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- News
Trailer Debuts for ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’ Ahead of October Cinema Release
TRAILER: Netflix’s ‘The Rip’ Puts Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in the Crosshairs of Corruption
‘Karmadonna’ Movie Review: A Relentless, Visceral Thriller That Tears Into Cultural Rot with Blunt Fury
Hollywood Hills Go Wild: Suburbia Meets the Wild in ‘Coyotes’ Trailer
David F. Sandberg Takes the Keys to 112 Ocean Avenue to Give The Amityville Horror a Modern Makeover
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘Karmadonna’ Movie Review: A Relentless, Visceral Thriller That Tears Into Cultural Rot with Blunt Fury
‘THE HOLY BOY’ Movie Review: A Slow-Burn Nightmare of Grief, Adolescence, and the Unbearable Burden Placed on a Young Saviour
‘EDDINGTON’ Movie Review: An Unflinchingly Provocative, Twisted, and Wryly Funny Tale of Small-Town Upheaval
‘WEAPONS’ Movie Review: Kids Vanish, Secrets Spill, and Everything Gets Deliciously Dark
‘FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES’ Movie Review: Death Has Never Felt So Alive
- Movie/TV Interviews
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Clay McLeod Chapman on His Most Distilled Dose of Dread Yet: ‘ACQUIRED TASTE’
Peter Cilella Unpacks Fatherhood, Fear, and the Fracturing Mind in Haunting Sci-Fi Shocker ‘Descendent’
Stuart Ortiz and Jessee Clarkson Unravel Mr. Shiny and the Cosmic Horror of ‘Strange Harvest’
Ross Marquand Shares the Psychological and Sci-Fi Terror of Peter Cilella’s hauntingly cerebral ‘Descendent’
INTERVIEW: Chuck Russell Conjures a New Nightmare With Witchboard – A Cult Classic Reawakened
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #22
Ash: The Power-Pop Veterans Fire Back With a Double Barrel Blast – And Graham Coxon Riding Shotgun
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #21
The Royston Club Drop Heartfelt Single “Cariad” Ahead of Bold, Trailblazing Sophomore Album Songs For The Spine
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025: Batch #20
- Music Interviews
Interview: Duncan Lloyd Unwinds New Album ‘Unwound’ – A Cathartic Rebellion Against Snack Culture
From Wigan to the World: The Lilacs’ Ollie Anglesea Talks New EP ‘The 395 (To Forever)’
INTERVIEW: The ‘KOKO’ Mojo, According to Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance Prior to Fourth Album Release
The Slow Readers Club Discuss New Album ‘Out Of A Dream’ in Exclusive Interview with Aaron Starkie
Starsailor Celebrates 25 Years: James Walsh Talks Special Anniversary Shows and UK Tour [Interview]
- Features
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
A Gathering of the Angels: London to Host Spellbinding Two-Day Tribute to David Lynch’s Cinematic Universe
Rocky Horror Documentary ‘Strange Journey’ Sets UK Premiere at Sheffield DocFest Ahead of October Cinema Release
- Competitions
WIN Tense and Violent Western ‘THE LAST MANHUNT’ Starring Jason Momoa
WIN Action-Packed Thriller ‘HIGH HEAT’ Starring Don Johnson and Olga Kurylenko
WIN LUCIFER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ON DVD – OUT ON DVD AND BLU-RAY NOW
WIN THE CONJURING 2 ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
WIN FRIEND REQUEST ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
- Books
Eric LaRocca Talks Crafting Visceral Terror with Poetic Tenderness in ‘We Are Always Tender With Our Dead’
Justice, Revenge, and Horror With a Western Edge: Keith Rosson Talks His Savage New Vampire Novel ‘Coffin Moon’
Rachel Harrison Talks ‘Play Nice’: An Ingenious Haunted House Makeover That Exposes Family, Self-Image, and Society’s Evils
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Clay McLeod Chapman on His Most Distilled Dose of Dread Yet: ‘ACQUIRED TASTE’
INTERVIEW: Math, Madness, and the End of Meaning – Chuck Tingle’s Lucky Day Will Break Your Brain (and Maybe Your Heart)
- Author Interviews
Eric LaRocca Talks Crafting Visceral Terror with Poetic Tenderness in ‘We Are Always Tender With Our Dead’
Justice, Revenge, and Horror With a Western Edge: Keith Rosson Talks His Savage New Vampire Novel ‘Coffin Moon’
Rachel Harrison Talks ‘Play Nice’: An Ingenious Haunted House Makeover That Exposes Family, Self-Image, and Society’s Evils
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Clay McLeod Chapman on His Most Distilled Dose of Dread Yet: ‘ACQUIRED TASTE’
INTERVIEW: Math, Madness, and the End of Meaning – Chuck Tingle’s Lucky Day Will Break Your Brain (and Maybe Your Heart)
- Book Reviews
Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for July 2025
Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for 2025
“EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS” Book Review: A Poignantly Provocative Supernatural Shocker
“SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX” Book Review: A refreshingly inventive twist on familiar thriller trappings
“I Have Some Questions for You” Book Review: An Ingeniously Elaborate, Poignant Whodunnit Thriller
Box Office
Dark Sky Films and sister production and distribution company Watermelon Pictures are teaming up to bring a fresh jolt of gothic horror to North...
Streaming
Apple TV+ has pulled back the curtain on season five of “Slow Horses,” its critically acclaimed espionage drama fronted by the incomparable Sir Gary...
Killer Chords
As another glorious autumn rolls in, so too comes one of the most anticipated events on the cinematic calendar: the Toronto International Film Festival....
Box Office
The world of 28 Days Later has always been one of brutal, unrelenting dread. From the moment Cillian Murphy‘s Jim awoke in a deserted...
Box Office
After turning the world of mystery cinema on its head with Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Academy Award-nominated...
Author Interviews
Rachel Harrison returns with Play Nice, an unsettling new novel that lands September 9, proving once again why she’s one of contemporary horror’s sharpest...
MUSIC
It’s been a chaotic kind of decade for Ash — but they’ve never been ones to sit still. The Northern Irish trio, masters of...
Home Release News
When you think of the Florida of the 1970s, images of sun-drenched beaches, lazy afternoons, and orange groves may come to mind. But The...
Box Office
Shout! Studios has debuted the official trailer for Killing Faith, the latest film from filmmaker Ned Crowley, who previously impressed audiences with his darkly...
Headlines
This September, a trailblazing story about courage, systemic resistance, and female empowerment takes center stage at TIFF. Out Standing, the latest offering from Canada’s...
Author Interviews
When Clay McLeod Chapman flips the script on reality, terror and humor are never far behind — and his new collection, Acquired Taste (out...
Box Office
Vertigo Releasing has debuted the UK trailer for Dead of Winter, Brian Kirk’s (“Game of Thrones”, “Luther”, “Dexter”, 21 Bridges) icy, nerve-jangling thriller that...
Box Office
Inground — a brand-new horror-thriller set to blur the lines between family drama and full-on terror — will send John Cho (Searching, Star Trek)...
Killer Chords
Shudder has just dropped a teaser trailer for V/H/S/Halloween, the eighth installment in the iconic V/H/S franchise. Since its chilling debut in 2012, the...
Box Office
Magnolia Pictures has released the first teaser for The Carpenter’s Son, the highly anticipated French-American horror film written and directed by Lotfy Nathan (Harka),...
MOVIES
Some sequels tiptoe back into familiar territory. Others storm in like a hand grenade with the pin already pulled. SISU: Road to Revenge is...
Box Office
“No-one moves! No-one talks! And then, no-one gets hurt!” Fresh from its World Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last week, Paramount and...