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‘Mother Mary’: Anne Hathaway Track ‘Burial’ Released Ahead of Film’s Full Soundtrack
Fabianne Therese & Max the Impaler Talk DOLLY: The Southern Gothic Horror Set to Terrify Audiences
“Baywatch” Reboot Casts Jessica Belkin to Join Stephen Amell and David Chokachi for Fox 2026–2027 Series
‘The Exorcist’: Sasha Calle Joins Mike Flanagan’s Reimagining of Cult Classic
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of February 2026
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘Sheepdog’ Movie Review: A Stark and Compassionate Look at Life After Service and the Arduous Path To Post-Traumatic Growth
‘Mimics’ Movie Review: A Polished Ventriloquist Horror Rom-Com That Struggles to Find Its Voice
‘Diabolic’ Movie Review: A Promising Baptism That Never Fully Immerses… in Dread
‘Send Help’ Movie Review: Sam Raimi Turns Survival Into a Brutally Wicked Battle of Wits
‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Movie Review: An Alarmingly Disarming Madcap Meditation on Algorithmic Overload
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Fabianne Therese & Max the Impaler Talk DOLLY: The Southern Gothic Horror Set to Terrify Audiences
Michaela McManus & Stella Marcus Talk ‘Redux Redux’ – Revenge on Repeat Across Parallel Universes
Matthew & Kevin McManus Talk ‘Redux Redux’ – Grief Across the Multiverse and Revenge on Repeat
Adam MacDonald Interview: Translating the Frenetic Chaos of Courtney Summers’ This Is Not a Test to the Big Screen
INTERVIEW: Composer Geoff Zanelli on Navigating Tonal Whiplash to Score ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of February 2026
Album Review: ‘Social Disguises’ by The Enemy: Fuelled by Frustration, Fired Up by Experience
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of January 2026
Album Review: ‘Wasted on Youth’ by The Molotovs — An Uncompromising Debut Brimming with Bravado, Breadth, and Boundless Momentum
Album Review: Kula Shaker – Wormslayer: a feisty, fearless return to psychedelic form
- Music Interviews
Tom Clarke Talks Social Disguises: The Enemy’s Comeback Album Made on Their Own Terms
INTERVIEW: Composer Geoff Zanelli on Navigating Tonal Whiplash to Score ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
James Walsh Talks New Solo Album ‘It’s All Happening’ and 25th Anniversary of Starsailor’s Debut ‘Love Is Here’
Crispian Mills on Kula Shaker’s Upcoming Album ‘Wormslayer’: Navigating Creativity and Chaos in a Wired Age
GOOD HEALTH GOOD WEALTH’s Bruce Breakey Explains Philosophy Behind Narrative Debut Album ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’
- Features
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
‘The Exorcist’: Sasha Calle Joins Mike Flanagan’s Reimagining of Cult Classic
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Rejoin Universal’s The Mummy for 2028 Release
Sam Raimi Open to Revisiting Spider-Man Universe, Cites Tobey Maguire’s Return in ‘No Way Home’
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
- Books
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
Matt Dinniman Talks Operation Bounce House: Dungeon Crawler Carl Creator’s AI Chaos-Fueled Sci-Fi Adventure
‘The Exorcist’: Sasha Calle Joins Mike Flanagan’s Reimagining of Cult Classic
Grady Hendrix’s Big-Box Horror-Comedy “Horrorstör” Lands Searchlight Film Adaptation
Chris Panatier on ‘Daytide’: Wrestling with a Psychological Pandemic by Way of a Black-Metal Wizard of Oz
- Author Interviews
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
Matt Dinniman Talks Operation Bounce House: Dungeon Crawler Carl Creator’s AI Chaos-Fueled Sci-Fi Adventure
Chris Panatier on ‘Daytide’: Wrestling with a Psychological Pandemic by Way of a Black-Metal Wizard of Oz
Author Interview: Catriona Ward on the Peter Pan–Inflected World of “Nowhere Burning,” Where Freedom and Captivity Collide
Author Johnny Compton Talks ‘Dead First’: Noir Horror, Immortality, and the Weight of Reckoning
- 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
Author Interviews
Daniel Kraus has established himself as one of the most distinctive voices working in contemporary horror and dark fantasy across novels, film, and television....
Author Interviews
Matt Dinniman is the anarchic architect behind Dungeon Crawler Carl, a series that’s catapulted into quite the cult phenomenon — selling more than six...
Author Interviews
Chris Panatier is a genre-bending American author whose work ranges across dystopian science fiction, dark fantasy, horror, and speculative short fiction. He burst onto...
Box Office
A new track from Mother Mary has been released ahead of the project’s upcoming soundtrack. “Burial,” performed by Anne Hathaway and co-written by Jack...
MUSIC
Another month’s done and dusted, which means it’s time for your latest dose of Noteworthy Nods: 20 singles we’ve had on repeat since they...
Author Interviews
Johnny Compton brings a hard-edged noir sensibility to supernatural horror with Dead First, his new novel publishing February 10 via Putnam. The story follows...
Author Interviews
Caroline Glenn’s debut novel Cruelty Free publishes tomorrow, February 3, through William Morrow. The novel follows a once-famous film star who returns to Hollywood...
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...
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...
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...
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...