Derek Winnert

Carnival of Souls **** (1962, Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger) – Classic Movie Review 7821

Director Herk Harvey’s 1962 well-respected, much admired low-budget ($30,000) cult favourite horror movie Carnival of Souls stars Candace Hilligoss as pretty church organist Mary Henry, who escapes from a car crash not quite alive, is drawn […]

Nov, 22 · in Reviews

The Curse of the Living Corpse * (1964, Roy Scheider, Candace Hilligoss, Helen Warren, Robert Milli, Margot Hartman, Hugh Franklin) – Classic Movie Review 7820

A terminally sick millionaire, wracked by seizures that make it seem like he is dead, fulfills his threat made in his will to come back from the dead and kill his family if they bury […]

Nov, 22 · in Reviews

Mask of the Avenger ** (1951, John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance) – Classic Movie Review 7819

Set in Italy in 1848, director Phil Karlson’s busy, action-packed and modestly entertaining 1951 period action adventure romp Mask of the Avenger is distantly related to its supposed source in Alexander Dumas’s novel The Count […]

Nov, 22

Scram! *** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Cramer, Vivien Oakland) – Classic Movie Review 7818

Director Raymond McCarey’s 1932 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy two-reel comedy short film Scram! is cleverly written and carefully constructed, and of course expertly played, though overall it is maybe only mildly funny. However, it […]

Nov, 21

Sei donne per l’assassino [Blood and Black Lace] **** (1964, Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Mary Arden) – Classic Movie Review 7817

For his 1964 film Sei Donne per Assassino [Blood and Black Lace], the Italian horror maestro director Mario Bava turns in a visually stylish but pretty dodgy and scarily grisly horror mystery thriller about a […]

Nov, 21

Their Purple Moment *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Kay Deslys, Lyle Tayo) – Classic Movie Review 7816

Director James Parrott’s 1928 two-reeler Their Purple Moment is a generally funny Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short comedy silent film, with several hilarious high spots, particularly the chaos in the restaurant when the duo try to get […]

Nov, 21

Their First Mistake **** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Billy Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 7815

Director George Marshall’s 1932 comedy Their First Mistake is a top Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short, with all too credible home truths among the very amusing comedy, as recognisable situations and feelings mix expertly […]

Nov, 21

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