Is The Sentinel actually good?

The Sentinel sits in the 57.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 57.1% of them.

How does The Sentinel compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, The Sentinel lands in the 48.2% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Sentinel's score based on?

129 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Sentinel's score.

1977

global pct

57.1

Film · 1977 · Films · 1970s

The Sentinel

Name: The Sentinel
Genre: Horror
Released: 1977

Scored from 129 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

57.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

48.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

70.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

129 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A troubled fashion model moves into a Brooklyn brownstone to gain independence from her boyfriend, only to be disturbed by bizarre neighbors and unsettling occurrences in the building. As she investigates, she discovers the residence sits atop a doorway to hell, and a blind priest on the top floor serves as its sentinel guarding humanity from the demons below.

Released in 1977, The Sentinel is a horror film.

The calibrated figure is built from 129 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 134 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 2,405 1970s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 197 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is The Sentinel (1977) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 129
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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