Derek Winnert

The Pit and the Pendulum *** (1991, Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William J Norris, Oliver Reed) – Classic Movie Review 2846

Lance Henriksen is suitably haunted as the particularly sadistic Spanish Inquisition torturer Torquemada in director Stuart Gordon’s gruesome, nasty-toned 1991 made-for-cinema remake of Roger Corman’s 1961 chiller. Rona De Ricci plays Maria, who speaks out […]

Aug, 23 · in Reviews

The Pit and the Pendulum **** (1961, Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders) – Classic Movie Review 2845

The 1961 horror film The Pit and the Pendulum is directed by Roger Corman in Panavision and Pathécolor, and stars Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr and Luana Anders. It is notable for Corman’s experiments with camera work and cutting, Richard Matheson’s […]

Aug, 23 · in Reviews

House of Usher [The Fall of the House of Usher] **** (1960, Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon, Harry Ellerbe) – Classic Movie Review 2,844

The 1960 horror film House of Usher is the first and perhaps best of Roger Corman’s eight Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. Vincent Price is on rousing form as the albino Roderick Usher, desperate to end […]

Aug, 23

The Tomb of Ligeia **** (1964, Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, Oliver Johnston) – Classic Movie Review 2,843

Shot in England and released in 1964, The Tomb of Ligeia, the final film in director Roger Corman’s cycle of eight Edgar Allan Poe-inspired movies (begun with House of Usher in 1960) is a creepily […]

Aug, 23

The House that Dripped Blood *** (1971, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Jon Pertwee, Jon Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt, Joanna Lumley, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 2842

Debut film director Peter Duffell’s effective 1971 four-segment Amicus compendium chiller, set around a murderous mansion, is written with knowing glee by Robert Bloch, author of Psycho. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Denholm Elliott lead […]

Aug, 23

The Passenger [Professione: Reporter] **** (1975, Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff) – Classic Movie Review 2841

‘I used to be somebody else… but I traded myself in.’ – David Locke. Co-writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni decorates – or rather obscures – Mark Peploe’s intriguing 1975 thriller plot with a great deal of fine […]

Aug, 23

Zabriskie Point **** (1970, Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor, Paul Fix) – Classic Movie Review 2840

Co-writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni’s fascinating if somewhat misguided 1970 American odyssey film Zabriskie Point follows the misadventures of student radical dropout Mark (Mark Frechette). He is accused of a cop’s murder during a student riot, pilots […]

Aug, 22

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