Derek Winnert

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In the Mouth of Madness **½ (1994, Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner, Charlton Heston) – Classic Movie Review 12,026

Director John Carpenter’s 1994 American supernatural horror film In the Mouth of Madness is written by Michael De Luca, and stars Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston. Sam Neill stars as insurance investigator John Trent, who visits […]

Mar, 26

Brainstorm *** (1965, Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Anne Francis, Viveca Lindfors) – Classic Movie Review 10,351

Lust and the eternal triangle are played out rather well in William Conrad’s 1965 neo-noir dark thriller film Brainstorm, starring Jeffrey Hunter. Producer-director William Conrad’s 1965 neo-noir dark thriller film Brainstorm stars Jeffrey Hunter as a handsome […]

Sep, 26

Diary of a Madman *** (1963, Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield, Stephen Roberts, Elaine Devry, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 8735

An evil spirit called the Horla (voice of Joseph Ruskin) possesses 19th-century French judge and sculptor Magistrate Simon Cordier (played by Vincent Price), who graduates from killing his pet canary to his model Odette Mallotte […]

Jul, 19

Strange Interlude ** (1932, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Alexander Kirkland, May Robson, Ralph Morgan, Robert Young, Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry B Walthall) – Classic Movie Review 8248

Director Robert Z Leonard’s curious 1932 MGM drama Strange Interlude [Strange Interval] is based on a play by Eugene O’Neill and stars Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Alexander Kirkland and May Robson. O’Neill called it ‘a […]

Mar, 15

Demons of the Mind ** (1972, Paul Jones, Patrick Magee, Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Hardy, Gillian Hills, Michael Hordern, Shane Briant) – Classic Movie Review 6657

Robert Hardy stars as Zorn, a 19th-century Bavarian baron who keeps his teenaged children Elizabeth and Emil (Gillian Hills, Shane Briant) locked away and drugged for fear that the family insanity is hereditary. The madness is […]

Feb, 07

Hammersmith Is Out *** (1972, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 6549

Director-star Peter Ustinov’s 1972 black comedy thriller is one heck of a really odd movie, with Richard Burton as Hammersmith, a crazed mental patient in unstable doctor Peter Ustinov’s institution, who persuades innocent orderly/ nurse […]

Jan, 11

Psycho II **** (1983, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz) – Classic Movie Review 5862

Director Richard Franklin’s suspenseful 1983 first sequel to Psycho (1960), set 22 years later, is an unexpected success. Vera Miles is back as Lila Loomis, whose sister Marion (Janet Leigh) was of course one of the […]

Aug, 06

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