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HOKUM Trailer: Adam Scott Faces Folklore and Grief in Damian McCarthy’s Follow-Up to ODDITY
From Turbulent Takeover to Tunnel Trouble: Idris Elba Heads Underground in ‘Hijack’ Season 2 Trailer
‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ (2025) Review: A Darkly Comic Reinvention That Marries Brutality with Ethical Nuance
Countdown to SUNDANCE: CinemaChords’ Top Genre Picks That Could Steal the Show
Do You Fear What I Fear? Mike P. Nelson and Ruby Modine Talk Reimagining SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Through Carnage, Conscience, and Courtship
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‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ (2025) Review: A Darkly Comic Reinvention That Marries Brutality with Ethical Nuance
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: A Patchwork Sequel That, Sadly, Mostly Plays Like a Skippable Cutscene
‘Man Finds Tape’ Review: An Uncomfortably Convincing Found-Footage Nightmare Anchored in Digital-Age Panic
HAMNET Movie Review: A Heart-Wrenching Tragedy of Grief and Legacy, Where Loss Becomes the Measure of Everything
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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
‘MAN FINDS TAPE’ Interview: Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman’ on Their Uncomfortably Convincing Found-Footage Nightmare
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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
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Men In Black to Suit Up Again, Bad Boys Writer Drafted for Next Mission
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Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
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CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): 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
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Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
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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
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Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for 2025
“EVERYTHING THE DARKNESS EATS” Book Review: A Poignantly Provocative Supernatural Shocker
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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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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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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...
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Neon has dropped the first trailer for Hokum, the forthcoming supernatural shocker from writer-director Damian McCarthy, with Adam Scott leading the cast. The film...
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Rowan Atkinson returns to small-screen chaos, trading a merciless insect for an even less predictable adversary: a baby. His new Netflix mini-series, “Man vs...
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Lowell Dean‘s (WolfCop, Dark Match) latest film, Die Alone, is a deeply human and earnest addition to his resume, marking his most ambitious and impactful work...
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Make-up and special effects artist turned writer/director Damien Leone has defied expectations once again with his latest addition to the Terrifier franchise, absolutely smashing...
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Michael Felker, a seasoned editor making his feature directorial debut, has crafted one of the most intricately-woven and mind-bending sci-fi shockers ever committed to...
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The Radleys punctures the pretensions of the age-old vampire narrative by infusing it with a biting suburban satire, transforming the notion of bloodsucking creatures...
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Beyond all prognosis, this remake of the Danish source material went beyond this critic’s initial skepticism, especially after being deeply affected by the twisted...
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As we pass the half-way point of 2024, it’s clear that horror fans have been spoiled for choice with an abundance of exceptional fright-filled...
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The Greatest Showman, that infamous outing did a lot to whitewash PT Barnum and his horrendous treatment of people with disabilities and deformities by...
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Synopsis: As a child, Claire witnessed the abduction and murder of her best friend. Now, 25 years later, in a quest to uncover the...
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Synopsis: A group of young people head to a remote marijuana farm in the hopes of making some fast cash. Instead, the estate owner’s...
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French director Betrand Bonello’s work in The Beast explores both a dystopian future run by artificial intelligence and the romantic idea of soulmates that...
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In his latest film, What You Wish For, director Nicholas Tomnay (The Perfect Host) crafts a deliciously sinister premise that deftly avoids becoming another...
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Synopsis: Johnny, a vengeful spirit driven by a horrific crime committed 60 years ago, is resurrected when a medallion is removed from a collapsed...
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Synopsis: After her star-making turn in a chilling killer clown horror film, Bowie is taken hostage by an unbalanced fan intent on reenacting the...
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Synopsis: a teenage girl suffering from anxiety due to a tragic event from her past finds herself hunted through the woods by a sociopath...
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Synopsis: Martin’s daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents 30 years ago. A meeting with...
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Francis Galluppi‘s feature directorial debut, The Last Stop in Yuma County evokes the atmosphere of iconic 1970s crime thrillers while injecting it with a...
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Synopsis: He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows, and dropped from the...