who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Michael Winner. It has nothing to do with the 2006 thriller of the same name.

[edit] Plot

A fashion model (Raines) moves into an antique brownstone house that has been divided into apartments. The house is inhabited on the top floor by a reclusive blind priest who spends all of his time sitting at his open window. The model begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, only to be told that the house is only occupied by the priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason.

[edit] Cast

• 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
• Jeff Goldblum .... Jack

The film became controversial when it was revealed the director used actual disfigured people to represent demons during the climax

[edit] External links

• The Sentinel at the Internet Movie Database