Derek Winnert

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The Conjuring 2 *** (2016, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Franka Potente, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, Madison Wolfe) – Movie Review

Original director James Wan and writers Carey and Chad Hayes try to freshen the formula by a visit to the UK in this very reasonably exciting sequel to the 2013 hit The Conjuring. Actually, they have pulled off The […]

Jun, 02

Torture Garden *** (1967, Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams, Jack Palance, Michael Bryant, John Standing) – Classic Movie Review 3097

Director Freddie Francis’s 1967 Amicus chiller is the first of Robert (Psycho) Bloch’s three compendium films of four horror tales. It stars Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams, Jack Palance, Michael Bryant and John Standing. It […]

Nov, 25

The Amityville Horror *** (1979, James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 2520

The surprise blockbuster 1979 supernatural horror movie The Amityville Horror recycles the old, old haunted house story once more. It has been used over and over again and yet it is popular every time, though […]

May, 25

The Haunting **** (1963, Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn) – Classic Movie Review 2282

Director Robert Wise’s smooth and seamless classic 1963 chiller stars Richard Johnson, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn and Julie Harris. In the famous story, four people stay over at an evil dark old New England mansion where […]

Mar, 18

Hocus Pocus *** (1993, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 1840

Director Kenny Ortega’s 1993 movie Hocus Pocus is an amusing, high-spirited Halloween fantasy comedy from the Walt Disney studio. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy give engaging turns as three witch sisters hanged in […]

Nov, 13

Scary Movie 2 (2001, Anna Faris, Regina Hall) – Classic Movie Review 1180

No sequel, my eye! Breaking the promise made by the first movie, ‘No mercy, no shame, no sequel’, the Scary Movie characters are back in the Wayans Bros’s outlandish, pretty sick and mean-spirited 2001 swift […]

May, 06

Scary Movie 5 * (2013, Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex) – Movie Review

None of the cast members from the previous films returns in this appallingly slack and shoddy fourth sequel to the 2000 movie that was ironically advertised way back then as ‘no mercy, no shame, no […]

May, 06

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