Not exact matches
Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a
number of interesting but distinctly B - grade
films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for guest starring roles in poorly - received art
house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The
Haunting of Julia).
On paper, the
film seems like a typical paint - by -
numbers haunted house affair, but, thanks to Sandberg's slick direction, great production design and an effective soundtrack, it is elevated to something more.
While sitting around a table in the DeFeo dining room, Lorraine has an out - of - body experience that allows her to see the shotgun murders that took place in the
house and a «Demon Nun» (Bonnie Aarons), which is literally how the recurring vision is listed in the credits, who will
haunt Lorraine throughout the
film, and issue a warning that Ed's days are
numbered.