Derek Winnert

The Golem [Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam] ***** (1920, Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch) – Classic Movie Review 2909

Director Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s stylish, captivating and influential 1920 German silent version of the monster story is one of cinema’s great classics. Albert Steinruck stars as a rabbi, Der Rabbi Löw, who is building […]

Sep, 13 · in Reviews

The Ghoul ** (1975, Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Alexandra Bastedo) – Classic Movie Review 2906

Director Freddie Francis’s 1975 British horror movie is an unusual, strenuous tale of terror in the attic, with the odd imaginative touch glittering among a generous helping of horror-movie clichés. Anthony Hinds’s plot is certainly […]

Sep, 13 · in Reviews

Goliath and the Barbarians [Il terrore dei barbari] *** (1959, Steve Reeves, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini, Chelo Alonso, Arturo Dominici, Gino Scotti) – Classic Movie Review 2908

Steve Reeves stars as Goliath in the 1959 Italian peplum film Il terrore dei barbari [Goliath and the Barbarians].  ‘10,000 Sights… 10,000 Thrills… The Fabulous Giant of Giants!’ Co-writer/ director Carlo Campogalliani’s 1959 Italian sword and sandal […]

Sep, 13

Slumdog Millionaire ***** (2008, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor) – Classic Movie Review 2907

Director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire triumphed at the 2009 Oscars, winning eight, including Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) and Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle). A long, atmospheric film […]

Sep, 13

Dartmoor Killing *** (2015, Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Callum Blue, David Hayman, Lewis Peek) – Movie Review

Late twenty-something townies Susan and Becky (Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux) leave the town for a quiet weekend hiking on Dartmoor. Haven’t they seen any movies? Don’t go on the moors! Some weird bloke called Chris […]

Sep, 13

The Ghoul **** (1933, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Ralph Richardson, Kathleen Harrison, Cedric Hardwicke) – Classic Movie Review 2,905

‘From the Depths of the Earth, He Will Rise.’ Boris Karloff returns in triumph to his home country for the great eerie fun 1933 British black and white horror movie The Ghoul. ‘An Ancient Curse […]

Sep, 12

The Giant Spider Invasion * (1975, Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Alan Hale Jr, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish, Bill Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2903

Co-producer/director Bill Rebane’s unintentionally hilarious 1975 sci-fi horror monster movie features giant 15-meter spiders from another dimension. Upset by a meteor that lands on a North Wisconsin farm and subsequent nuclear fallout, the spiders leap from […]

Sep, 12

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