Derek Winnert

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Devils of Darkness ** (1965, William Sylvester, Hubert Noël, Carole Gray, Tracy Reed) – Classic Movie Review 11,053

‘Called from the Grave…To Follow a Mystic Cult of Evil’ Director Lance Comfort’s 1965 Devils of Darkness [Talisman] from Planet Film Productions is a sometimes lively shoestring shocker about a villainous vampire, Armand du Molière, aka […]

Mar, 28

The Believers *** (1987, Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross) – Classic Movie Review 9421

Martin Sheen leads British director John Schlesinger’s vibrant, chilling 1987 American occult horror thriller The Believers about a police psychiatrist widower Cal Jamison (Sheen) and his son Chris (Harley Cross) who get scarily involved with […]

Feb, 24

Altered States **** (1980, William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban) – Classic Movie Review 5450

Director Ken Russell’s engrossing 1980 sci-fi horror thriller Altered States stars William Hurt as Eddie Jessup. a troubled Harvard scientist who is obsessed with finding the truth about man’s existence and understanding his place in […]

May, 14

Committed ** (2000, Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, Goran Visnjic) – Classic Movie Review 5048

Writer-director Lisa Krueger’s weird 2000 road movie comedy drama is a bumpy ride, with a shaky star turn by always likeable Heather Graham. But she has an incredibly good cast to bail her out slightly. […]

Feb, 22

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death ***½ (1943, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson, Hillary Brooke) – Classic Film Review 1020

The satisfying and atmospheric 1943 mystery thriller film Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is securely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1893 short story The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual. It is a welcome return to the […]

Mar, 30

The Wicker Man ***** (1973, Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, Britt Ekland, Lindsay Kemp, Aubrey Morris) – Classic Movie Review 179

Début director Robin Hardy and writer Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth) got together in 1973 to make this hugely imaginative, intelligent and, above all, chillingly scary horror film about the celebration of paganism on a remote Scottish […]

Aug, 21

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