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.

Vito Nusret 5/25/26 Vito Nusret 5/25/26

MOTHER TRUCKIN’ MAY: THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953)

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film is a true classic of cinema and the classiest pinnacle of truxploitation.

Eduardo Hernandez 5/21/26 Eduardo Hernandez 5/21/26

Spielberg’s made-for-TV movie debut is an incredible thriller.

Adrian Torres 5/20/26 Adrian Torres 5/20/26

A taut trucking thriller with Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis is also an undersung piece of Ozploitation.

Vito Nusret 5/19/26 Vito Nusret 5/19/26

Jonathan Mostow’s great action thriller with trucking at its center and Kurt Russell at the fore!

Kiley Fox 5/18/26 Kiley Fox 5/18/26

Sam Peckinpah’s tale of strength in numbers and trucker defiance still resonates today.

Brad Milne 5/12/26 Brad Milne 5/12/26

Liam Neeson and director Jonathan Hensleigh return to drive on some new treacherous roads in a different locale.

Brad Milne 5/8/26 Brad Milne 5/8/26

Liam Neeson gets his truckin’ on…in the frozen wilds of Manitoba.

Kelly Warner 5/5/26 Kelly Warner 5/5/26

One of Friedkin’s best works is also a trucking film.

Sharai Bohannon 5/4/26 Sharai Bohannon 5/4/26

An early aughts thriller features one pissed off truck driver…

Jackie Jardine 10/31/25 Jackie Jardine 10/31/25

The top horror movie of 1995 explores the true damning nature of apathy.

Bee Delores 10/22/25 Bee Delores 10/22/25

Marina Zudina delivers a genre-defining performance in Anthony Waller’s stellar film.

Rob Dean 10/21/25 Rob Dean 10/21/25

A solid thriller that also acts a portend for things to come.

Khayla McGowan 7/18/22 Khayla McGowan 7/18/22

At the IMF’s darkest hour, a team starts to solidify and unifying narrative begins for the franchise.

Derek Smith 5/19/22 Derek Smith 5/19/22

A Fred Olen Ray-produced series about Bigfoot?!? Derek Smith provides an overview and interviews its director, Henrique Couto.