Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "gothic"

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The Three Weird Sisters *** (1948, Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall) – Classic Movie Review 12,185

Director Daniel Birt’s 1948 British melodrama film The Three Weird Sisters is based on Charlotte Armstrong’s novel The Case of the Weird Sisters, and stars Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall, Nova Pilbeam and Raymond Lovell. Dylan Thomas had a […]

Jun, 20

Experiment Perilous *** (1944, Hedy Lamarr, Paul Lukas, George Brent, Albert Dekker, Margaret Wycherly, Julia Dean, Carl Esmond, Olive Blakeney) – Classic Movie Review 6,861

Jacques Tourneur’s stylish, eerie and entertaining 1944 Gothic romantic film noir thriller Experiment Perilous is based on a novel by Margaret Carpenter. It stars the fine team of Hedy Lamarr, Paul Lukas and George Brent. […]

Mar, 26

Underworld: Blood Wars *** (2016, Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Charles Dance, Lara Pulver, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson, Bradley James) – Movie Review

For the fifth installment in the blockbuster franchise, Kate Beckinsale returns as vampire death dealer Selene, who is fending off attacks on the run from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed […]

Jan, 19

Black Sabbath [I Tre Volti della Paura] ***½ (1963, Boris Karloff, Jacqueline Pierreux, Michèle Mercier, Mark Damon) – Classic Movie Review 4552

Co-writer/ director Mario Bava, the Italian chiller maestro, turns in an atmospheric, effective, visually splendid 1963 Italian horror anthology compendium movie of three Gothic tales. It is introduced by Boris Karloff, who also stars in […]

Oct, 28

The Black Torment **½ (1964, Heather Sears, John Turner, Ann Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 4443

‘Terror Creeps From the Fringe of the Fear to the Pit of Panic.’ Director Robert Hartford-Davis’s creepy 1964 British Rebecca-style chiller The Black Torment is set in 1780 in England, where a baron’s new second […]

Oct, 01

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ** (2016, Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Chris O’Dowd, Ella Purnell) – Movie Review

Director Tim Burton’s 2016 teenage fantasy adventure movie is, as ever, intriguing and lovingly crafted, not to mention strongly cast, but this time a disappointing let-down. I’m afraid I was rather bored by the dull and […]

Sep, 28

Suspiria **** (1977, Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Udo Kier, Miguel Bosé) – Classic Movie Review 4276

Co-writer/ director Dario Argento’s iconic 1977 Italian Gothic supernatural horror movie Suspiria is an extremely scary, effective shocker from the Italian horror maestro known as the Master of the Thrill. Jessica Harper stars as a […]

Sep, 01

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