It's Paul San Marco in God Told Me To!

[FindingNamo]

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.



God told him to, he didn't do it for love

Updated On: 10/29/14 at 05:05 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/29/14 at 5:34pm

I'l forgive them House of the Devil for the inclusion of The Signal. The female lead is an old friend of mine.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/29/14 at 7:17pm

I think I remember seeing God Told Me To as a VHS rental a million years ago. I *miss* good old fashioned b-movies. And Tony LoBianco was one of my teen dreams. I'm enjoying God Told Me To on youtube, not least because we finally find out how Paul San Marco injured his leg.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/29/14 at 9:16pm

Um, Sandy Dennis and Sylvia Sidney are in this movie. '70s New York noir at its finest.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/29/14 at 10:03pm

This is great. I love seeing the A Chorus Line actors on tv and movies.

Donna McKechnie did an episode of Cheers
Nancy Lane was in several episodes of Rhoda
Kelly Bishop made a big splash in An Unmarried Woman and went on to other high profile work