Derek Winnert

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The Evil Dead *** (1981, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 5029

Writer-director Sam Raimi’s seminal 1981 low-budget horror movie The Evil Dead is still a bit of a scary, gut-churning experience, with the film-maker gleefully piling on as much substantial graphic horror violence and gore as […]

Feb, 19

Autumn Leaves **** (1956, Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Ruth Donnelly, Shepperd Strudwick, Lorne Greene) – Classic Movie Review 4801

Joan Crawford stars as Millicent ‘Milly’ Wetherby, a middle-aged typist spinster in the autumn of her salad days, who takes a crazy, out-of-character decision to marry Burt Hanson (Cliff Robertson), a charismatic but highly dubious younger […]

Dec, 21

Rock all Night *** (1957, Dick Miller, Russell Johnson, Jonathan Haze, Abby Dalton, The Platters, Robin Morse) – Classic Movie Review 4444

Director Roger Corman’s interesting, tuneful and suspenseful 1957 B-movie cult classic is a rock ‘n’ roll thriller film tailored for the drive-in theatres of the day. Russell Johnson and Jonathan Haze star as killers Joey and […]

Oct, 02

Desperate Search *** (1952, Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3544

Cult director Joseph H Lewis’s moderate low-budget 1952 adventure drama thriller stars Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina and Keenan Wynn. It all starts when a Canadian Western Airways Douglas DC-3 airliner takes off from Vancouver but catches […]

Apr, 09

House of Bamboo ***½ (1955, Robert Stack, Robert Ryan, Sessue Hayakawa, Brad Dexter, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Biff Elliot) – Classic Movie Review 3465

Cult writer-director Samuel Fuller’s good-looking 1955 film noir crime thriller about an American protection racket in Tokyo is commendably gritty, tough and edgy. The always reliable actor Robert Stack stars as the undercover agent, US […]

Mar, 11

The Lusty Men **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 3403

Robert Mitchum stars as old-hand rodeo rider Jeff McCloud in director Nicholas Ray’s flavoursome, rather special, character- and atmosphere-driven 1952 Western drama. It is one of Ray’s lesser-known but best movies. Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur […]

Feb, 24

I Walked with a Zombie **** (1943, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, James Bell, Christine Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 2674

Director Jacques Tourneur creates a superb air of unease in this exceptional 1943 vintage cult horror movie. In one of his finest, most eerie films, producer Val Lewton employs his zombies to poetic effect and […]

Jul, 06

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