NetflixThe Sentinel (1977)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
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 that houses a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants. After experiencing a string of disturbing occurrences, she attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
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Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
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 that houses a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants. After experiencing a string of disturbing occurrences, she attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
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Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's right-leaning bias is primarily due to its reliance on traditional religious themes of sin, damnation, and the necessity of individual sacrifice to uphold a pre-existing spiritual order against chaotic evil, without critiquing the underlying system.
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 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" (1977) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on supernatural horror elements and psychological suspense, with no discernible connection to queer identity or experiences.
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
4.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.3
6.1
Critic Ratings
4.3
1.9
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