Derek Winnert

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Return of the Fly ** (1959, Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, David Frankham, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 5303

The best news about director Edward L Bernds’s 1959 creature feature horror movie Return of the Fly is that it brings back beloved horror icon Vincent Price from the 1958 original The Fly. But it […]

Apr, 16

Frankenstein *** (2004, Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Adam Goldberg, Thomas Kretschmann, Michael Madsen) – Classic Movie Review 4623

Director Marcus Nispel’s stylish, well-acted and engrossing 2004 contemporary horror thriller, set in present-day America, is based on a concept by Dean R Koontz and written by John Shiban, inspired by Mary Shelley’s famous tale. Parker Posey and Adam […]

Nov, 09

Where the Wild Things Are ***½ (2009, voices Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Dano) – Classic Movie Review 4418

Maurice Sendak’s tiny classic children’s story – it has only 338 words, giving a film adaptation quite a headache – becomes a lovely, quite gorgeous-looking looking but hugely overblown 2009 movie – thanks to the […]

Sep, 26

Horror Express *** (1972, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Alberto de Mendoza, Helga Liné, Silvia Tortosa ) – Classic Movie Review 3778

Director Eugenio [Gene] Martin’s Spanish-British 1972 thriller is an enjoyable express ride down the track of terror, in a tale jam packed with enough incidents for half a dozen regular horror films. Christopher Lee stars as […]

May, 28

Werewolf of London *** (1935, Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, Spring Byington) – Classic Movie Review 3763

Director Stuart Walker’s 1935 Universal horror movie Werewolf of London is the first Hollywood mainstream film to feature a werewolf. It stars Henry Hull as Dr Wilfred Glendon, who transforms from English botanist into a werewolf […]

May, 25

Return of the Ape Man *** (1944, Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 3749

Director Philip Rosen’s 1944 Monogram studios horror movie is an entertaining follow-up to 1943’s The Ape Man, in which scientists Professor Dexter (Bela Lugosi) and Professor John Gilmore (John Carradine) go on an Arctic expedition and try to […]

May, 23

The Flying Serpent ** (1946, George Zucco, Ralph Lewis, Hope Kramer, Eddie Acuff, Wheaton Chambers, James Metcalf, Henry Hall, Milton Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 3747

George Zucco stars as demented archaeologist Dr Andrew Forbes in Sam Newfield’s similarly suitably demented 1946 Poverty Row horror movie. The admirable George Zucco enlivens a Z-grade horror flick as demented archaeologist Dr Andrew Forbes who […]

May, 23

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