
Magazine cover girl Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) moves into a luxurious-yet-mysteriously-cheap Brooklyn brownstone, meets some wacky neighbors, and pays for her sin of attempted suicide by having to sit watch at the gateway to Hell.
What was that? Did you say..."Meh. Sounds OK"? Well, take it back, because this movie is sometimes cheesy, sometimes scary, and all the time over the top! And oh, honey, the celebrities...we're talking mega-watt starpower, baby! Check out this roster and see if you still say "meh". You get:
-a mustachioed Chris Sarandon
-John Carradine
-Ava Gardner
-Burgess Meredith
-a leotard-clad Sylvia Miles (*shudder*)
-Christopher Walken
-a mustachioed Jerry Orbach
-Jeff Goldblum
-a leotard-clad Beverly D'Angelo
-Tom Berenger
-Jose Ferrer
It's like Horror Movie of the Network Stars or something! That list alone should be enough to get you watching, but if it's not, then how about this:

I'm tellin' ya. If you like supernatural thrillers from the 70's, you'll like this movie. If you like the idea of seeing Beverly D'Angelo make Alison extremely uncomfortable by masturbating through her leotard during a coffee visit, you'll like this movie. If you like cats in party hats, you'll like this movie. So watch it already! And then go read the book it's based on, The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz. And then read the sequel, The Guardian.
What a find (thanks, Rachael!)! I give this movie 8 out of 10 Beverly D'Angelo stinkfingers!
6 comments:
God... you're the best.
Really.
This blog is a diamond in the rough...
AMAZING movie choices, by friend... and equally great commentary! :)
Aw, Aaron...you're just saying that in the hopes that I'll direct people to your more-than-fantastic site www.nightmareworld.com. I mean, you're just sucking up so I'll tell people that you've been making fantastic EC/Twilight Zone flavored webcomics for a long time now, and they're finally available in trade paperbacks. Sheesh, really transparent, Weisy! Well, too bad- I ain't bitin'!
Hee hee hee...thanks!
LOL
No... I'm just geekin' out that someone else out there remembers all of these whack old horror films! LOL
Love it. LOVE. IT.
Oh my god, this movie BLEW me away when I was a kid. They played it unedited in the afternoon on a local station and I was like, oh man, I can't breathe anymore! And I love Christina Raines, I wish she's have my babies.
Amanda By Night
this film is never on television. glad i own a dvd copy. i love the atmosphere of this film, not so much "the sentinel" starring michael douglas and eva longoria parker. couldn't really get into that one.
oh, gosh, i thought i was the only person who remembers this! rewatching it lately, i was appalled at how scrawny and boney christina raines was. poor woman needed a happy meal. and always remember: black and white cat, black and white cake.
actually, i thought it was pretty scary.
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