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‘We expanded every level of the first film’: Kurtis David Harder on the Influencers Sequel, Coming to Shudder
Beyond Victor’s Lab: 12 Novels That Resurrect Shelleyan Monsters and Their Terrifying Toll in Celebration of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #25
Back in the Booth: Coventry’s The Enemy to Drop First Studio Album in Ten Years — Social Disguises
Children’s Booker Prize Launched to Spark New Generation of Readers as Reading for Pleasure Hits Record Low
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‘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
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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
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’
- 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
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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’
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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
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A new week brings another batch of fresh discoveries — and once again, your sharp recommendations have helped shape a Noteworthy Nods playlist well...
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After ten long years away, The Enemy are back where they belong — on the road, packing out venues and with a brand new...
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Drop everything — Noteworthy Nods is back! Your weekly fix of the freshest tracks making waves in our office – and hopefully beyond. Last...
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The 1980s were a golden era for movies, giving birth to some of the most iconic, genre-defining films of all time. Whether you were...
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Mike Macari, executive producer behind the The Ring trilogy, is teaming up with rising director Virat Pal to bring the viral 2018 short The...
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Victim of a Casual Thing is a debut that brims with ambition, shaping music on its own terms rather than courting attention. From the...
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Evan Dando and The Lemonheads have long perfected the art of combining dishevelled charm with polished hooks. On Love Chant, that signature balance remains,...
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Forged in the concrete sprawl of ’80s Midlands Britain, Pop Will Eat Itself have always been less a conventional band and more a cultural...
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After a brief break, we’re back with another round of sonic delights. Thanks to your sharp recommendations, our Noteworthy Nods playlist is packed with...
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Richard Ashcroft has confirmed a major new London headline show at Alexandra Palace Park on 17 July 2026, following phenomenal demand for tickets to...
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Lottery Winners have announced the biggest headline show of their career – a celebratory, homegrown spectacular at Leigh Sports Village Stadium on Saturday 30...
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Kula Shaker have revealed they will release their eighth studio album, Wormslayer, on 30 January 2026, and they’ve marked the announcement with a singular...
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Another week, another onslaught of sonic goodness — and thanks to your ever-sharp recommendations, our Noteworthy Nods playlist is absolutely heaving with tracks well worth...
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Nearly four decades after The Smiths called it quits, Morrissey is finally cashing out—offering his 50% stake in the legendary Manchester band to the...
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It’s been a chaotic kind of decade for Ash — but they’ve never been ones to sit still. The Northern Irish trio, masters of...
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Music has a way of yanking us backward. A riff, a lyric, a chorus belted in unison — and the memories we thought were...
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The Britpop-era psych legends are back — weirder, wiser, and wielding a Hammond organ like a flaming sword. In an era of AI singles...
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Dutch Mustard, the London-based project of Netherlands-born Sarah-Jayne Riedel (aka SJ), has unveiled her latest single, “Life,” via DM Records, setting the stage for...
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After seven years away from the release radar, Gulp — the electro-pop project from Super Furry Animals’ Guto Pryce and multi-media artist Lindsey Leven...