Derek Winnert

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Deep Red *** (1994, Michael Biehn, Lindsey Haun, Tobin Bell, Joanna Pacula, John de Lancie) – Classic Movie Review 9976

Director Craig R Baxley’s 1994 film Deep Red is an involving, exciting and well-handled Sci-Fi horror thriller, with plenty of ideas rattling around and strong performances to motor it. The writer and producer is D […]

Jun, 29

Bride of Re-Animator [Re-Animator 2] * (1990, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones) Classic Movie Review 9562

Director Brian Yuzna’s 1990 Re-Animator sequel Bride of Re-Animator [Re-Animator 2] is a dull horror comic, enlivened by amusing touches of black humour (‘better watch out for premature re-animation’) and some typical gross-out make-up effects […]

Mar, 26

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum *** (1940, Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence, Joan Valerie) – Classic Movie Review 9043

Director Lynn Shores’s 1940 comedy crime mystery thriller Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum is an eerie series entry, set at the eponymous New York Wax Museum presided over by the usual mad scientist. There […]

Nov, 02

Dirty Work **** (1933, Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy, Lucien Littlefield, Sam Adams) – Classic Movie Review 8560

Director Lloyd French’s 1933 two-reeler black and white comedy short film Dirty Work stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as chimney sweeps who experiment with mad scientist Professor Noodle (Lucien Littlefield)’s rejuvenation formula. Stan accidentally […]

Jun, 06

The Neanderthal Man * (1953, Robert Shayne, Joyce Terry, Richard Crane) – Classic Movie Review 8346

Director E A Dupont’s 1953 black and white sci-fi  horror movie The Neanderthal Man stars Robert Shayne as mad scientist Professor Clifford Groves, who takes his serum and turns a cat into a saber-tooth tiger […]

Apr, 08

Dr Phibes Rises Again *** (1972, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 6,003

Co-writer/ director Robert Fuest’s 1972 kitsch, theatrical and extravagant horror movie Dr Phibes Rises Again is the welcome sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), bringing the great Vincent Price back on the campy rampage […]

Aug, 30

Dr Cyclops *** (1940, Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, Victor Kilian, Frank Yaconelli) – Classic Movie Review 5916

Director Ernest B Schoedsack’s 1940 Paramount horror movie Dr Cyclops stars Albert Dekker as mad scientist Doctor Thorkel, who cuts travellers to the Amazon down to size – 14 inches actually – in this bonkers […]

Aug, 14

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