Derek Winnert

Lush Life *** (1993, Jeff Goldblum, Forest Whitaker, Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Lois Chiles) – Classic Movie Review 2893

Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as life-long best buddies who play jazz in New York clubs in writer-director Michael Elias’s atmospheric, stirring, emotion-packed 1993 drama, as seen though clouds of alcohol and cigarette smoke. […]

Sep, 08 · in Reviews

Lust for a Vampire **½ (1971, Ralph Bates, Michael Johnson, Yutte Stensgaard, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Mike Raven, Helen Christie) – Classic Movie Review 2,892

The 1971 horror film Lust for a Vampire is the second of Hammer Films’ three movies derived from J Sheridan Le Fanu’s book Carmilla. Though star Ralph Bates described it as ‘one of the worst […]

Sep, 08 · in Reviews

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde *** (1971, Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim) – Classic Movie Review 2891

Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1971 Hammer horror movie is the third of three Hammer Films adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, following The Ugly Duckling (1959) […]

Sep, 08

The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll *** (1960, Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 2890

Director Terence Fisher’s 1960 Hammer Films horror version of the dark Robert Louis Stevenson favourite Jekyll and Hyde classic tale is firm, strong and steady. It features a fine star performance from Paul Massie as […]

Sep, 08

Rasputin: The Mad Monk *** (1966, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, Renée Asherson, Dinsdale Landen, Suzan Farmer, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 2889

Director Don Sharp’s colourful and entertaining 1966 Hammer Films studios horror movie Rasputin: The Mad Monk finds Christopher Lee going bananas as the sinister mad monk Grigori Rasputin, who uses his hypnotic powers and sexuality […]

Sep, 07

The Gorgon *** (1964, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Patrick Troughton, Michael Goodliffe) – Classic Movie Review 2888

‘A Monster With the Power to Turn Living Screaming Flesh Into Stone!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1964 Hammer horror The Gorgon has an eerie touch in its story about the snake-haired mythical creature The Gorgon taking […]

Sep, 07

Gorgo *** (1961, William Sylvester, Bill Travers, Joseph O’Conor, Bruce Seton, Martin Benson, Maurice Kaufmann, Basil Dignam, Barry Keegan) – Classic Movie Review 2887

Director Eugène Lourié’s endearing 1961 British sci-fi horror thriller Gorgo is quite a lot of fun even if it is fairly low on quality or surprises, but it comes with some complex and costly special […]

Sep, 07

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