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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
Headlines
The wait is finally over — the official trailer for “Stranger Things” Season 5 is here, and things are about to get darker than...
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...
Books
A major new award celebrating the best contemporary fiction for children has been announced today. The Children’s Booker Prize, supported by the AKO Foundation,...
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...
Box Office
This Friday, October 31, Violent Ends — a hard-hitting, Southern-set revenge thriller from writer-director John-Michael Powell (The Send-off) — arrives in cinemas, courtesy of...
Box Office
Sony Pictures’ highly anticipated shark thriller, formerly known as Beneath the Storm, has undergone a title change and a major shift in its release...
Headlines
Today, Bethesda revealed the long-awaited release dates for Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, and PlayStation 5 owners couldn’t be more excited. After weeks...
Box Office
Kettle Springs Bleeds Anew: New Trailer Promises Cornfield Carnage. So, the buzz is looking very real to us: we’ve just gotten our hands on...
Author Interviews
The human psyche, fractured by loss, often seeks solace in the most unsettling corners. Alex Gonzalez, in his debut novel, “>rekt,” (purchase here) launching...
Box Office
IFC Films and Shudder have just thrown out the chum, unleashing the official trailer for Sean Byrne‘s Dangerous Animals, sure to lure viewers in...
Headlines
Get ready to dust off your Bruins jersey and practice your swing, because Happy Gilmore is back! After nearly 30 years, Adam Sandler is...
Headlines
Hold onto your biscuits, Richmond faithful! The news you’ve been waiting for has arrived: “Ted Lasso” is officially returning for a fourth season! Apple...
Books
NEON just dropped the mind-bending teaser trailer for The Life of Chuck, and it’s EVERYTHING! Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” Doctor Sleep),...
Headlines
Prime Video has just revealed the first sneak peek stills for Deep Cover, a new action comedy that throws viewers into the heart of...
Headlines
Legends collide. Mark Pritchard, the architect of ’90s electronica, and Thom Yorke, The Smile and Radiohead frontman, have dropped This Conversation Is Missing Your...
Box Office
RLJE Films has secured the North American rights to Neighborhood Watch (previously titled Nowhere Men), setting the stage for its theatrical and on-demand release...
Box Office
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, is set to unleash Borderline, —a riotous stalker story that pushes the boundaries between romance and...
Author Interviews
Readers familiar with Philip Fracassi know him as a master of weaving together the eerie with the emotionally resonant. His tales, often steeped in...
Headlines
Adrenaline rush incoming! Netflix just dropped the first trailer for “Pulse,” and it’s delivering a high-octane ambulance ride that’ll leave other medical dramas in...
Box Office
Get ready for a bold and visceral ride in Zero, the forthcoming action-thriller directed by Jean Luc Herbulot – director of the acclaimed TIFF...
Headlines
Paramount+ has today released the official trailer for its upcoming original drama series, “Happy Face.” The eight-episode season is scheduled to premiere on Friday,...
Headlines
The high-octane “Has Fallen” action thriller series will make its return for a second season, Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada confirmed today. The news came...