Derek Winnert

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Mark of the Vampire **** (1935, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Donald Meek, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 2685

Director Tod Browning’s astute 1935 horror thriller has an engaging spoofy, parodic tone and a trick ending. A succulent Lionel Barrymore entertains as the eminent demonology expert Professor Zelin and the invaluable Bela Lugosi is on […]

Jul, 10

Rigor Mortis [Geung si] *** (2013, Anthony Chan, Siu-Ho Chin, Fat Chung) – Movie Review

A whole eerie supernatural world of spooks is unleashed as a creepy, semi-dilapidated Hong Kong public housing tower block is plunged into nightmarish chaos when a depressed actor (Siu-Ho Chin) takes a grungy flat there […]

Apr, 24

Only Lovers Left Alive ** (2013, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska) – Movie Review

Only Lovers Left Alive tries to reinvent the vampire story and come up with some new mythology but it ends up being largely a load of camp nonsense as top Brit luvvies pretend to be […]

Oct, 14

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones *** (2013, Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Lena Headey) – Movie Review

Teenage girls (and a few boys) will be in heaven with this flashy special-effects-led Twilight meets Harry Potter fantasy adventure, with a non-stop breathless rush of magic, action, effects and romance. It’s all set in […]

Aug, 22

From Dusk Till Dawn **** (1996, Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 142

Lustily made in 1996 by director Robert Rodriguez, with a typically vibrant screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, this highly popular cult horror thriller is a lot of good, disreputable fun, though it’s quite crudely done and very […]

Aug, 09

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