The Sentinel (film)

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The Sentinel

US movie poster
Directed by Michael Winner
Written by Jeffrey Konvitz (novel/scr)
Michael Winner
Starring Chris Sarandon
Cristina Raines
Release date(s) 1977
Running time 92 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
IMDb profile

The Sentinel is a 1977 horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. It is based on the same-named 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.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A fashion model (Raines) moves into a gorgeous New York City 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. Things only become more unreal when she discovers that she and the neighbors are not the only inhabitants in the house, and they may not be of this world.

Spoilers end here.

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[edit] Trivia

  • The film became controversial when it was revealed the director used actual disfigured people to represent demons during the climax.
  • This film was #46 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

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