Derek Winnert

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge *** (1985, Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Marshall Bell, Sydney Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 4550

The gory 1985 horror thriller sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge is a cult classic among both horror fans and the LGBTQ community. It is now celebrated as being one of […]

Oct, 28

A Monster Calls **** (2016, Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell) – Movie Review

Lewis MacDougall stars as 12-year-old Conor O’Malley, who is greatly troubled by the heavy weight of his burden of impossible problems. He’s being bullied at school, his grandma (Sigourney Weaver) is chilly and controlly, his dad […]

Oct, 06

The Giant Gila Monster ** (1959, Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher, Ken Knox, Fred Graham) – Classic Movie Review 4411

Director Ray Kellogg’s low-budget 1959 sci-fi monster movie stars Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone,  Shug Fisher (as the comedy relief) and KLIF disc jockey Ken Knox. Of course it is pretty bad, but it is a fun Fifties B-movie cult classic. Teens are […]

Sep, 26

Critters ** (1986, Dee Wallace Stone, Billy Green Bush, M Emmet Walsh, Scott Grimes, Billy Zane, Terrence Mann, Don Keith Opper, Ethan Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 3990

Nasty little killer fur-ball aliens, fleeing from an inter-galactic jail pursued by two shape-shifting extra-terrestrial bounty hunters, invade Dee Wallace Stone’s Kansas farm in co-writer/ director Stephen Herek’s engagingly infantile 1986 Gremlins-style sci-fi horror comedy. […]

Jul, 07

The Monster That Challenged the World *** (1957, Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried) – Classic Movie Review 3920

Mollusk monsters attack California. Dr Jess Rogers: ‘We must remember that these creatures can travel over land, too.’ Director Arnold Laven’s junior-league 1957 sci-fi horror movie/ creature feature The Monster That Challenged the World is […]

Jul, 02

Attack of the Giant Leeches * (1959, Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota, Tyler McVey, Jan Shepard ) – Classic Movie Review 3912

‘Fear will pierce your flesh… Until every nerve in your body… EXPLODES!’ Yes, but not all American International Pictures executive producer Roger Corman and producer Gene Corman’s movies have mitigating factors. Director Bernard Kowalski’s $70,000 1959 sci-fi horror […]

Jun, 29

Attack of the Crab Monsters ** (1957, Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 3,913

Roger Corman’s cult favourite 1957 monster movie Attack of the Crab Monsters has a wild title and a big ugly creature. He recalled: ‘This was the most successful of all the early low budget horror […]

Jun, 29

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