The Daily Beasts

For theme projects (like #Kaijuly, #Mocktoberfest, and #SeasonsBeatings—for example),
a new film/show is profiled every day by a different writer.

Kevin Uhrich 5/15/26 Kevin Uhrich 5/15/26

MOTHER TRUCKIN’ MAY: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986)

It was a long, strange road to get to John Carpenter’s trucker vs supernatural martial artists film.

Adrian Torres 5/6/26 Adrian Torres 5/6/26

Stephen King’s directorial debut pits humans against sentient machines, including some pissed off trucks.

Matt Wedge 10/16/23 Matt Wedge 10/16/23

How Stuart Gordon’s film lays a path of what might have been (…with Disney?).

Kiley Fox 10/5/22 Kiley Fox 10/5/22

For those about to drive—we salute you!

Kiley Fox 5/19/22 Kiley Fox 5/19/22

The surprisingly tame (by Fred Olen Ray standards) adventure horror film is a solid intro to new corners of the genre.

Matthew Essary 12/7/21 Matthew Essary 12/7/21

Stallone faces off with a murderous cult in this vaguely Christmas-adjacent action classic!