Psychological horrors have become something special over the last few years. Not that they ever went into obscurity, but over the last five years or so, there’s been an unbelievable release of uncompromising and challenging psychological horrors that offer an alternative for those looking for something “more meaningful” to their horror. Of late, the perceived […]
Shock cinema is a genre (a term that is loosely used here) that always existed, but in different forms and content, as it changes along with the changes in society’s tolerance. As time goes on, people grow more and more used to things, with very few of them remaining relatively stable. I have personally, repeatedly […]
Action-thrillers have truly become something special over the last few years. Europe and Asia have long offered the world unique and exhilarating action-thrillers that their American counterparts have only started to somewhat grasp. From the early ‘90s with Luc Besson’s action-thrillers to end all action-thrillers, “Léon: The Professional,” the genre hybrid has become bigger, bolder, […]
Cinema-goers all around the globe, but especially in the United States, are suckers for war movies. They tend to capture the audience’s imaginary with feats of bravery from courageous soldiers, or horrific scenes of violence that make us question the morality of going to war, even when it seems necessary. Regardless of the point of […]
Horror cinema is currently undergoing a resurgence. Acclaimed films of the decade such as Jordan Peele’s critical-darling Get Out and Ben Wheatley’s genre-hybrid Kill List have shown audiences that horror can be given new life if experimented with. While much of the genre’s output remains rather dull and uninspired, since the turn of the century, […]
When it comes to talking about war movies, certain films tend to dominate the discussion. Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, Platoon and, more recently, Dunkirk have cast a long shadow on the genre – and rightly so. Each of these flicks represents a master class, not only in how to tell a compelling wartime story, […]