Monday, 30 October 2023

405 The Sentinel ( 1977)

 This  occult  thriller   from  Michael Winner,  about  a  girl  in  a creepy  apartment  block  has  echoes  of  Rosemary's  Baby. It's  nothing  special  but  its  star  is  always  worth  watching.

Cristina  Raines ( as  Alison )

Sex : Alison  is  a  married  man's mistress

Death : Survives


Cristina  was  born  in  The  Phillipines. She  began  working  life  as  a  model  but  appeared  in  a  number  of  decent  films  in  the  seventies. She  found  greatest  fame  on  TV in  the  eighties  with  leading  roles  in  Centennial  and  Flamingo  Road. She  retired  in  1991  to  take  up  a  career in  nursing.

Beverley D'Angelo  ( as Sandra )

Sex :  Sandra  masturbates  to  shock  Alison  then appears  nude  at  a  party

Death : She's  already  dead  and  is  just  an  apparition


This  was  Beverley's  second  film  role. She  found major  success  alongside  Chevy  Chase in  the  Vacation  franchise  and  has  worked  solidly  ever  since.

Deborah Raffin ( as Jennifer)

Sex :No

Death : Survives


Deborah was from Los Angeles . Her mother was an actress and Deborah started out as a model. She started acting in the mid-seventies and had an interesting career , as famous for the roles she just missed out on ( Grease, The Jazz Singer and Superman)  as the ones she landed. The 1976 TV movie Nightmare In Badham County made her famous in China  and she helped develop links between Hollywood and the Chinese film industry Her performance in Touched By Love ( 1980 )  divided critics earning her  rare simultaneous nominations for a Golden Globe and a Razzle. In the eighties she made less appearances as an audiobook business she ran with husband Michael Viner became very successful. In the nineties she worked mainly in TV sometimes as a producer. She died of leulaemia in 2012.


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