Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "gothic horror"

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Frankenstein: The Real Story ** (1992, Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 8824

This monster just won’t lie down, will he? The busy Patrick Bergin brings his sombre demeanour to playing the character of Dr Victor Frankenstein in director David Wickes’s 1992 Gothic horror Frankenstein: The Real Story, […]

Aug, 13

Jekyll & Hyde ** (1990, Michael Caine, Cheryl Ladd, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 8276

Michael Caine reunites with writer-director David Wickes from his 1988 hit TV film Jack the Ripper for this rather less successful slab of Victoriana, the 1990 British TV film Jekyll & Hyde, made by David […]

Mar, 21

La Vergine de Norimberga [Horror Castle] [The Castle of Terror] ** (1963, Rossana Podestà, Georges Rivière, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 8010

Director Antonio Margheriti’s 1963 La Vergine de Norimberga [Horror Castle] [The Castle of Terror] is another clunky but atmospheric horror outing from Christopher Lee’s days in Italy, in which Lee stars as Erich, a badly […]

Jan, 14

La Frusta e il Corpo [The Whip and the Body] [Night Is the Phantom] **** (1963, Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall) – 2018 Classic Movie Review 7824

Director Mario Bava’s visually stylish, sadomasochistic themed 1963 Gothic horror La Frusta e il Corpo [The Whip and the Body] [Night Is the Phantom] is set in an isolated castle on the Eastern European coast and stars Christopher Lee as Kurt Menliff, who […]

Nov, 23

The Bride *** (1985, Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown, Veruschka, Quentin Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 5289

Director Franc Roddam’s flashy and stylish 1985 horror movie retells the beloved story from the 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein quite decently in a screenplay by Lloyd Fonvielle. However, despite the surface razzle dazzle of Stephen H Burum’s […]

Apr, 14

The Castle of the Living Dead [Il castello dei morti vivi] **½ (1964, Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 4447

Director Luciano Ricci’s 1964 black and white Italian Gothic horror movie The Castle of the Living Dead [Il Castello dei Morti Vivi] is creaky but interesting and full of eerie atmosphere. And, thankfully, it stars […]

Oct, 02

The She Beast [La Sorella di Satana] [Revenge of the Blood Beast] *** (1966, Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy) – Classic Movie Review 4446

Briitsh writer-director Michael Reeves first worked in Italy, where he made his debut directing the micro-budget (£15,000) La Sorella di Satana (1966), remembered for its star appearance by horror icon Barbara Steele, who worked on the film […]

Oct, 02

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