The Premonition (1976 film)

The Premonition
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Robert Schnitzer
Produced by Robert Schnitzer
Written by Anthony Mahon
Robert Schnitzer
Starring Sharon Farrell
Edward Bell
Danielle Brisebois
Richard Lynch
Music by Henry Mollicone
Pril Smiley
Cinematography Victor Milt
Edited by Sidney Katz
Production
company
Movicorp Media
Distributed by Avco Embassy Pictures
Release date
  • May 19, 1976 (1976-05-19) (United States)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Premonition is a 1976 American psychological horror film, produced and directed by Robert Allen Schnitzer. The lead actors in the film were Richard Lynch, Sharon Farrell, Danielle Brisebois and Jeff Corey.

It tells the story of a young girl whose foster mother has a premonition that her unstable biological mother is coming to claim her and take her away. The premonition comes true and thus the film unfolds.

Cast

  • Sharon Farrell as Sheri Bennett
  • Edward Bell as Prof. Miles Bennett
  • Danielle Brisebois as Janie Bennett
  • Ellen Barber as Andrea Fletcher
  • Richard Lynch as Jude
  • Chitra Neogy as Dr. Jeena Kingsly
  • Jeff Corey as Det. Lt. Mark Denver
  • Margaret Graham as Andrea's landlady
  • Rosemary McNamara as Lenore
  • Thomas Williams as Todd Fletcher
  • Tamara Bergdall as Nurse
  • Wilmuth Cooper as Gypsy woman
  • Stanley W. William as Dean Fuller
  • Roy White as Dr. Larabee
  • Robert Harper as carnival watchman
  • Mark Schneider as Patrolman at Bennett House
  • Ward Emling as questioning student (as Edward L. Emling Jr.)
  • Bonita Chambers as Receptionist

Production

The film was shot in Mississippi.[1]

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Guilty Pleasures on July 26, 2005. It was later released for the first time on Blu-ray by Arrow Video on December 12, 2017. Arrow also released the film on DVD that same day.[2]

Reception

Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded it 2/4 stars, calling it "mediocre", and writing, "[its] Muddled script works against [the] eerie atmosphere in this supernatural tale."[3] Reviewing the American Horror Project Vol. 1 release of the film, Clayton Dillard from Slant Magazine stated that the film "implicitly challenges how art cinema of the ’60s and early ’70s typically utilizes female anxiety as a source of masochistic pleasure for the viewer".[4] Chris Coffel from Bloody Disgusting awarded the film a score of 3/5, criticizing the film's slow start, and slightly clunky story, but commended the film's eerie atmosphere, ending, and Lynch's performance.[5] Terror Trap gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, writing, More atmospheric than plot driven, Premonition is a valiant effort at ambient fearmaking, but it comes up just a little short due to a convoluted and confusing tie-up."[6]

Brett Gallman from Oh, the Horror! gave the film a positive review, writing, "The Premonition is a film that zigs and zags, though it hardly does so in a playful manner. Rather, it spirals ominously, as if bent toward some fatalistic doom. Dusk seems to have permanently settled over and around these characters, enwrapping them in a languid, hypnotic rhythm. Despite its very realistic—and grim—subject matter, the film seems to unfold under a foggy, supernatural haze that’s deceptively drowsy."[7] VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever called it "a well-done para-norm tale."[8]

References

  1. ↑ themonstergirl, "Sunday Nite Surreal-The Premonition (1976) Carnival Clowns & Deathly Dreams", The Last Drive-In, February 2, 2014. This blog includes an extensive scene by scene synopsis of the film, mixed with commentary.
  2. ↑ "The Premonition (1975) - Robert Schnitzer". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Leonard Maltin (3 September 2013). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 1114. ISBN 978-1-101-60955-2.
  4. ↑ Dillard, Clayton. "American Horror Project Vol. 1". Slant Magazine.com. Clayton Dillard. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Coffel, Chris. "[Blu-ray Review] 'The American Horror Project - Vol 1' Sheds Light on Lesser Known American Horror - Bloody Disgusting". Bloody Disgusting.com. Chris Coffel. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Premonition (1976)". Terror Trap.com. Terror Trap. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Gallman, Brett. "Horror Reviews - Premonition, The (1976)". Oh the Horror.com. Brett Gallman. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Martin Connors and Jim Craddock, editors, Video Hound’s Golden Movie Retriever, Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1998, p. 699
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