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- News
CUSP Continue English Country Build-Up With New Single ‘Me And Lily In The Falling Rain’
The Lathums Return After Over a Year With ‘Vice Versa’, Channelling Questions of Identity
Tubi FrightFest 2026 Announces Largest Programme in Festival History
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Movie Review: A Symphony of Savagery That Overplays Its Hand
First ‘The Whisper Man’ Trailer Brings Alex North’s Bestselling Chiller Novel to Life
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Movie Review: A Symphony of Savagery That Overplays Its Hand
‘Toy Story 5’ Movie Review: A Heartfelt Celebration of Imagination in a Digital World
‘Obsession’ Movie Review: The Death of the Meet-Cute and the Dark, Twisted Reality of Controlled Desires
‘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
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
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
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of June 2026
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
- 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
First ‘The Whisper Man’ Trailer Brings Alex North’s Bestselling Chiller Novel to Life
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Anthologies for the Second Half of the Year
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
Focus Features Picks Up John Langan’s ‘The Fisherman’ With David Lowery Attached to Direct
Apple TV+ Unveils First Look At Lars Kepler Adaptation ‘Nocturne’ Starring Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz & Stephen Graham
- Author Interviews
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
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
- Book Reviews
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Anthologies for the Second Half of the Year
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre’ Book Review: A Retirement Home Slasher that Finds Life and Tenacity in the Shadow of Death
Box Office
Few horror franchises have proved as resilient as Evil Dead. Across four decades, Sam Raimi‘s cult classic has evolved from scrappy cabin-in-the-woods shocker into...
Box Office
Three decades have passed since Toy Story premiered as the shiny, silicon-slick harbinger of a new celluloid era, fundamentally rewriting the grammar of digital...
Box Office
Historically, horror has always had a symbiotic relationship with humor, but the relentless, internet-incubated malice of Obsession suggests that the modern transition from online...
MUSIC
CUSP have shared ‘Me And Lily In The Falling Rain’, the latest harbinger of their forthcoming debut album, English Country, due for release on...
Headlines
Apple Original Films has released the official trailer and key art for Mayday, an upcoming action-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. Directed, written...
Box Office
Blackout opens in a fashion that is typical of the horror genre. An unsuspecting young couple chat excitedly as they strip naked to enjoy...
Box Office
The nun-pregnancy trope seems to be a common theme in horror films this year. With Sydney Sweeney taking on the habit with Immaculate, it’s...
Box Office
In today’s fast-paced and individualistic society, it’s easy to turn a blind eye to problems that don’t seem to affect us directly. In these...
Box Office
In these techno-centric times, it’s tempting to imagine a future where algorithms and artificial intelligence handle every facet of life, while we humans lounge...
Headlines
Far more than a simple action movie filled with gratuitous violence, the 1989 cult classic Road House was originally conceived as a thoughtful examination...
Box Office
In recent years, there have been some excellent films that rely almost exclusively on the lead actor’s ability to engage the audience through telephone...
Killer Chords
Horror fans are in for a taut, stripped-down psychological treat with Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen‘s contained shocker You’ll Never Find Me. Shot in...
Box Office
The Cairnes brothers (100 Bloody Acres) have made a devilishly fun slice of horror that gradually builds to a (largely) tremendous climax that rewards...
Movie Reviews
Full disclosure: Going into Damsel, I was well aware that I was perhaps a few decades beyond the target audience, so I decided that...
Box Office
For generations, imaginary friends have danced playfully on the fringes of our cultural imagination, evoking nostalgic memories of childhood innocence. Tea parties, pretend adventures...
Box Office
Phil Allocco‘s latest film, 5 Lbs of Pressure, is a powerful drama chronicling the rocky road to redemption. Luke Evans (Message From the King,...
Box Office
Thomas Cailley’s (Love at First Sight) sophomore feature, The Animal Kingdom takes audiences on a sobering journey into a dystopian world in the grip...
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The keenly-anticipated sequel to the 2020 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel has finally hit the big screen, and it’s safe to say that...
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Land of Bad explodes onto the screen like a blast of pure 80s adrenaline. It’s the perfect mix of Predator‘s jungle scavenging, Die Hard‘s...
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Synopsis: Cash (Orlando Bloom) is trying to live an honest and quiet life, but when Big Cat (Andie MacDowell) forces him back into her...
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Bringing what promised to be an exciting new spin on the superhero genre! Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of Marvel’s mysterious heroine...
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Whether you believe in mediums and psychics or chalk it all up to what’s known as “cold reading” techniques, the fascination/fear/skepticism surrounding psychic abilities...