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- News
Stylish spy thriller ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ lands on Shudder this December
‘Fackham Hall’ First Trailer Parodies the Pomp and Pretence of the British Period Drama
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
Game Over: Five Macabre Game Show Movies to Prepare You for Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’
Adam Bakri on ‘If You See Something’: Exploring the Ultimate Struggle Between Rejection and Acceptance
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘FRANKENSTEIN’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Reverent Gothic Adaptation Delivers a Powerful Lament on Hubris-Fuelled Ambition
Film Review: ‘Shelby Oaks’ – Chris Stuckmann’s Ambitious, Unnerving Found-Footage Hybrid Marks a Confident Directorial Debut
‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Savage Tangle of Seduction, Betrayal, and the Brutality of Modern Romance
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
Adam Bakri on ‘If You See Something’: Exploring the Ultimate Struggle Between Rejection and Acceptance
Anchoring the Terror: Camille Sullivan on Bringing Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks to Authentic, Anxiety-Inducing Life
“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
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #25
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #24
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Album Review: The Clause – ‘Victim of a Casual Thing’: A Bold, Eclectic Debut With an Unshakable Sense of Purpose
- Music Interviews
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
From Wigan to the World: The Lilacs’ Ollie Anglesea Talks New EP ‘The 395 (To Forever)’
INTERVIEW: The ‘KOKO’ Mojo, According to Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance Prior to Fourth Album Release
- Features
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks Reunite as Long-Awaited Spaceballs Sequel Begins Filming
Escape Reality: The Most Thrilling Horror Movies That Will Help You Forget the World’s Woes!
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
- Books
Beyond Victor’s Lab: 12 Novels That Resurrect Shelleyan Monsters and Their Terrifying Toll in Celebration of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN
Children’s Booker Prize Launched to Spark New Generation of Readers as Reading for Pleasure Hits Record Low
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
“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 Interviews
“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
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
- 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
Killer Chords
Shudder will exclusively stream Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Reflet dans un diamant mort), the latest from Belgian filmmaking duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno...
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With its stately homes, tightly laced corsets and barely concealed class tensions, the British period drama has long been ripe for parody. Fackham Hall,...
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Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed approached If You See Something with a clear purpose: to address one of the most fundamental human dilemmas – the...
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In a bold, high-octane reimagining of Stephen King’s 1982 dystopian novel, The Running Man is set to return to the big screen, directed by...
Books
There are books that thrill you. Books that haunt you. And then there is Frankenstein — Mary Shelley’s shock of a novel, still sparking...
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19 Premieres, 9 Special Presentations, and a Star-Studded Lineup of Horror Icons Descend on South Florida This August. Horror fans, sharpen your machetes and...
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Ian Tuason, already a formidable voice in science fiction circles, now steps behind the lens to unravel the fragile boundaries between life, death, and...
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Horror-comedies featuring hapless, motley crews going toe-to-toe with the supernatural have become a mainstay of the indie film scene. But Hold the Fort, the...
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Blue Finch Film Releasing has unveiled the first official teaser for Hellcat, the pulse-pounding, relentlessly kinetic directorial debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, ahead of...
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In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives. . . . After years of wanting to...
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‘I Wish You All The Best’ Trailer Drops: Tommy Dorfman’s Trailblazing Teen Drama Lands This November
Lionsgate has unveiled the first official trailer for I Wish You All the Best — a refreshingly modern coming-of-age film that’s about to hit...
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Julie Pacino makes her directorial feature debut with I Live Here Now, a haunting, dreamlike psychodrama set to premiere at this year’s Fantasia Festival....
Books
Prepare for lift-off: Amazon MGM Studios has officially unveiled the first trailer for Project Hail Mary, the hotly anticipated cinematic adaptation of Andy Weir’s...
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Strap in for launch — Amazon MGM Studios has just dropped the first official poster for Project Hail Mary, the highly anticipated adaptation of...
Cult Cinema
London’s East End is about to get a lot more surreal. On 27 and 28 September 2025, Whitechapel’s Genesis Cinema will transform into a...
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Forget everything you know about time — or at least, try to. Gazer, the eerie, razor-sharp debut from director Ryan J. Sloan, is about...
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Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Roofman, the latest film from filmmaker Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), marking...
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Legendary director Chuck Russell (known for his work on A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Mask) is stepping...
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Bleecker Street has dropped the first official red band teaser for Bone Lake the steamy and twisted chiller from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation,...
Interviews
Chaos, combat, and charisma collide in Heads of State, the hard-hitting action comedy from Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry, Nobody), premiering July 2 on Prime...
Box Office
The Strangers are back, and they’re more brutal, relentless, and horrifying than ever before. Today, Lionsgate dropped the first official trailer for The Strangers:...
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A haunting mystery rooted in one of America’s most notorious UFO sightings is headed to the big screen. Blue Harbor Entertainment has today announced...