Raise your hand if you had Dev Patel on your bingo card as the next action movie star. Didn’t think so. Now, raise your hand if you also had him directing an action movie starring himself as an action hero. I didn't either ...
Say what you will about Liam Neeson’s late-career role choices, but there’s no question the guy knows his way around an action thriller. What felt like a desperate last gasp at career revival back in 2008 after taking the lead in Pierre Morel’s Taken, has actually set him up to be ...
Alex Proyas’s supernatural action thriller is a masterful example of triumph over tragedy, both as a narrative, and (sadly) as a monument to its late star, Brandon Lee. Lee, in the final week of shooting the film, was accidently shot on set, filming one of his final scenes. With Lee’s family’s permission ...
A notoriously difficult film to make, the first to show off James Cameron’s obsession with the depths of the ocean. Lead actor Ed Harris still refuses to talk about it to this day. It’s one of three Cameron films that hasn’t seen a home media release in decades. The Abyss, like most of his flicks ...
If you dug the psychosocial dysfunction of HBO’s “White Lotus” or the theocratic dystopia of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” then Immaculate, the new film from director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs) should also find a comfy place within the twisted recesses of your sick soul ...
Representing Ethan Coen’s directorial feature debut without his filmmaking brother Joel, Drive-Away Dolls aims to take viewers on a wild, comic road trip, yet ends up stranding us in the cinematic equivalent of a scenic overlook without the scenery ...
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has an opening for a security guard. You interested? Well, it turns out that this kid’s entertainment location ALWAYS has an opening for a security guard. Why? The poor suckers keep getting killed in violent and nasty ways. Enter at your own risk because something ...
Can you believe we have been waiting almost twenty-five friggen years for an upgrade on home media for this movie? Released in 1994, True Lies saw its last home media release in 1999 on DVD. Now, generations later, we get a new 4K scan of the flick from the camera negatives ...
What if someone were to take John Hughes’ Weird Science, a film about a couple of teenaged boys who literally make their dream woman, and turn it on its head with a female-centric take on the story? That’s exactly what Academy award-winning ...
Following the success of his ominous little movie short called Night Swim, which exploded on Youtube nearly a decade ago, filmmaker Bryce McGuire takes the premise to the big screen with a feature-length adaptation. Unfortunately, rather than the perfectly executed swan dive into ...
FINALLY! After years having only Ridley Scott’s original masterpiece in the Alien series, we get what many (including me) consider one of the best sequels ever made. The wait is over, and there’s good and bad—all tied to the main man responsible for the classic: James Cameron ...
“Now, we all know Kerry's my favorite, then Kev, then David, then Mike. But the rankings can always change.” That’s Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany, TV’s Mindhunter) ranking his sons in The Iron Claw, the new film from A24 about the Von Erich family of professional wrestling. It’s worth pointing out ...
There are few moments in the 1980’s output of horror titles as effective as the opening minutes of Tom Holland’s Child’s Play. Serial-killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), wearing a righteous brown trench coat, is being chased through the dingy streets of south Chicago by homicide detective ...
Norm son-of-a-Gunderson! Another re-release? Fargo, the 1996 Coen Brothers black comedy of down-to-earth Minnesota crime, gets remastered in its latest blu-ray release. This is the film that granted The Coens (Joel directs; Ethan produces; both handle screenplay duties) Main Street ...
Keanu Reeves is hands down one of the most likeable human beings in the public eye. His gentle ways and easy-going nature have cemented him into the zeitgeist of Hollywood legend. But in the 2010s, we must remember his leading man career was in a bit of a slump, having headlined a series ...
Cop Socky Cinema is your go-to corner for all things martial arts on screen—from high-flying kung fu classics to modern bone-crunching brawlers. We dive into the legends, the hidden gems, and the genre-defining moments that shaped martial arts cinema.
Kaiju Korner is your ultimate destination for everything colossal and creature-filled. We explore the wild, wonderful world of kaiju cinema—spotlighting both classic monster epics and today’s thrilling new entries. From Godzilla and Gamera to modern reimaginings and global giants, Kaiju Korner dives deep into the history, cultural impact, and sheer spectacle of giant monster films.
Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a curious newcomer, this is where titans clash, cities crumble, and cinematic legends roar to life—one stomp at a time.
Monster Mayhem is your go-to destination for all things monstrous and menacing. We will sink our claws into the world of classic creature features, celebrating the timeless terror of cinema’s most iconic beasts.
From Universal’s legendary monsters to B-movie behemoths and international kaiju, Monster Mayhem explores the history, artistry, and cultural impact of the films that made us fear the dark. Expect deep dives, behind-the-scenes stories, retrospectives, and rankings that resurrect the giants of genre filmmaking.
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