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The Sentinel is a 1977 American horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, and Eli Wallach. The film also features Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, John Carradine, Jerry Orbach, Tom Berenger, and Beverly D'Angelo in supporting roles. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Konvitz who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Michael Winner.
The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brooklyn brownstone that has been sectioned into apartments, only to find that its proprietors are excommunicated Catholic priests, and the building is a gateway to hell.
The film was released by Universal Pictures in 1977. It is completely unrelated to the 2006 political thriller of the same name.
Alison Parker, a beautiful but severely neurotic fashion model (Raines) moves into a gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone house that has been divided into apartments. The house is inhabited on the top floor by Father Halliran (John Carradine), a reclusive blind priest who spends all of his time sitting at his open window. Alison begins having strange physical problems, including insomnia, and has some terrifying flashbacks of her attempted suicides. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, only to be told that the house is occupied only by the priest and herself. The behavior of her "non-existent" neighbors becomes increasingly surreal and disturbing.
Actors: Lucien Morgan (actor), Michael Koltes (actor), Eaoifa Forward (actress), Scott Musgrave (actor), Trevor Hayward (director), Trevor Hayward (writer), Paul Anthony Allen (producer), Paul Anthony Allen (actor), Trev Hayward (composer), David Potter (actor), Terry Stephens (producer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Bruno Henry (actor), Emmanuel Lanzi (miscellaneous crew), Rurik Sallé (actor), Alain Marie (producer), Sanseverino (actor), Denis Mentzer (producer), Min Man Ma (actor), Pamela Valente (actress), Philippe Reyno (actor), Hervé Babadi (actor), Patrick Bagot (producer), Patrick Bagot (writer), Patrick Bagot (director), Erasmo di Fonzo (editor), Fred Pallem (composer),
Plot: We are in the 1970s. Antoine, a B-film crazed teenager, doesn't want to miss the last session of two movies with his heroes. One room of the movie theater shows a horror movie with his favorite actress, Angela Steele; The other one, a karate movie with his star actor, Jim Kelly. Running from one room to the other, Antoine falls, hit his head and loses consciousness. In his subconscious, the two films will become one strange feature where his two heroes will meet... for the last time.
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Short,Actors: Jeffree Newman (actor), Jeffree Newman (actor), Clint Ward (actor), Russell Welch (director), Russell Welch (producer), Russell Welch (writer), Avery Smith (writer), Erick Ocho (actor),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Siegmund Lubin (producer), Clay M. Greene (writer), Clarence Elmer (actor), John Smiley (actor), Albert McGovern (actor), Margaret Moore (actress), Francis De Haes Janvier (writer), John Glaze (actor), George Steele (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Along deserted avenues
Steam begins to rise
The figures primed and ready
Prepared for quick surprise
He's watching for a sign
His life is on the line
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Dogs whine in the alleys
Smoke is on the wind
From deep inside its empty shell
A cathedral bell begins
Sending out its toll
A storm begins to grow
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Amidst the upturned burned-out cars
The challengers await
And in their fists clutch iron bars
With which to seal his fate
Across his chest in scabbards rest
The rows of throwing knives
Whose razor points in challenged tests
Have finished many lives
Now facing one another
The stand-off eats at time
Then all at once a silence falls
As the bell ceases its chime
Upon this sign the challengers
With shrieks and cries rush forth
The knives fly out like bullets
Upon their deadly course
Screams of pain and agony
Rent the silent air
Amidst the dying bodies
Blood runs everywhere
The figure stands expressionless
Impassive and alone
Unmoved by this victory
And the seeds of death he's sown
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell
Tempt not the blade, all fear the Sentinel
Sworn to avenge, condemn to hell