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The Horror Section Announces Wide Theatrical Release for New Slasher ‘Stiletto’ For Halloween 2026
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
Peacock Gives Straight-To-Series Order to ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door
Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster Secure New Feature Film From Curry Barker
The One-of-a-Kind Knight in Swampy Odour Returns as Official ‘Shrek 5’ Trailer Debuts
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘HOKUM’ Movie Review: A Meticulously Malignant Psychological Conundrum Served with Caustic Wit
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
‘She Dances’ Movie Review: A Humorous, Heartwrenching Journey Through Family Connection and Intergenerational Grief
‘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
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Clash of Disciplines: Xie Miao Talks Confronting Myriad Fighting Styles in the Kinetic Spectacle of ‘The Furious’
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of May 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of April 2026
Album Review: ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’ by Crocodylus: A Frenetic, Deftly Formulated Portrait of Modern Malaise
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of March 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of February 2026
- Music Interviews
Sydney’s Crocodylus Talk Doubling Down on Garage-Punk Chaos with New Album ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’
Riding a Maximum High: Shed Seven celebrate 30 years with Triumphant ‘Shedcember X’ Winter Tour
Rick McMurray Talks The Transition from ASH to Solo Side Project BURNED AS WITCHES
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’
- Features
Scared Straight to Serenity: Finding Catharsis Amidst the Chaos of Horror
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
Zack Snyder to write and direct long-gestating ‘Escape from New York’ remake
Forget the Blockbusters: 10 Essential ’80s Action Thrillers You Might Have Missed
- Books
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Titles for the Second Half of the Year
Peacock Gives Straight-To-Series Order to ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
- Author Interviews
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
Beyond the shower scene: Author Leah Rowan on rewriting horror history by giving one of the genre’s most famous victims her own voice in ‘Marion’
Author Nick Cutter Talks ‘The Dorians’: His Latest Horror Vision Examining the Fantasy of Eternal Flesh
- 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
One of our most anticipated books of the year, Paul Tremblay’s latest, Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep, is all set to publish this...
Home Release News
AURA is gearing up for the digital release of Hungry, a tense new survival shocker from British filmmaker James Nunn (Wildcat, One Shot). The...
Author Interviews
Fresh off taking home the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his World War I novel, Angel Down, New York Times bestselling author Daniel...
Box Office
The Horror Section has announced a nationwide theatrical release for Stiletto, a new slasher feature led by actress and producer Gigi Gustin. The film...
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DreamWorks Animation has dropped the first official trailer for Shrek 5, confirming the return of the iconic animated franchise to the silver screen next...
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Geoff Zanelli is an American composer whose work spans film, television, and video games. Early in his career, he contributed additional music to scores...
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Daniel J. Phillips returns to horror with Diabolic, a psychologically charged story of faith, trauma, and hallucinatory dread. Elizabeth Cullen leads as a woman...
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Kristoffer Polaha (Jurassic World: Dominion, The Shift) makes a striking entry into directing with Mimics, a film that constantly shifts tone and subverts expectations....
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Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Taken, The Professional), is taking a fresh approach to gothic storytelling with Dracula, a romantic reworking of Bram Stoker’s...
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Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element, Anna) is venturing into gothic territory with Dracula, a romantic revamping of Bram Stoker’s enduring myth. Caleb...
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Gore Verbinski’s (The Ring, A Cure for Wellness) latest sci-fi thriller Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die dares to confront a world hurtling toward...
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...
Box Office
Voltage Pictures releases the sci-fi action thriller Worldbreaker today, January 30, a tense survival story in which a young woman is forced to face...
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Contained, claustrophobic thrillers have long been a recurring feature of Johannes Roberts’ (47 Meters Down, Storage 24) work, with pressure, proximity, and survival often...
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Dark Sky Films will release Dooba Dooba on January 23, in cinemas and on digital. Written and directed by Ehrland Hollingsworth, the film has...
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Many films about the aftermath of war focus on a soldier’s return home. Sheepdog, however, examines the longer-term consequences — the challenges of living...
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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...
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Steven Grayhm’s latest film, Sheepdog, looks beyond the moment a soldier returns home, focusing instead on the long and often unseen work of living...
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A tense, morally complex story is set to unfold in the heart of Los Angeles’ housing projects, where loyalty, survival, and trust will be...
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Many films about the effects of war begin with a soldier’s return home. The new film Sheepdog shifts the focus to the longer-term impact...
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Independent Film Company is all set to release writer-director Charlie Polinger’s debut feature, The Plague, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on...
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The holiday season is set to turn blood red this Friday, December 12, as STUDIOCANAL’s new genre label, Sixth Dimension, delivers a reinvention of...