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Gripping 90s Thrillers From First-Time Directors

January 1, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong presents a selection of thrilling directorial debuts from the 1990s… Like every decade, the 1990s saw a numbers of filmmakers emerging with critically acclaimed directorial debuts, some of whom would go on to enjoy long and successful careers, while others would find themselves struggling to live up to their debut. Here, we zero […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Bound, Danny Boyle, David Koepp, Dream Lover, Gregory Hoblit, Hard Eight, Nicholas Kazan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Primal Fear, Shallow Grave, The Trigger Effect, The Wachowskis

10 Great Slow-Burn Horror Movies To Fill You With Dread

April 16, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong with ten slow-burn horror movies that will fill you with dread… One of the most interesting things about the horror genre is its diverse A-to-Z elements from body horror to found footage, dark fantasy, slasher and supernatural. Then, there’s the slow-burn horror and as the name suggests, this subgenre focuses on the deliberate […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Don't Look Now, Hereditary, It Follows, Let The Right One In, Rosemary's Baby, Session 9, The Orphanage, The Shining, the witch

Cinema of Violence: 10 Great Hong Kong Movies of the 1980s

April 21, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong looks at ten great Hong Kong movies from the 1980s… Violence is frequently one of the recurring motifs that defines a Hong Kong movie. Practical effects along with the use of blood squibs for gunfights and stunts were heavily emphasized back in the day, explaining why the action set pieces have a heightened […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: A Better Tomorrow II, Coolie Killer, Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, Her Vengeance, Long Arm of the Law, On the Run, School on Fire, The Big Heat, The Killer, The Lunatics

The Most Terrifying Movie Psychopaths of the 1990s

May 6, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong takes a trip back to the 1990s to profile ten of the decade’s most terrifying movie psychopaths… Hollywood loves psychopaths in many forms. The character can be insane, obsessive or display any dangerous personality traits that lead to the victim’s death and murder. We have seen them in various genres, covering from horror […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Anthony Hopkins, Cape Fear, Dennis Hopper, fear, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Madsen, Misery, Ray Liotta, Rebecca De Mornay, Reservoir Dogs, Robert De Niro, Se7en, Single White Female, Speed, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Silence of the Lambs, Unlawful Entry

10 Great Movies from the Once-Dominant Carolco Pictures

May 17, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong with ten great films from Carolco Pictures…. Those who lived through the 80s and 90s era will likely remember the good old days when a certain independent studio dominated the Hollywood landscape. That studio in question is Carolco Pictures, which brought us a mix of iconic genre-defining hits and even underrated gems from […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Basic Instinct, Chaplin, Cliffhanger, First Blood, Jacob's Ladder, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red heat, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, Universal Soldier

6 Abduction Thrillers You May Have Missed

May 19, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong presents six kidnapping thrillers that may have flown under your radar… Thrillers about kidnapping have captured audiences’ attention for decades with plenty of notable movies to recommend here. For instance, in the 80s, the likes of Harrison Ford-starring Frantic and George Sluizer’s The Vanishing quickly come to mind, while the 90s era also […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Amber Alert, Kidnap, Suicide Kings, The Captive, The Collector, Trapped

Great Mob Movies You Might Have Missed

May 20, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong with a selection of mobster movies you might have missed… Mob movies have been around almost as long as cinema, stretching way back to the ‘30s with staples like The Public Enemy and Scarface. Some of the greatest and most well-known mob movies made their way from the 1970s New Hollywood onwards with […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Blood In Blood Out, Kill the Irishman, Little Odessa, Miller's Crossing, Saints and Sinners, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Funeral

7 Prom-Themed Horror Movies You Need To See

May 25, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong presents seven prom-themed horror movies to add to your watchlist… Attending a prom marks a significant milestone for many high school students. A transition of one’s high school life before entering adulthood – and of course, a night of dressing up, having fun and dancing with your loved one. But proms in the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, Carrie, fear street: Prom queen, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Prom Night, the club, The Prowler, Tragedy Girls

Great Cyberpunk Movies You Need To See

May 31, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong with eight great cyberpunk movies that should be on your watchlist… Cyberpunk movies made their mark in the early 80s with Ridley Scott’s seminal genre masterpiece Blade Runner, a milestone in not only in its visual style but its bleak depiction of urban dystopia and artificial intelligence. Subsequent popular cyberpunk movies like Akira, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: eXistenZ, hardware, Johnny Mnemonic, nemesis, sleep dealer, Split Second, Strange Days, Upgrade

The Best Eiza González Movies

May 30, 2025 by Casey Chong

Casey Chong looks at the best of Eiza Gonzalez… Hailing from Mexico City, Eiza González has come a long way from her telenovela days; making her debut in 2007 in Lola, érase una vez she managed to make her transition to Hollywood, appearing in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series and showing up in a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Alita: Battle Angel, ambulance, Ash, Baby Driver, Eiza Gonzalez, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Godzilla vs. Kong, I Care a Lot

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