Derek Winnert

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The Hitcher ***** (1986, Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 400

Director Robert Harmon’s awesome 1986 cult psycho horror thriller The Hitcher is a gruesomely terrifying thrill ride. It takes as tenacious a hold on the minds and sensibilities of the audience as its villain Rutger Hauer […]

Nov, 13

The Night of the Hunter ***** (1955, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish) – Classic Movie Review 357

‘This morning we were married, and now you think I’m going to kiss you, hold you, call you my wife!’ – Robert Mitchum. With a beautifully crafted, literate screenplay by James Agee based on the […]

Nov, 03

Hulk *** (2003, Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 309

Ang Lee is the surprise director for this underrated 2003 action sci-fi thriller, based on the Marvel comic book character by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It’s a smart, lovingly crafted film that didn’t get its proper […]

Oct, 22

Halloween ***** (1978, Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran) – Classic Movie Review 300

John Carpenter’s exhilarating 1978 classic slasher horror thriller Halloween has spawned seven sequels, a remake in 2007 and its sequel, a trilogy of sequels that started with the 2018 Halloween, and thousands of inferior copies. […]

Oct, 19

Jeepers Creepers **** (2001, Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck) – Classic Movie Review 267

Duel meets Scream in Jeepers Creepers (2001), this really scary, scalding 2001 horror monster movie from writer-director Victor Salva and producer Francis Ford Coppola. Gina Philips and Justin Long star as young Trish and her kid brother […]

Oct, 02

Nosferatu the Vampyre [Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht] **** (1979, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz) – Classic Movie Review 238

‘The Master is coming.’ – Renfield. ‘Cruel is when you can’t die even if you want to.’ – Dracula. Director Werner Herzog triumphantly remakes the famous 1921 horror silent with all due respect to the […]

Sep, 14

Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors [Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens] ***** (1922, Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff) – Classic Movie Review 237

F W Murnau’s classic vampire film Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors is an unlicensed adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The great grand-daddy of all horror movies, it is silent movie gothic horror at […]

Sep, 13

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