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As a huge fan of action-horror, I remember when Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy absolutely blew up in 1999. It was a massive hit, making over $400 million on an $80 million budget and really kicked off this wave of action-horror movies. It’s funny, because exactly five years later, on May 7th, 2004, Sommers released Van Helsing. Sadly, it didn’t do so well, and it feels like that movie quietly marked the end of that whole action-horror boom.

PlayStation has sold a combined 74.6 million software units on both the PS4 and PS5, which is 1.5 million fewer than last year. Of those sales, games made directly by PlayStation (first-party titles) accounted for 5.8 million units, a decrease of 100,000 from the previous year. More and more people are choosing to download full game versions digitally, with digital downloads now making up 85% of all sales. The PlayStation Network currently has 125 million active users each month.

Netflix’s newest popular series, the action-thriller Man on Fire, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, started as a novel. While many remember the 2004 film with Denzel Washington, the series is actually based on the 1980 book by A. J. Quinnell. The Netflix adaptation takes some significant liberties with the original story, but it still centers around the character of Creasy (known as Marcus in the book and John in both the series and the movie). Interestingly, the book offers a roadmap for future storylines, as Man on Fire is the first in a series. The following may contain spoilers for the Man on Fire series.

Everything on this list wouldn’t be possible without the first movie that launched this popular series. That original film remains popular even after its initial release on Netflix. Recently, a sequel was announced, and last year, a new short film titled Debut: A Kpop Demon Hunters Story was also announced, although we don’t yet know when it will be released.