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- 1977
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1977
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
Directed By: Michael Winner
Written By: Jeffrey Konvitz, Michael Winner
- 1977
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1977
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
The Sentinel
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Summary A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
Directed By: Michael Winner
Written By: Jeffrey Konvitz, Michael Winner
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Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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80% Negative
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
19
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
80% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Doesn't deliver the chills it should, but leaves an uneasy feeling. [26 Oct 1990]
Nagging thoughts are not supposed to arise in horror pictures—last summer Mr. Winner predicted that this picture would be extremely horrifying — but The Sentinel has long stretches where there is nothing to do but notice things.
Whereas Tod Browning showed the warm humanity of such people in FREAKS (1932), Winner cruelly exploits their handicaps for the purpose of repulsing his audience. This alone makes the film detestable.
The Sentinel is a grubby, grotesque excursion into religioso psychodrama, notable for uniformly poor performances by a large cast of familiar names and direction that is hysterical and heavy-handed.
A film which plagiarises so brazenly - and so badly - that it seems like little more than a pile of out-takes from recent supernatural successes.
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