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- News
Stay-at-Home Dads Go Full Rambo in First Trailer for ‘Playdate’ Starring Kevin James and Alan Ritchson
‘King Ivory’ Trailer: John Swab Uncompromising Thriller Confronts the Realities of America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
‘Suspicious Minds’ Trailer: New Docuseries Exposes AI’s Alarming Impact on Mental Health
No Land, No Mercy: Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Shark-Infested WWII Shocker BEAST OF WAR
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘Good Boy’ Review: Barking Up the Right Tree, but Not Quite the Top Branch
‘All the Devils Are Here Review’: A Simmering, Sinister Slice of British Noir Steeped in Regret, Survival, and Skewed Gallows Humor
‘EBONY AND IVORY’ Movie Review: A Bizarrely Tender and Gleefully Absurd Tale of Musical Myth and Male Bonding
- Movie/TV Interviews
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
No Land, No Mercy: Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Shark-Infested WWII Shocker BEAST OF WAR
BONE LAKE Interview: Mercedes Bryce Morgan Talks Idyllic Lakeside Dreams Drowning in a Deadly Game of Toxic Desire and Deception
BONE LAKE Interview: Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi, Alex Roe & Andra Nechita on Burning Desire, Shattered Trust, and the Art of Psychological Warfare
- Music Reviews
Kula Shaker Announce Forthcoming Wormslayer Album — and Celebrate by Unleashing Monkey AI Magic
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #22
Ash: The Power-Pop Veterans Fire Back With a Double Barrel Blast – And Graham Coxon Riding Shotgun
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #21
The Royston Club Drop Heartfelt Single “Cariad” Ahead of Bold, Trailblazing Sophomore Album Songs For The Spine
- Music Interviews
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
The Slow Readers Club Discuss New Album ‘Out Of A Dream’ in Exclusive Interview with Aaron Starkie
Starsailor Celebrates 25 Years: James Walsh Talks Special Anniversary Shows and UK Tour [Interview]
- Features
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!
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
- Competitions
WIN Tense and Violent Western ‘THE LAST MANHUNT’ Starring Jason Momoa
WIN Action-Packed Thriller ‘HIGH HEAT’ Starring Don Johnson and Olga Kurylenko
WIN LUCIFER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ON DVD – OUT ON DVD AND BLU-RAY NOW
WIN THE CONJURING 2 ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
WIN FRIEND REQUEST ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
- Books
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
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
‘The October Film Haunt’ Author Michael Wehunt Talks Fandom, Urban Legends, & Digital Mythologizing
- Author Interviews
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
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
‘The October Film Haunt’ Author Michael Wehunt Talks Fandom, Urban Legends, & Digital Mythologizing
- 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
Headlines
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...
Home Release News
Prime Video has today debuted the first official trailer for Playdate, the upcoming action-comedy that blends suburban satire with high-octane action, as a children’s...
Author Interviews
Today, October 7th, marks the return of one of horror fiction’s most distinctive and unsettling voices, as Brian Asman’s cult hit Man, F*ck This...
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South London 4-Piece Turin Brakes are all set to release their ninth full studio album ‘Wide-Eyed Nowhere’ on the back of four sublime foretaste...
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Slap bang in the midst of a European tour this week, Maxïmo Park has no intention of letting up and has today released a...
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The Summer hols are over – for us at least – so, to beat the back-to-work blues, we’re back with a bumper edition of...
Headlines
David Bowie to be Honored on London’s Music Walk of Fame Ahead of New ‘MOONAGE DAYDREAM’ Documentary
Universal Pictures, Warner Music and London’s prestigious Music Walk of Fame have announced that icon David Bowie will be honored with a stone on...
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Signature Entertainment has unleashed the first trailer and artwork for Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM; a deep-dive documentary into the radio...
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Embrace are all set to unleash their 8th studio album, ‘How To Be A Person Like Other People’ this Friday, August 26th. Produced by...
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CinemaChord’s “Noteworthy Nods” is our weekly playlist, curated every Thursday featuring a selection of the latest sizzling new bangers from bands and musicians that...
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Plymouth quintet The Native is all set to release a brand new EP entitled “Looking Back” on August 19. The release marks their first...
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And we’re back. Another Thursday, another “Noteworthy Nods” – our ongoing weekly roundup of fresh-off-the-press releases that had our ears pricking up us as...
Box Office
Universal Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for Moonage Daydream, Brett Morgen’s (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane)...
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The award-winning composer, performer, and producer of modern classical music, Ólafur Arnalds, has today revealed the details of his original soundtrack for Apple’s imminent...
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While most people like to reminisce about times of yore every Thursday with the weekly #ThrowbackThursday social media trend, we spend our Thursdays getting...
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Thursday’s back again and to help you ready your weekend playlists, we’re back with another weekly selection of “Noteworthy Nods,” shining a light on...
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Tyneside’s vitriolic rock five-piece Pit Pony has today released their debut album “World To Me”, which explores themes of identity, isolation, anxiety and motherhood,...
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It’s Thursday once again and that time of the week in which we share what have become our most listened-to tunes over the past...
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That time of the week is back again when we reveal our “Noteworthy Nods”: a weekly roundup of fresh new releases that had our...
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Just a days away from the hugely-anticipated final two episodes of “Stranger Things” Season Four dropping on Netflix, multi-talented musician/actor Joe Keery is back...