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CinemaChords’ Best Singles of the Year 2025
CinemaChords’ Albums of the Year 2025
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025: Top Horror Films You Need to See
WATCH: How Silence Shapes Johannes Roberts’ ‘Primate’ – New Featurette with Troy Kotsur
- Movie/TV Reviews
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025: Top Horror Films You Need to See
‘THE PLAGUE’ Review: A Harrowingly Poignant Exploration of the Cruelties and Contradictions of Early Adolescence
‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ (2025) Review: A Darkly Comic Reinvention That Marries Brutality with Ethical Nuance
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: A Patchwork Sequel That, Sadly, Mostly Plays Like a Skippable Cutscene
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
‘THE PLAGUE’ Interview: Everett Blunck and Kayo Martin on the Cruel Realities of Growing Up
Do You Fear What I Fear? Mike P. Nelson and Ruby Modine Talk Reimagining SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Through Carnage, Conscience, and Courtship
‘I really enjoy playing unpleasant people… but Trevor is different’: Rowan Atkinson on finding warmth in absurdity in “Man vs Baby”
‘Man Finds Tape’ Interview: Cast Talk Confronting Fear, Faith, and the Pressures of a Watchful World
‘Man Finds Tape’ Interview: Kelsey Pribilski and William Magnuson on Terror, Belief and Life Under Surveillance
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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’
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
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Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
Men In Black to Suit Up Again, Bad Boys Writer Drafted for Next Mission
In Anticipation of the ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Reboot: 8 Great Horror Remakes That Live Up to Their Source Material
Unearthed Frights: 10 Underrated Indie Horror Films That Deserve Your Attention
Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
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2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Titles for the First Half of the Year
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025: Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
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”
- 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
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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...
Box Office
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...
Box Office
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...
Music News
End-of-year lists are rarely about consensus and more about habit. Some of these songs hit instantly; others revealed their qualities over time. In every...
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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,...
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Full disclosure: This reviewer approached Scream VI with an equal measure of high hopes and trepidation, having loved the first 75 minutes of last...
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John Swab is literally one of the most prolific filmmakers in the industry right now. And while quantity doesn’t necessarily always equate to sustained...
Cinema
As 2022 comes to a close, there’s no question that we’ve been spoiled with a staggering horror spread this year. As tends to be...
Box Office
‘NEXT EXIT’ Review: A Deviceful and Dynamic Debut That Finds Hope and Humor in the Darkest of Places
People often tell you to live your life as if every day were your last, but how would that mantra hold up if life...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: After her sister’s murder, Nic, her younger sister, and two friends seek solace through a Pacific island kayaking adventure. Hours into the trip...
Cinema
Synopsis: The future of humankind hangs in the balance as humans and dinosaurs coexist following the destruction of Isla Nublar. I was lucky enough...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: Two friends go on a horror-fueled road trip and live stream the most terrifying night of their lives. Following up on the unprecedented...
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SYNOPSIS: as a serial killer nicknamed “The Spider” stalks the streets, Julia – a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: Legendary 20th Century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon’s life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive...
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SYNOPSIS: Cordelia is a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is an actor rehearsing a play and...
Cinema
Gasper Noe has made an indelible mark on the film industry with his unforgettable films. Unforgettable is perhaps too tame a word. From Irreversible...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: A traumatized woman flees from her abusive ex-husband with her 7-year-old son. In their new, remote sanctuary they find they have a bigger,...
Cinema
Synopsis: Six strangers suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the...
Cinema
‘BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION’ Review – An intricately constructed conundrum seeped in enigmatic dread
SYNOPSIS: In the late ’90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind...
Cinema
SYNOPSIS: In a North Dublin housing estate Char’s mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance...