Casey Chong with the essential Jason Statham action movies… With his distinctive tough guy look and the kind of impassive personality that you don’t want to mess with, Jason Statham fits like a glove when it comes to playing a no-nonsense action role. Formerly a professional diver, he began his acting career after Guy Ritchie […]
10 Essential Movies from 1976
We take a look at a great year for cinema with ten essential movies from 1976… A stellar year in cinema can sometimes be judged by the strength of the Best Picture nominees. Then you could look again in a decade or two and see which films have accrued a loyal cult following and been […]
10 Great Cult B-Movies of the VHS Era
Lower your brow and grab the popcorn as it’s time to look at ten unmissable cult B-movie gems of the VHS era… The point of the humble B-movie (which has effectively now become the A-movie as far as mainstream tent pole cinema is concerned), was -without too many airs or graces or deep psychological study […]
Eight Essential Maika Monroe Performances
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Essential Horror Movie Threequels
Casey Chong looks at seven of the best horror threequels… Horror franchises tend to be erratic even for iconic ones like Halloween and Friday the 13th. The first film is often seen as a high point that’s hard to top, let alone replicate in the subsequent follow-ups (i.e. John Carpenter’s Halloween and Wes Craven’s A […]
The Best Sword-and-Sandal Movies of the 21st Century
Casey Chong on the best sword-and-sandal movies of the 21st century… With Ridley Scott returning to Ancient Rome this month in the long-gestating sequel Gladiator II [read our review here], it looks as if the sword-and-sandals epic is making yet another comeback. The last time the genre made a splash, for better or worse, was […]
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