Derek Winnert

The Cat o’ Nine Tails [Il gatto a nove code] *** (1971, James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak) – Classic Movie Review 8151

‘As the body count increases, will no one escape the sting of the cat o’ nine tails’. Director Dario Argento’s 1971 giallo horror mystery thriller The Cat O’ Nine Tails [Il Gatto a Nove Code] […]

Feb, 19 · in Uncategorized

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo] **** (1970, Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho) – Movie Review 8150

The ‘Italian Hitchcock’ Dario Argento’s first film as writer-director The Bird with the Crystal Plumage [L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo] (1970) is a dizzy, spinning web of outright shocks, audience manipulation, off-centre film trickery and […]

Feb, 19 · in Reviews

Assault [In the Devil’s Garden] ** (1971, Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, Lesley-Anne Down) – Classic Movie Review 8149

Director Sidney Hayers’s 1971 British mystery crime drama Assault [In the Devil’s Garden] stars Frank Finlay as Detective Chief Superintendent Velyan, who hunts for a serial rapist killer of young women in an English village. This […]

Feb, 19

The Stuff *** (1985, Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Garrett Morris, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 8148

Writer/ director Larry Cohen’s 1985 fantasy comedy The Stuff is an amusing send-up of Fifties sci-fi horror pics, with the engaging, funny performances from a talented cast compensating for the rather uneven writing and apparently […]

Feb, 18

Mystery Sea Raider ** (1940, Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 8147

‘SPY RING strikes at sea!’ Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1940 Paramount Pictures feature Mystery Sea Raider is a routine World War Two wartime flag-waving spy drama, with some good tension and effective romantic moments, but there […]

Feb, 18

Mystery Street **** (1950, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Elsa Lanchester, Bruce Bennett, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan, Betsy Blair) – Classic Movie Review 8146

Director John Sturges’s 1950 Mystery Street is a well-plotted, fascinating police procedural film noir crime thriller, with Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Elsa Lanchester, Bruce Bennett, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan and Betsy Blair starring. […]

Feb, 18

Fiend without a Face *** (1958, Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Terry Kilburn, Kim Parker) – Classic Movie Review 8145

‘New Horrors! Mad Science Spawns Evil Fiends! …Taking form before your horrified eyes!’ Director Arthur Crabtree’s 1957 British-made, pretend-American black and white horror movie Fiend without a Face is rather fiendish, with a spooky climax, […]

Feb, 18

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