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Posted: 10/29/14 at 5:05pm
Today Rolling Stone presented a list of the "20 Scariest Horror Films You've Never Seen" and included "God Told Me To" from 1976.
Easily the best 1970s New York noir-horror-alien-abduction-Catholic-guilt-love-triangle thriller ever made, this unfairly forgotten gem from Larry Cohen (It's Alive) turns a concise justification tactic — "because God told me to" — into a street-smart prophesy of the perverse moral clarity behind 21st century extremism.
I LOVE '70s New York noir and was delighted to find the whole movie right on YouTube. And guess who should be in the first five minutes? Sam Williams, probably shot (so to speak) in his downtime from Broadway's Chorus Line.
Easily the best 1970s New York noir-horror-alien-abduction-Catholic-guilt-love-triangle thriller ever made, this unfairly forgotten gem from Larry Cohen (It's Alive) turns a concise justification tactic — "because God told me to" — into a street-smart prophesy of the perverse moral clarity behind 21st century extremism.
I LOVE '70s New York noir and was delighted to find the whole movie right on YouTube. And guess who should be in the first five minutes? Sam Williams, probably shot (so to speak) in his downtime from Broadway's Chorus Line.
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Updated On: 10/29/14 at 05:05 PM
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