Derek Winnert

Tales That Witness Madness ** (1973, Donald Pleasence, Jack Hawkins, Georgia Brown, Donald Houston, Russell Lewis, David Wood, Suzy Kendall, Peter McEnery, Joan Collins, Michael Jayston, Kim Novak) – Classic Movie Review 3113

‘It happens beyond madness – where your mind won’t believe what your eyes see.’ The follow-up to Vault of Horror (1973), director Freddie Francis’s 1973 all-star British horror movie is a shaky Amicus portmanteau film […]

Nov, 29 · in Reviews

Hands of a Stranger * (1962, Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah, Ted Otis) – Classic Movie Review 3112

THEY GAVE HIM THE HANDS OF A KILLER! Writer-director Newton (Newt) Arnold’s 1962 macabre horror movie is a largely flat and floundering fourth film of the renowned Maurice Renard novel The Hands of Orlac, though […]

Nov, 29 · in Reviews

Mad Love **** (1934, Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy) – Classic Movie Review 3111

Peter Lorre gives a superbly creepy performance as the mad surgeon Doctor Gogol in the enjoyable 1934 second film of Maurice Renard’s novel The Hands of Orlac. Director Karl Freund’s 1934 MGM horror movie classic […]

Nov, 29

The Hands of Orlac *** (1960, Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Christopher Lee, Donald Wolfit, Felix Aylmer, Basil Sydney, Donald Pleasence) – Classic Movie Review 3110

The 1960 Anglo-French horror movie The Hands of Orlac is an intriguing third film of the famous Maurice Renard novel. Co-writer/director Edmond T Gréville’s 1960 Anglo-French horror movie The Hands of Orlac is an intriguing […]

Nov, 29

Hands of the Ripper **** (1971, Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Dora Bryan, Derek Godfrey, Keith Bell) – Classic Movie Review 3109

‘The Hands of Jack the Ripper Live Again… As His Fiendish Daughter Kills Again… And Again…And Again…’ Director Peter Sasdy’s 1971 Hammer Films British chiller Hands of the Ripper stars Angharad Rees as the beautiful […]

Nov, 29

Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein [Drácula contra Frankenstein] ** (1972, Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldón, Alberto Dalbés) – Classic Movie Review 3108

Writer-director Jesús (Jess) Franco wraps up his quirky 1972 horror thriller sequel to his 1970 Count Dracula in a stylish set of Seventies-style Eastmancolor visuals, with frequent gory details and a welcome touch of humour. […]

Nov, 28

Count Dracula [Nachts, Wenn Dracula Erwacht] *** (1970, Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Maria Rohm) – Classic Movie Review 3107

In co-writer/director Jesús (Jess) Franco’s creepy 1970 Spanish horror thriller, a weary old Count Dracula finds the blood of young maidens that he needs to be young again. Christopher Lee is once again chillingly cool […]

Nov, 28

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