4.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Sentinel (1977)
The Sentinel (1977)
Overview
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
4.7
Overview
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's right-leaning bias stems from its explicit reliance on traditional Catholic theology to explain cosmic evil and its resolution through a religiously-sanctioned, eternal sacrifice, reinforcing themes of duty and the consequences of sin.
The movie features a traditional cast without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on supernatural horror and does not incorporate explicit critiques of traditional identities or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays a lesbian couple as part of the demonic forces inhabiting the building, intertwining their identity with villainy and horror. Their depiction reinforces harmful stereotypes, presenting their sexuality as predatory and disturbing without any positive counterbalance or critique.
The film portrays a dark, oppressive version of Catholic theology, where sin leads to grotesque damnation and eternal suffering. Clergy are depicted as either blind and helpless or morally corrupt, and the protagonist's ultimate fate within this framework is horrifying. The narrative uses Christian concepts to evoke dread, presenting a world where faith offers no real salvation, only a different form of eternal suffering or grotesque duty.
The film "The Sentinel" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on supernatural horror elements, a gateway to hell, and demonic entities, without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1977 film "The Sentinel" is a direct adaptation of Jeffrey Konvitz's 1974 novel. All major characters, including protagonist Alison Parker and her boyfriend Michael Lerman, maintain their established genders from the source material in the film adaptation.
The 1977 film "The Sentinel" is an adaptation of Jeffrey Konvitz's 1974 novel. A review of the main characters and their portrayals indicates no instances where a character's established race from the source material was changed for the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.1
Critic Ratings
4.3
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