The Sentinal (1977) a horror movie, in Brooklyn, Burgess Meredith, Ava Gardner, Christopher Walken, Eli Wallach (apartments, for rent)

[jonbenson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0YdJNeNXLE
TRAILER

directed by Michael Winner, and starring

• Cristina Raines,
• Chris Sarandon,
• Ava Gardner,
• Burgess Meredith
• Sylvia Miles
• Eli Wallach

also features

• Christopher Walken
• Jeff Goldblum
• John Carradine
• Jerry Orbach
• Tom Berenger
• Nana Visitor
• Beverly D'Angelo

The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brooklyn brownstone that has been sectioned into apartments, only to find that the building is owned by the Catholic diocese and is a gateway to Hell. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Konvitz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Winner.

The film was released by Universal Pictures in 1977.

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Quite a cast
I've never seen it , The film got mainly bad reviews but maybe for Halloween could be a hoot
can be rented

[nandorrei]

I watched "The Sentinel" this week - I loved the 1970's clothes and hairstyles - It's on TUBI.
It was a good movie - interesting idea.

[jonbenson]

Originally Posted by nandorrei

I watched "The Sentinel" this week .

How did you come across it and become aware of it?

Also youtube has it for rent

[dfc99]

One of the worst movies I've ever seen! But it might be worth checking out again as one of those 'so bad it's good' movies.

[jonbenson]

Originally Posted by dfc99

One of the worst movies I've ever seen!

what about the "so bad it's good" concept?

does it work for a tipsy Halloween campy movie?

[nightcrawler]

I read the book, and saw the movie.
You had to see the movie a few times to really understand it.


Also, there was a sequel to this book, called "The Guardian", one of the best books I had ever read in my life, the ending was bone chilling, by the same author


https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sh...6.The_Guardian


The house still stands today.
It is on the promenade.

[nightcrawler]

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+...&bih=927&dpr=1


more pictures of the sentinel house.

[85dumbo]

When I lived in Dumbo, I used to walk by that brownstone on the Promenade every day and look for the blind Sentinel nun.

[nandorrei]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

How did you come across it and become aware of it?

I searched through the horror section.

[Wells5]

I read the book. It's actually much better than the vast output of Stephen King. The movie was equally good but its rarely shown on TV and there's another movie out with the same name.