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A24 Debuts Trailer for Revenge Thriller ‘How to Make a Killing,’ Starring Glen Powell, Ed Harris, and Margaret Qualley
FX Orders ‘Far Cry’ Video Game Adaptation Anthology TV Series from Noah Hawley and Rob McElhenney
‘Stranger Things’ Returns: Netflix Launches Volume 1 Trailer and Nationwide Fan Adventure Ahead of Final Season
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #29
- Movie/TV Reviews
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
‘King Ivory’ Review – Survival, Loyalty, and Moral Complexity Collide in John Swab’s Unforgiving Portrait of the Fentanyl Epidemic
‘The Running Man’ Review – Glen Powell’s Rage-Fueled Hero Anchors Edgar Wright’s Bombastic, Faithful Take on Stephen King’s Dystopian Classic
‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’ Review – A Superior Sequel of Revenge, Loyalty, and Trauma
‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING’ Review: A Nuanced Meditation on Identity, Moral Responsibility, and the Struggle to Navigate a World That Is at Once Welcoming and Alienating
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
James Badge Dale, Michael Mando & Ben Foster Talk John Swab’s ‘King Ivory’ and the Toll of the Fentanyl Trade
Aaron Eckhart Interview: Back on the K-9 Beat in Action-Packed and Emotionally Charged ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’
John Stalberg Jr. Interview: ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’ and Revisiting Jake Rosser’s Wounds with Aaron Eckhart
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Meet Colman Domingo’s Bobby T – the showman running the world’s deadliest game show: ‘The Running Man’
- Music Reviews
- Music Interviews
GOOD HEALTH GOOD WEALTH’s Bruce Breakey Explains Philosophy Behind Narrative Debut Album ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
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)’
- Features
Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks Reunite as Long-Awaited Spaceballs Sequel Begins Filming
Escape Reality: The Most Thrilling Horror Movies That Will Help You Forget the World’s Woes!
- Books
New PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer Showcases Ryan Gosling in a Sci-Fi Adventure Brimming With Cosmic Awe and All the Feels
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Apple TV+ Reveals First Stills and Premiere Date for Season Two of “The Last Thing He Told Me”
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
- Author Interviews
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
“Fandom today borders on the religious — and that’s both beautiful and terrifying”: Joey Batey on debut novel ‘It’s Not a Cult’, creativity, and the cost of being seen
‘Cathedral of the Drowned’ Interview: Nathan Ballingrud on Moon-Spun Nightmares, Centipede Bishops and Lunar Gothic Dread
Author Interview: The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale – Genre-Bending Stories and Timeless Fears
- Book Reviews
‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre’ Book Review: A Retirement Home Slasher that Finds Life and Tenacity in the Shadow of Death
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
Books
Amazon MGM Studios has unveiled a brand-new trailer for Project Hail Mary, delivering fresh footage from the eagerly awaited screen adaptation of Andy Weir’s...
Author Interviews
Cullen Bunn, the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award–nominated writer known for shaping some of the most memorable comics of recent years, makes...
Books
Apple TV+ has today revealed a first look and confirmed that the second season of “The Last Thing He Told Me“ will premiere globally...
Box Office
A24 has released the first official trailer for How to Make a Killing, the upcoming revenge thriller from Emily the Criminal director John Patton...
Box Office
Horror has always been a shape-shifter, changing with the times to throw our darkest fears back at us in clever, unsettling ways. In 2025,...
Author Interviews
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
Chicago-born author Christina Henry has long mastered the art of turning the familiar inside out, revealing the darkness that hides in plain sight. Known...
Books
There are books that thrill you. Books that haunt you. And then there is Frankenstein — Mary Shelley’s shock of a novel, still sparking...
Books
A major new award celebrating the best contemporary fiction for children has been announced today. The Children’s Booker Prize, supported by the AKO Foundation,...
Author Interviews
“I wanted to explore what it means to be watched, and what it means to watch others,” muses Joey Batey – a sentiment that...
Author Interviews
Lovecraftian horror meets the inventive imagination of Shirley Jackson Award-winner Nathan Ballingrud in his latest novel, Cathedral of the Drowned. A hallucinatory journey into...
Author Interviews
Author Interview: The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale – Genre-Bending Stories and Timeless Fears
Few writers navigate the boundaries of genre – or deliberately dismantle them – with quite the same ease as Joe R. Lansdale. Best known...
Author Interviews
Neil McRobert is no stranger to the macabre. As a writer, academic, and host of the Talking Scared podcast, he has spent years in...
Author Interviews
Today, October 7th, marks the return of one of horror fiction’s most distinctive and unsettling voices, as Brian Asman’s cult hit Man, F*ck This...
Author Interviews
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne is rapidly staking her claim as one of contemporary horror’s most compelling voices. Her writing cuts deep with sharp psychological insight and...
Author Interviews
In the horror world, Philip Fracassi has already built a reputation for delivering deeply human stories that aren’t afraid to push into the grotesque,...
Author Interviews
Michael Wehunt has emerged as a distinctive voice in contemporary horror, known for short fiction that has appeared in some of the genre’s most...
Book Reviews
In the well-worn landscape of slasher fiction, the victims are almost always wide-eyed teenagers with lives to live and lessons to learn. But in...
Author Interviews
Eric LaRocca has a unique gift for conjuring visceral nightmares with the elegance of a poet. A Bram Stoker Award® finalist, Shirley Jackson Award...
Author Interviews
Keith Rosson has carved out a fearsome reputation in contemporary horror, blending raw emotion with a sharp, genre-savvy edge. Hot on the heels of...