Derek Winnert

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Nadja **** (1994, Elina Löwensohn, Peter Fonda, Nic Ratner, Karl Geary, Jack Lotz) – Classic Movie Review 5572

Writer-director Michael Almereyda’s 1994 thriller is a rather splendid, low-budget modern-day vampire movie, filmed by Jim Denault in glowing black and white, with the statuesque Elina Löwensohn as the lovely Nadja, Dracula’s daughter, who steals […]

Jun, 10

Raw [Grave] ** (2016, Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella) – Movie Review

Garance Marillier stars as misfit teenage vegetarian Justine, who is forced to eat raw rabbit in a hazing initiation ritual at her veterinarian college, sparking a taste for meat – and human flesh at that – in […]

Apr, 07

Jabberwocky **** (1977, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Deborah Fallender, Warren Mitchell, Rodney Bewes, Bernard Bresslaw, Gorden Kaye) – Classic Movie Review 3536

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s delicious 1977 fantasy adventure comedy proves ideal material for him, with its playful nods to Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem Jabberwocky and a hint of Monty Python surreal lunacy. At the heart of its […]

Apr, 06

Everly *** (2014, Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda) – Movie Review

Salma Hayek goes through hell and high water to face down hitmen sent by her ex, a mob boss, while holed up in her apartment. Director Joe Lynch‘s inventive and exciting action thriller is very […]

Jun, 24

Re-Animator *** (1985, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, David Gale, Barbara Crampton) – Classic Movie Review 2338

‘Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders… And Another One In A Dish On His Desk.’ Co-writer/director Stuart Gordon’s rousing, campy 1985 action horror comedy Re-Animator is based on an H P Lovecraft […]

Mar, 30

Dawn of the Dead *** (2004, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Lindy Booth) – Classic Movie Review 1466

In his tense and exciting 2004 feature film debut, director Zack Snyder remakes George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn of the Dead as a horror action movie, working from a workmanlike screenplay by James Gunn, co-writer/director of […]

Jul, 24

Bride of Chucky *** (1998, Jennifer Tilly, Alexis Arquette, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritte, Kathy Najimy, voice Brad Dourif)) – Classic Movie Review 1182

Director Ronny Wu’s 1998 horror movie Bride of Chucky raised more than a few eyebrows in what is Child’s Play 4 in all but name. But Jennifer Tilly gives an infectiously game and entertaining performance as […]

May, 06

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