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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
MUSIC
A new week brings another batch of fresh discoveries — and once again, your sharp recommendations have helped shape a Noteworthy Nods playlist well...
MUSIC
After ten long years away, The Enemy are back where they belong — on the road, packing out venues and with a brand new...
MUSIC
Drop everything — Noteworthy Nods is back! Your weekly fix of the freshest tracks making waves in our office – and hopefully beyond. Last...
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...
Box Office
When Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed set out to make If You See Something, he wanted to explore what he calls “the ultimate struggle between...
MUSIC
Indie singer-songwriter Jamie Webster has today dropped his latest deeply felt, proudly sung anthemic single, ‘Sing Your Tears’ (listen here); a song that lauds...
MUSIC
A very happy new year to you all and welcome to the very first round of Noteworthy Nods for 2024; that time of the...
MOVIES
Blazing Griffin, Adler Entertainment, Rock Action Records, and Screen Scotland have confirmed having completed post-production on the production of the documentary MOGWAI: If The...
MUSIC
Cambridge band Grieving has announced their debut album ‘Everything Goes Right, All At Once’, its title representing a positive play on a quote from...
MUSIC
As seasoned CinemaChords readers will know, we’ve enjoyed listening to, reviewing and interviewing as many great musicians as possible over the past 12 months,...
MUSIC
Another week, another round of Noteworthy Nods, in which we select the very best from the week’s new music releases. A big shout out...
Box Office
STUDIOCANAL and Monumental Pictures have today confirmed the UK release date for acclaimed filmmaker and visual artist Sam Taylor-Johnson‘s (Fifty Shades of Grey, A...
MUSIC
Feeder have just dropped the new double A-side single ‘The Knock’ / ‘Soldiers Of Love’ providing another harbinger of what fans can expect from...
Headlines
In 2023, one of the great live bands of the last 25 years finally gets the live album release they deserve as Placebo have...
MUSIC
It’s already Thursday again with the weekend right around the corner, so here we are again with another bumper bunch of brand-new releases that...
MUSIC
The Zutons have revealed the full details of their first new album in 16 years. The Big Decider will drop on 26th April and...
MUSIC
It’s that time of the week again when we bring you our “Noteworthy Nods”: A weekly compilation of brand new bangers that had our...
MUSIC
Liverpool four-piece Courting have today revealed details of their eagerly anticipated new LP ‘New Last Name’, which will drop on 26 January 2024 via...
MUSIC
Ireland’s Cardinals have today released their debut single proper “Roseland,” a brooding track, marking their first release under the So Young Records banner. Roseland...
MUSIC
Thursday has rolled around again, so it’s that time of the week when we unveil another selection of superb new tracks that instantly got...
Headlines
Apple TV+ has today announced a forthcoming three-part documentary series, “John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial” which provides an account of the life and...
Box Office
Peter Doherty: Stanger In My Own Skin, a documentary on the life of English rock star Peter Doherty, and his struggle with addiction to...