Derek Winnert

The Colony [Colonia] *** (2015, Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist) – Movie Review

Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl are excellent in co-writer/director Florian Gallenberger’s intense and gruelling real-life story of triumph and survival against all the odds, shedding important light on appalling atrocities in Chile at the time of the military […]

Jul, 09 · in Reviews

Night of the Big Heat [Island of the Burning Damned] ** (1967, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Allen, Sarah Lawson, Jane Merrow, William Lucas, Kenneth Cope, Percy Herbert) – Classic Movie Review 3,993

Terence Fisher’s 1967 British sci-fi film Night of the Big Heat is based on John Lymington’s novel, and stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, husband and wife Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson, and Jane Merrow. Director […]

Jul, 09 · in Reviews

The Neon Demon *** (2016, Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Bella Heathcote, Keanu Reeves, Desmond Harrington) – Movie Review

Elle Fanning stars as 16-year-old aspiring model Jesse, who comes from small town USA to Los Angeles, where she is targeted by a group of beauty-obsessed women. Nicolas Winding Refn’s pervy, a bit dodgy, David Lynch-style arty exploiter is […]

Jul, 08

She Gods of Shark Reef * (1958, Bill Cord, Don Durant, Lisa Montell, Jeanne Gerson, Ed Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 3985

Director Roger Corman’s slack 1958 B-movie adventure thriller, filmed on location in Kaua’i back to back with Naked Paradise [Thunder over Hawaii] in 1956, is one of his weakest and worst. Don Durant stars as young criminal Jim who stows away on his brother Chris’s (Bill Cord) […]

Jul, 08

From Beyond the Grave **** (1974, Peter Cushing, David Warner, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, Margaret Leighton, Ian Carmichael, Donald Pleasence, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy) – Classic Movie Review 3987

Director Kevin Connor’s 1973 spooky, lively and satisfying Amicus horror anthology movie of chilling stories is set round a London antiques shop called Temptations Limited. There its mysterious owner, The Proprietor (Peter Cushing), puts his customers […]

Jul, 08

The Undead *** (1957, Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Billy Barty) – Classic Movie Review 3986

This 1957 American International Pictures horror movie The Undead is an unexpected surprise success from director Roger Corman’s conveyor belt of ultra-low-budget suspense thrillers. It was filmed in a refurbished supermarket in 10 days for just $70,000. […]

Jul, 08

Final Destination 2 *** (2003, Ali Larter, A J Cook, Tony Todd, Michael Landes) – Classic Movie Review 3,992

Second unit director and stunt coordinator David R Ellis’s 2003 teen chiller sequel Final Destination 2 was a second hit but even so the lowest-grossing film in the franchise. Ali Larter returns from part one […]

Jul, 08

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