Any Merit To the Assertion that THE SENTINEL directly influenced Fulci's THE...
In the new episode of The Projection Booth podcast, guest Troy Howarth claims that The Sentinel was probably big in Italy and that its plot directly influenced THE BEYOND. And it's stated in a recent...
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None that I am aware of. Most Italian rip offs inspired by a US film happen much faster than 3 years later. The two plots share precious little common ground.
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Can't comment, haven't seen the Sentinel, but I see some Phantasm in CotLD and that is part of Fulci's gates to hell series and Phantasm has a gateway to another dimension.Also hear Goblin's Dawn of...
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According to a David Warbeck interview, the movie they were trying to cash in on was THE SHINING. Makes sense it is a ghost that plays with a totally different set of rules. I read somewhere else and...
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To me (who has only seen Sentinel trailer), looking at that review, it is easy to see with the white contacts (which look exactly the same), gateway to hell (in a hotel) and the dead guardian thing...
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Controversial statement of the day I think that both Inferno and The Beyond (but especially The Beyond) were influenced by The Sentinel. This isn't to say they are indebted to The Sentinel but merely...
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I think that both Inferno and The Beyond (but especially The Beyond) were influenced by The Sentinel. This isn't to say they are indebted to The Sentinel but merely that elements of The Sentinel...
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I am with you on every point other than that of Winner. I think Winner is quite an interesting director with a style that is too odd to be considered hack work. I am a huge admirer of his earlier...
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materialist scuro wrote:Can't comment, haven't seen the Sentinel, but I see some Phantasm in CotLD and that is part of Fulci's gates to hell series and Phantasm has a gateway to another dimension.Also...
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I have no idea if THE SENTINAL was inspiration but I can see how it could've been.Most of the Italian B films we love were inspired by popular American Horror.THE SHINING kick-started the "gifted"...
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Koukol 5 wrote:THE SHINING kick-started the "gifted" child many Italian's used... including BARON BLOOD.(My guess is King was inspired by the THE OMEN.)I do not wish to dispute what you are saying,...
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Jojo Lapin X wrote:Koukol 5 wrote:THE SHINING kick-started the "gifted" child many Italian's used... including BARON BLOOD.(My guess is King was inspired by the THE OMEN.)I do not wish to dispute what...
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GG Pan wrote:What can be substantiated is the (admittedly indirect) H.P. Lovecraft influence in Argento's Three Mothers trilogy and in the 2 Fulci films we're discussing. CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD is -...
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I realized that the fellow I mentioned in my OP has been discussed here lately in relation to Bava & Naschy scholarship. We could play a guessing game: Which Naschy films could he hypothetically...
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