Casey Chong on the essential Maika Monroe performances… One of the most promising young actresses working today, the Santa Barbara-born Maika Monroe is often synonymous with the horror genre, thanks in no small part to her breakthrough performance in It Follows. But she isn’t the type who is pigeonholed as a strictly horror movie actress, […]
Horror’s Revenge: The 2026 Oscars and the Genre’s Long-Overdue Moment
EJ Moreno on the Academy Award nominations… The 2026 Oscars will be remembered as the night horror stopped asking for respect and started receiving it. For decades, horror fans have watched the Oscars with a familiar mix of hope and resignation. Every so often, the Academy would toss the genre a bone: a technical nomination […]
10 Forgotten Erotic Thrillers of the 1980s
Casey Chong with a selection of forgotten erotic thrillers of the 1980s that are worth revisiting… The 1990s may have been the decade when the erotic thriller genre flooded the market not only in mainstream cinema but also in direct-to-video distribution. But let’s not forget about the decade before – the 1980s, that is – […]
Five Essential Nicolas Cage Horror Movies
Casey Chong with five essential Nicolas Cage horror movies… Mock him or diss him all you want because there’s no denying that Nicolas Cage has been enjoying a renaissance over the last few years. Just not the kind of big mainstream Hollywood successes that he used to have in the ‘90s and ‘00s heydays seen […]
The Mad Max Movies Ranked
Casey Chong ranks George Miller’s Mad Max saga… George Miller’s works may have been diverse from horror (Twilight Zone: The Movie) to drama (Lorenzo’s Oil) and comedy (Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet), but he’s always been synonymous with post-apocalyptic action genre that made him a household name in the first place. His Mad […]
10 Essential Home Invasion Horror Movies
Casey Chong with the essential home invasion horror movies… Home is a sanctuary. But imagine the fear and the uncomfortable feeling when someone breaking and entering your home no matter if you live alone or with your loved one(s). The home invasion horror/thriller has been a recurring favourite for many filmmakers to explore the genre […]
The Best Scenes in the Alien Franchise
Casey Chong on the best scenes in the Alien franchise… The last time we got an Alien movie resulted in the so-so effort of Alien: Covenant. That was seven years ago, back in the day before Disney acquired Fox. The movie franchise found itself in hyper sleep ever since until Fede Alvarez of the Evil […]
Out for Vengeance: Ten Essential Revenge Movies
Casey Chong with ten essential revenge movies… The long-gestating reboot of The Crow, which famously suffered from development hell as early as 2008 with numerous directors and actors coming and going, has finally flown into cinemas, starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular character with Rupert Sanders of the live-action Hollywood version of Ghost in the […]
Ranking Alexandre Aja’s Movies From Worst to Best
Casey Chong ranks the films of Alexandre Aja… French director Alexandre Aja has explored different genres throughout his illustrious 25-year career from the post-apocalyptic romance Furia in 1999 to the single-location sci-fi thriller Oxygen in 2021, but his most celebrated works remain his horror films, beginning with the ultra-nihilistic High Tension a.k.a. Haute Tension and […]
6 Underrated Francis Ford Coppola Movies
Casey Chong looks at six underrated Francis Ford Coppola movies… Francis Ford Coppola’s works as a director spanned six decades with his most prominent filmography coming from the ‘70s era. A string of hits and best works including the first two Godfather films, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now put Coppola on the map. But post-1970s […]
