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- News
Not Your Parents’ Zorro: Joe Begos to Helm Hard-R Reimagining of Iconic Vigilante
Gary Dauberman’s Coin Operated Acquires Nat Cassidy Horror Novella ‘Rest Stop’ For Feature Adaptation
First Look: Prime Video Sets July Premiere Date For Octavia Spencer & Hannah Waddingham Action Comedy ‘Ride Or Die’
Rafe Spall-Led Sherlock Holmes Series “The Death Of Sherlock Holmes” Rolls Cameras In Europe
Ash Bringing ‘1977’ Back to the Future with Deluxe 30th Anniversary Editions and Global Tour Dates
- 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
Sara van Os Talks ‘Decomposition Book,’ Necrotic Narratives, and the Capacity of Stories for Human Connection
Tuning Into Terror: Author TJ Payne on Re-wiring Haunted House Tropes into a Clinical Nightmare
Author Nat Cassidy on Crafting a Travelogue of Terror with His Debut Anthology “I Know A Place”
Aimee Pokwatka Talks New Novel ‘Accumulation’: haunted homes, childhood terrors, and everyday unease
‘I Swear’ Interview: Robert Aramayo and Kirk Jones on the Life of John Davidson and Tourette’s Advocacy
- Music Reviews
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
Album Review: ‘Social Disguises’ by The Enemy: Fuelled by Frustration, Fired Up by Experience
- 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
Unearthed Frights: 10 Underrated Indie Horror Films That Deserve Your Attention
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
‘Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon’ Sequel Set As Scott Glosserman Confirms ‘Behind The Mask II’
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
‘Bloodsport’ Remake in the Works at A24 with Michaela Coel Writing and Directing
- Books
Gary Dauberman’s Coin Operated Acquires Nat Cassidy Horror Novella ‘Rest Stop’ For Feature Adaptation
Rafe Spall-Led Sherlock Holmes Series “The Death Of Sherlock Holmes” Rolls Cameras In Europe
Sara van Os Talks ‘Decomposition Book,’ Necrotic Narratives, and the Capacity of Stories for Human Connection
Tuning Into Terror: Author TJ Payne on Re-wiring Haunted House Tropes into a Clinical Nightmare
Author Nat Cassidy on Crafting a Travelogue of Terror with His Debut Anthology “I Know A Place”
- Author Interviews
Sara van Os Talks ‘Decomposition Book,’ Necrotic Narratives, and the Capacity of Stories for Human Connection
Tuning Into Terror: Author TJ Payne on Re-wiring Haunted House Tropes into a Clinical Nightmare
Author Nat Cassidy on Crafting a Travelogue of Terror with His Debut Anthology “I Know A Place”
Aimee Pokwatka Talks New Novel ‘Accumulation’: haunted homes, childhood terrors, and everyday unease
Amy Jane Stewart Discusses ‘Hex House’ and Its Terrifying, Reality-Rooted Fairytale Foundations
- 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
Box Office
Damian McCarthy is the real deal! Following the lo-fi, skin-crawling sleeper smash Oddity, he returns with Hokum – a film that proves his previous...
Cult Cinema
As we navigate an era of rapid technological advancement, with artificial intelligence becoming ever more sophisticated and prominent in our daily lives, it’s understandable...
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article (≈ 3 minutes) Rick Gomez‘s feature directorial debut, She Dances, is an uplifting, albeit poignant exploration of family, grief,...
Headlines
WTFilms is developing They Call Him Zorro, a horror-action reinterpretation of the iconic masked vigilante, with genre filmmaker Joe Begos attached to write, direct...
Streaming
Prime Video has set a July 15 premiere date for “Ride or Die,” the upcoming action-comedy series starring and executive produced by Octavia Spencer...
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article (≈ 3 minutes) Mimics is, at a glance, a well-shot and competently assembled feature. Kristoffer Polaha‘s direction is certainly...
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article Australian filmmaker Daniel J. Philips’ Diabolic arrived with a degree of festival momentum, playing to receptive audiences at last...
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▶ Listen to this article Send Help marks a welcome return to pitch-black, R-rated storytelling from Sam Raimi. Stripped of superhero capes and chainsaw-laden...
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▶ Listen to this article As doomscrolling, algorithmic outrage and digital burnout have come to define modern life, it was only a matter of...
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▶ Listen to this article (≈ 2 minutes) Primate, Johannes Roberts’ latest outing, is a lean, unpretentious monster flick: No heavy-handed allegory, no metaphorical...
Box Office
Grainy, hand-held footage has a way of making the familiar feel wrong, like you’re an accessory to what’s happening; and it’s a sensation big...
Box Office
There are zombie movies, and then there are films that use the undead as a pressure test for the soul. We Bury The Dead sits squarely...
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,...
Box Office
Charlie Polinger’s The Plague is a potent, unnerving look at the psychology of growing up, where social pressure and emerging cruelty shape the way...
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Mike P. Nelson’s Silent Night, Deadly Night revisits a notorious cult premise with both care and cunning. The story follows Billy, a boy who...
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After the runaway success of 2023’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, a sequel was inevitable. And here it is: most of the original cast and...
Box Office
Found-footage horror has long been a proving ground for first-time filmmakers, a genre that can feel immediate and intimate when it works, or hollow...
Box Office
Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet made a huge splash when it hit shelves in 2020, scooping up major literary awards before being adapted for the stage....
Box Office
Based on extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants, and addicts, King Ivory confronts the fentanyl epidemic head-on, presenting a world where the...