boast an all star cast so impressive that it almost seem like the mad mad mad mad world of horror picture and the sentinel ( 1977 ) be nevertheless an effectively creepy film center on the relatively unknown actress cristina raines . in this one and she play a fashion model and alison parker and who move into a brooklyn height brownstone that be ( and i do not think i be give away too much at this late date ) very close to the gateway of hell . and a a tenant in this building and she suffer far bad condition than leaky plumbing and the occasional water bug and to put it mildly . indeed and the scene in which alison encounter her noisy upstairs neighbor be truly terrifying and and should certainly send the ice water course down the spine of most viewer . despite many critic complaint regard raines act ability and i think she be just fine and more than ably hold her own in scene with ava gardner and burgess meredith and arthur kennedy and chris sarandon and eli wallach . the picture build to an effectively eerie conclusion and and although some plot point go unexplained and i be leave feel more than satisfied . a the book dvd delirium put it and any movie with beverly dangelo and sylvia mile a topless cannibal lesbian in leotard can not be all bad . on a side note and yesterday i walk over to 10 montague terrace in brooklyn height to take a look at the sentinel house . yes and it still there and and although shorn of it heavy coat of ivy and lack a blind priest or nun at the top floor window and look much the same a it do in this picture . if this house really do sit atop the entrance to hell and i take it that hell be . the brooklyn queen expressway . but we new yorkers have know that for some time .