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Stay-at-Home Dads Go Full Rambo in First Trailer for ‘Playdate’ Starring Kevin James and Alan Ritchson
‘King Ivory’ Trailer: John Swab Uncompromising Thriller Confronts the Realities of America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
‘Suspicious Minds’ Trailer: New Docuseries Exposes AI’s Alarming Impact on Mental Health
No Land, No Mercy: Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Shark-Infested WWII Shocker BEAST OF WAR
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Savage Tangle of Seduction, Betrayal, and the Brutality of Modern Romance
‘Good Boy’ Review: Barking Up the Right Tree, but Not Quite the Top Branch
‘All the Devils Are Here Review’: A Simmering, Sinister Slice of British Noir Steeped in Regret, Survival, and Skewed Gallows Humor
‘EBONY AND IVORY’ Movie Review: A Bizarrely Tender and Gleefully Absurd Tale of Musical Myth and Male Bonding
- Movie/TV Interviews
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
No Land, No Mercy: Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Shark-Infested WWII Shocker BEAST OF WAR
BONE LAKE Interview: Mercedes Bryce Morgan Talks Idyllic Lakeside Dreams Drowning in a Deadly Game of Toxic Desire and Deception
BONE LAKE Interview: Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi, Alex Roe & Andra Nechita on Burning Desire, Shattered Trust, and the Art of Psychological Warfare
- Music Reviews
Kula Shaker Announce Forthcoming Wormslayer Album — and Celebrate by Unleashing Monkey AI Magic
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
- 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
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!
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’
- Competitions
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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
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
‘The October Film Haunt’ Author Michael Wehunt Talks Fandom, Urban Legends, & Digital Mythologizing
- Author Interviews
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
‘The October Film Haunt’ Author Michael Wehunt Talks Fandom, Urban Legends, & Digital Mythologizing
- 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
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...
Box Office
Born from a single, nightmarish image — a lone raft of soldiers hunted by something sinister beneath the waves — Beast of War is...
Home Release News
Prime Video has today debuted the first official trailer for Playdate, the upcoming action-comedy that blends suburban satire with high-octane action, as a children’s...
Box Office
The Smashing Machine pulls back the curtain on a world sculpted by muscle and relentless will, exposing a far more vulnerable and achingly human...
Interviews
With Much Ado About Nothing releasing on DVD and Blu-ray this Monday, 7 October, Angel and Buffy fans can rejoice as we spoke with...
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“It was the bravest, boldest and out there script,” James McAvoy announces straight away in a swanky Soho hotel. Just a few minutes’ walk...
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Oscar winning screenwriter and director, Stefan Ruzowitzky‘s latest film, the action thriller, Deadfall is all set for home release in the UK next week....
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In the run-up the final episode, Cinema Chords recently caught up with Charles Baker who you will probably recognise as playing Skinny Pete in...
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Having a script scooped up and bought is never as simple or as final as it may seem. Aaron Guzikowski wrote Prisoners years and...
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Following 2010’s sleeper hit The Last Exorcism, the studios decided to capitalise on its success and release a successor with Ashley Bell going head...
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Magic acts and movies surprisingly have a lot in common. They’re both made as a grand spectacle for us to enjoy, and sometimes rely...
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Jonathan Banks’ 40-something-year career has been varied to say the least, but he’s never had such a great role. He’s gone from drama to...
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At the supple young age of 77, singer–songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson holds a place in everyone’s hearts, whether it be for his musical...
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Last Friday saw the UK release of the cautionary tale/thriller The Call which follows an emergency service phone operator, who gets over-emotionally involved with...
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Demetri Martin’s Wikipedia page says he is “an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist,” which we can all agree is a lot...
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Following a more than successful career in photography for magazines of the caliber of Esquire and The Face, director Andrew Douglas moved on to...
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Machete stands as one of director Robert Rodriquez‘s more acclaimed films in his rather diverse filmography. Said film perfectly captured the low budget, trashy,...
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Before the American premiere of White House Down, we got the chance to chat to Nicolas Wright about his upcoming role alongside Channing Tatum...
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The famed horror duo, director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell, have reunited with the original Insidious cast to bring us a terrifying sequel...
Interviews
The Call is a cautionary tale/thriller about an emergency service phone operator, who gets far too involved with a call. The film is directed...
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Justin and the Knights of Valour is a heart-warming 3D animated adventure fantasy film following our unlikely hero Justin, voiced by Freddie Highmore (Finding...