Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "psychotronic film"

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Born Reckless ** (1958, Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, Tom Duggan) – Classic Movie Review 9898

‘And Mamie rocks ’em with 7 red-hot reckless tunes!’ Director Howard W Koch’s 1959 Born Reckless stars Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, and Tom Duggan. Hunnicutt and Duggan play Cool Man and […]

Jun, 12

Scanners II: The New Order ** (1991, David Hewlett, Deborah Raffin, Yvan Ponton) – Classic Movie Review 9886

Director Christian Duguay’s Canadian 1991 action horror sci-fi film Scanners II: The New Order is based on the characters from David Cronenberg’s 1981 movie Scanners. A decade on the sequel (without David Cronenberg’s involvement) is […]

Jun, 10

Doctor Faustus ** (1967, Richard Burton, Andreas Teuber, Elizabeth Taylor ) – Classic Movie Review 9884

In the 1967 film Doctor Faustus, Richard Burton records his intense and honourable 1966 stage performance at the Oxford Playhouse with the student actors of the Oxford University Drama Society (OUDS) of Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century […]

Jun, 09

Rock Rock Rock! ** (1956, Tuesday Weld, Teddy Randazzo, Alan Freed, Frankie Lymon, Chuck Berry) – Classic Movie Review 9866

Director Will Price’s 1956 film Rock Rock Rock! stars little Tuesday Weld (only 13 in her screen début) in this thinly and poorly plotted but great sounding Fifties rock ‘n’ roll music nostalgia extravaganza. When […]

Jun, 05

Twist Around the Clock ** (1961, Chubby Checker, Dion DiMucci, Vicki Spencer, The Marcels, Clay Cole) – Classic Movie Review 9865

‘It’s twist-errific! – the first full-length movie about the twist!’ Twisting replaces rocking for Oscar Rudolph’s soppy but happy Sixties musical drama Twist Around the Clock (1961) in canny producer Sam Katzman’s riposte to his […]

Jun, 04

Don’t Knock the Twist ** (1962, Chubby Checker, Gene Chandler, Vic Dana) Classic Movie Review 9864

Chubby Checker and the twist are in the spotlight again in director Oscar Rudolph’s 1962 black and white dance craze musical film Don’t Knock the Twist, the sequel to the 1961 smash hit Twist Around […]

Jun, 04

Don’t Knock the Rock *** (1956, Bill Haley and the Comets, Alan Dale, Alan Freed, Little Richard) – Classic Movie Review 9863

‘The Rock Kings Are Back – At Their Greatest! ‘ Director Fred F Sears’s 1956 black and white music movie Don’t Knock the Rock is Bill Haley’s hastily made, rushed-out follow-up to the earlier 1956 […]

Jun, 04

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