Derek Winnert

Bates Motel * (1987, Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Jason Bateman, Gregg Henry) – Classic Movie Review 5864

After three Psycho films, Norman Bates gives his infamous Bates Motel boarding house over to Alex West (Bud Cort), an equally insane inmate of his asylum, who, once released, wastes no time in following in […]

Aug, 06 · in Uncategorized

Psycho III ** (1986, Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey) – Classic Movie Review 5863

Anthony Perkins grabs his chance to direct, as well as star in, this 1986 Psycho second sequel, the reward for agreeing to his third appearance as Norman Bates. The 1983 first sequel Psycho II is a […]

Aug, 06 · in Uncategorized

Psycho II **** (1983, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz) – Classic Movie Review 5862

Director Richard Franklin’s suspenseful 1983 first sequel to Psycho (1960), set 22 years later, is an unexpected success. Vera Miles is back as Lila Loomis, whose sister Marion (Janet Leigh) was of course one of the […]

Aug, 06

Psycho IV: The Beginning *** (1990, Anthony Perkins, Olivia Hussey, CCH Pounder, Henry Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 5861

Director Mick Garris’s 1990 made-for-TV horror movie goes back to the beginning  for an intriguing prequel written by Joseph Stefano, the screenwriter of the first Psycho (1960), basing his script on the characters created by […]

Aug, 06

Two Bits *** (1995, Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Jerry Barone) – Classic Movie Review 5860

‘You’re never too old to believe in a dream. Or too young to make one come true!’ Director James Foley’s and writer Joseph Stefano’s forgotten heart-warmer fits in between Foley’s Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and Fear (1996). In the […]

Aug, 06

It’s Alive *** (1974, John P Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, James Dixon, Michael Ansara) – Classic Movie Review 5859

‘There’s only ONE thing wrong with the Davis baby… IT’S ALIVE!’ A newly born baby turns out to be a monster who goes on the murderous rampage whenever upset, in writer-producer-director Larry Cohen’s lively, imaginative, […]

Aug, 05

I Don’t Want to be Born * (1975, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Donald Pleasence, Eileen Atkins) – Classic Movie Review 5858

Director Peter Sasdy’s 1975 horror movie is a classically tatty example of Seventies British schlock cinema. Game for absolutely anything, always, old trouper Joan Collins does her stalwart best in one of the parts she […]

Aug, 05

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