Looking for a film around 1979
 

Around 1979, give or take a year or two. I was about 8-10yo so I remember it like it was a dream. My parents took me to a movie and the only thing I can remember was a scene in hell. Maybe someone goes to hell? I don't believe it was a full out horror movie. I think it may either have had just creepy undertones or was about religion. I know it's not much to go on.

Tia!

Is this it?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJJeDlDEbs

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

No, it wasn't Sci-Fi at all. I've thought about it some more and I believe it would have to be between 1975 and 1980, most likely 1977 or 1978. I believe it dealt with religion or the afterlife, and probably not a well known movie, although I saw it in the cinema. In English.

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

try check here..

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?key...tv_movie,video

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?plo...tv_movie,video

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?key...tv_movie,video

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?plo...tv_movie,video

The Sentinel (1977) maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMIssiMkt04

I have never seen this movie but it kind of fits your description and timeline, but after watching the trailer I am definitely putting this on my list to watch, looks like a great cast.

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

I checked those lists but could not come up with a match. I actually saw The Sentinal at the movies when I was 6. Great horror film that gave me nightmares, that fits the timeline-but not the one. Between seeing The Exorcist, The Omen, The Sentinel, The Shining, Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror, and the one I'm looking for all at an early age, I had nightmares well into my mid teens. Although I do not believe the one in question is a horror movie like the others.

You said you saw the movie in the cinemas in English, not sure if you meant dubbed as this was maybe a foreign film or an English speaking one, which could still be foreign.

Alucarda (1978) maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcbWjdshbFE

If this is not the one can you remember if this was dubbed foreign or animated, any more little details.

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

It was an American film in English and not a period piece, and not animated.

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

I know you said that it was not a full on Horror but you might wanna try this site and see if anything jumps out at you. It looks like there were quite a few religious/horror made around that time.

http://www.flickchart.com/charts?gen...or&decade=1970

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

I'll have to check that link from my computer

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

Was it Absolution with Richard Burton from 1979?

Re: Looking for a film around 1979
 

Maybe it was Bernie Casey in Gargoyle. Hellish caves and he certainly looked like a devil. How about The Devil's Rain with Ernest Borgnine (and a really young John Travolta & William Shatner)? 70's were prime time for hell movies.

Also, I love The Sentinel.