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The Erotic Horror Renaissance of the 1990s: Where Cinemax Met Creature Features

November 23, 2025 by admin

Adam Page on the erotic horror renaissance of the 90s… Look, sitting here in front of this keyboard, I can’t pretend it wasn’t a weird time. The decade of the 90s was a lot of things: flannel, teen angst, the inexplicable popularity of acid washed jeans. But somewhere between the Berlin Wall being torn down […]

Filed Under: Adam Page, Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: bordello of blood, embrace of the vampire, Full Moon Features, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Jim Wynorski, Sorceress, Species, The Bare Wench Project

8 Must-Watch World War II Horror Movies

November 23, 2025 by admin

Casey Chong with a selection of must-see World War II horror movies for your watch list… World War II left an indelible mark on world history, and cinema has been constantly fascinated by the conflict, exploring the underlying moral and psychological effects of war, from the soldier’s PTSD to the hellish nature of enduring combat […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Below, Blood Vessel, Ghosts of War, Heavy Metal, Overlord, Shadow in the Cloud, The Devil's Rock, the keep

Noirvember: The Straight-to-Video Essential Selection

November 23, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe rounds out Noirvember with a selection of straight to video noir films… Dark tales of murder, intrigue, adultery, crime, punishment, femme fatales and lots of ominous dark shadow. Film noir and in more recent cinema history, neo-noir, have offered up an array of moody gems. Noir has infused so much of the action, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Boogie Boy, Cover Up, Cypher, Give 'Em Hell Malone, Payback, Scorned, Shade, The Boondock Saints, The Butcher, Until Death

10 Extreme Horror Films You Won’t Forget

November 22, 2025 by Vanessa Maki

Vanessa Maki with 10 extreme horror movies you won’t soon forget… Stepping into the world of extreme horror isn’t a wise choice for everyone. It might make you regret it if you’re not someone who can handle much in the way of extreme violence or gore, much less transgression in film, though if you’re someone […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Top Stories, Vanessa Maki Tagged With: Deadgirl, I Saw the Devil, I Spit On Your Grave, Ichi the Killer, Inside, Martyrs, Megan is Missing, The House with 100 Eyes, The Loved Ones, the sadness

The Essential Hirokazu Kore-eda Films

November 22, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to take a look at a modern master of Japanese (and beyond) cinema with the essential Hirokazu Kore-eda films… Often seen as the heir apparent to Yasujiro Ozu, this director may not be immediately recognised by Western audiences, but chances are you may have seen one or two of his more well-travelled films. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: After Life, Air Doll, Broker, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maborosi, Monster, Nobody Knows, Shoplifters, Still Walking, The Third Murder

10 Essential 21st Century Neo-Noirs for Noirvember

November 21, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We continue our Noirvember offerings with ten essential 21st century neo-noirs… It’s time once more to take a deep dive into the brutal and fatalistic world of noir as Noirvember rolls on. From film noir of the 30s and 40s, to great revisionist periods like the 1970s, there has always been a noir-infused selection of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Bittersweet Life, Blade Runner 2049, Collateral, Killer Joe, Layer Cake, Memento, Mulholland Drive, Nightcrawler, No Country for Old Men, The Secret in Their Eyes

10 Deep Films You Might Have Missed

November 20, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

There’s no simple escapism here; it’s time to get deep with these ten great, thought-provoking films that may have flown under your radar… It’s time to get deep. The beauty of cinema is just how eclectic and wide-ranging your choice of viewing is. You want simple escapism, you’re covered. You want gruelling depictions of war, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Harvest, How to Have Sex, Maborosi, Marie's Song, Moving, Nostalghia, Only the River Flows, Perfect Days, Secret Sunshine, The Juniper Tree

10 Must-See Legal Thrillers of the 1990s

November 18, 2025 by admin

Flickering Myth’s Casey Chong takes a trip back to the 1990s for a selection of must-see legal thrillers… There was a time when legal thrillers were like the coolest kid on the block: the 1990s. Best described as the golden era for this genre, it left an indelible mark with its thrilling combination of an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: A Few Good Men, A Time To Kill, Class Action, Guilty as Sin, John Grisham, Presumed Innocent, Primal Fear, The Client, The Devil's Advocate, The Firm, The Pelican Brief

10 Essential 1970s Neo-Noirs to Watch This Noirvember

November 17, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We continue our celebration of Noirvember with ten essential neo-noirs from the 1970s… From the dark nights to the damp rainy streets and glare of the neon lights, everything about November makes you feel like you’re living in a neo-noir movie. With Noirvember in full swing, it’s time to look at a golden era of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Coffy, film noir, Klute, Le Circle Rouge, neo noir, night moves, Noir, Serpico, The American Friend, The Killing of A Chinese Bookie, The Long Goodbye, The Yakuza

10 Actors Who Almost Became James Bond

November 17, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look back at some of the James Bond contenders from years gone by… As we eagerly (or maybe not that eagerly) await final confirmation as to who will play James Bond in the new Amazon era, under the auteur gaze of Denis Villeneuve, there have been lots of rumours and names in […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Cary Grant, Casino Royale, Christopher Lambert, Clint Eastwood, Clive Owen, Croupier, Daniel Craig, David Niven, Dr. No, george lazenby, GoldenEye, Henry Cavill, Ian Ogilvy, James Bond, James Mason, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Moonraker, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Paul mcGann, Pierce Brosnan, ralph fiennes, Roger Moore, Sam Neill, Sean Connery, Terence Stamp, The Living Daylights, The Man From Uncle, Timothy Dalton, Tomorrow Never Dies

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