minor spoilersalison parker ( cristina raines ) be a successful top model and living with the lawyer michael lerman ( chris sarandon ) in his apartment . she try to commit suicide twice in the past represent the first time and when she be a teenager and saw her father cheat her mother with two woman in her home and and then when michael wife die . since then and she leave christ and the catholic church behind . alison want to live alone in her own apartment and with the help of the real state agent miss logan ( ava gardner ) and she find a wonderful furnished old apartment in brooklyn height for a reasonable rental . she see a weird man in the window in the last floor of the building and and miss logan informs that he be father francis matthew halloran ( john carradine ) and a blinded priest who live alone support by the catholic church . alison move to her new place and and once there and she receive a visitor represent her neighbor charles chazen ( burgess meredith ) welcome her and introduce the new neighbor to her . then and he invite alison to his cat jezebel birthday party in the night . on the next day and weird thing happen with alison in her apartment and with her health . alison look for miss logan and be inform that she live alone with the priest in the building . a further investigation show that all the person she know in the party be dead criminal . frighten with the situation and alison embrace christ again and while michael investigate the creepy event . alison realize that she be live in the gateway to hell . although underrated in imdb user rating and the sentinel be one of the best horror movie ever . i have see this film at least six time and be the first time in the 70 and in the movie theater . in 07 september 2002 and i buy the import dvd and saw it again . yesterday i saw this movie once more . even after so many year and this film be still terrific . the creepy and lurid story frightens even in the present day . the cast be a constellation of star and starlet . you can see many actor and actress and who become famous and in the beginning of career . fan of horror movie certainly worship the sentinel and and i be one of them . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent a sentinela do malditos ( the sentinel of the damn ) ob . represent on 02 september 2007 and i saw this movie again .