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- News
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #26
‘Man Finds Tape’ Trailer Teases Disquieting Docu-Realistic Horror, Rooted in Small-Town Secrets
‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING’ Review: A Nuanced Meditation on Identity, Moral Responsibility, and the Struggle to Navigate a World That Is at Once Welcoming and Alienating
‘Scream 7’ Trailer: Kevin Williamson Returns to Direct as Ghostface Targets Sidney’s Daughter
“Stranger Things” Season 5 Trailer: The Stakes Have Been Turned Completely Upside Down in the Final Showdown
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING’ Review: A Nuanced Meditation on Identity, Moral Responsibility, and the Struggle to Navigate a World That Is at Once Welcoming and Alienating
‘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
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl on Revenge Thriller ‘Violent Ends’: Love, Loyalty and the Cost of Violence
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
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #26
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
- 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
Box Office
Magnet Releasing has announced the release date and dropped the trailer for Man Finds Tape, a supernatural horror film marking the feature debut of...
Home Release News
The sun-soaked landscapes of southern France provide a deceptively serene backdrop for Influencers, the much-welcomed surprise sequel to Kurtis David Harder‘s 2022 horror-thriller Influencer....
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...
MUSIC
Another Friday, another round of Noteworthy Nods – your go-to source for this week’s best indie singles. We’ve scoured the streaming platforms and sifted...
Headlines
After years of speculation, whispers, and wild fan theories, Oasis finally came back to rock stadiums across the world with their Live ’25 Tour...
Box Office
RLJE Films has confirmed their acquisition of the U.S. rights to Canadian filmmaker Scooter Corkle‘s (Hollow in the Land) disquieting thrill ride, The Friendship...
Home Release News
Justin P. Lange‘s (The Seventh Day) chilling doppelganger shocker The Visitor (part of Epix and Blumhouse TV’s deal to produce eight standalone movies) is all...
Home Release News
Every September and October, Shudder is renowned for going beyond the call of duty, super-serving members with the finest selection of genre entertainment. And...
Home Release News
‘Twas the eve before the Beyond Fest sold-out world premiere of Joe Begos‘ (Bliss, Almost Human) gloriously gory festive slasher, Christmas Bloody Christmas. All...
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Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, has dropped the official trailer for Kevin Lewis‘s (Willy’s Wonderland starring Nicolas...
Home Release News
Following its buzzy premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Universal Pictures has today announced the UK release date for Macedonian-Australian filmmaker Goran Stolevski’s...
Headlines
“Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event” took place over the weekend spanning four continents over the course of five different events. This free virtual...
Box Office
Lightbulb Film Distribution has today confirmed the UK theatrical release of the filmmaking duo Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson‘s (The Endless, Synchronic) surreal, critically...
Home Release News
David Bruckner‘s (The Night House, The Ritual) all-new reimagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 cult horror classic Hellraiser is all set to debut in the...
Home Release News
Following the buzzy FrightFest World Premiere of Steve Johnson‘s (Convergence) taut and claustrophobic shocker Stalker last month, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has announced that the...
Home Release News
Ahead of this month’s Fantastic Fest world premiere of the horror/sci-fi feature, Kids vs. Aliens, RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and...
Home Release News
With spooky season right around the corner, the seventh installment of the Bring It On franchise is all set to take its first stab...
Home Release News
SYNOPSIS: The origin story of the Predator in the world of the Comanche Nation 300 years ago. Naru, a skilled female warrior, fights to...
Home Release News
Following a sneak peek teaser trailer released to tie in with the Fantasia International Film Festival world premiere of Rebekah McKendry‘s (All The Creatures...
Box Office
Saban Films has today unleashed the first official trailer and poster for filmmaker Neil LaBute‘s (The Wicker Man, Possession) seductive thriller House of Darkness....
Box Office
Screen Media, A Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Company, has released the official poster and trailer for Mukunda Michael Dewil‘s (Vehicle 19) latest...
Books
The brand new, unprecedented time travel thriller series, “Paper Girls,” based on Brian K. Vaughan’s best-selling graphic novels of the same name, is all...