Arthur Kennedy, Ava Gardner, Beverly D'Angelo, Burgess Meredith, Chris Sarandon ...( see more  see more... ) , Christopher Walken , Cristina Raines , Eli Wallach , Gary Allen , Jeff Goldblum , Jerry Orbach , John Carradine , José Ferrer , Kate Harrington , Martin Balsam , Sylvia Miles , Tom Berenger , William Hickey

A fashion model moves into an apartment in a house where she begins having strange physical problems, trouble sleeping at night, and some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to th...( read more  read more... )e real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, but finds out that the house is only occupied by a blind priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason.

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R, 92 min.

Directed by: Michael Winner

Release Date: January 7, 1977

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DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004

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  • September 30, 2009
    Don't let this impressive cast list fool you...most of them are in very minor roles. Though it is still fun seeing them in their "swinging 70's" mode. Christopher Walken (in a nearly speechless role) as a police detective "side-kick. Beverly D'Angelo as a lesbian/nymphet. Ava ...( read more)Gardner (gorgeous & brilliant) as a real estate agent!

    The film itself almost has a "made for 70's tv" feel to it. And suffers at times from some really bad dialog and (sadly) from the poor acting of the lead actress (Cristina Raines) who I was just not impressed with AT ALL. She wasn't even believable as a fashion model! How difficult is that? Just stand there with a blank look on your face and don't eat anything! :P

    That said, the film does at times have a nice eerie feel to it and is not without some truly creepy moments.

    Turn off all the lights (and any high hopes) and just enjoy it.
  • April 29, 2009
    Great cast. Too bad Jeff Goldblum and Chris Walken had such small parts. Alsmost to the point of needlessness, I think Walken said 1 line in the whole movie. Had some fun parts, but I was finding myself wishing there was more crazy messed up stuff.
  • December 20, 2009
    Absolutely insane piece of celluloud. Michael Winner, you crazy bastard!
  • December 11, 2009
    As i can recall I've never been this annoyed by music in a movie before. This movie has music way too often and it doesn't fit at all. For example spooky music plays when there is nothing spooky to be seen. This even has an opposite effect making the scenes silly. There are also ...( read more)alot of pointless cuts and camera angles which are distracting. It doesn't matter much though since they won't distract you from anything important. There is really nothing interesting about this movie at all. It's not scary and the acting is mediocre at best.
    The plot is badly told and I didn't understand the reasons for the characters actions. Overall this is a lame religious horror movie. Go watch The Omen or The Beyond instead.
  • October 14, 2009
    One of those 70's horror movie gems. For true horror fans, this movie does not disappoint. The visuals in this movie were astounding for the era and definitely pushed the envelope.
  • September 30, 2009
    I watched this years ago on reg. TV. This was much better with many scenes that were deleted for reg TV viewing. a very young Christopher Walken. Fun to watch
  • September 30, 2009
    no thanks not my thing
  • September 30, 2009
    2 scary but really scary scenes and creepy an crazy things but still the movie don't manage to entretain all the time
  • September 30, 2009
    CSarandon has always been sexy, yet so creepy lol. A classic.
  • July 26, 2009
    The book was much creepier but the movie is creepy enough. Worth watching if you like those "destiny" type horror movies. Very strange to see Sylvia Miles as a young woman.

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