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- News
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of July 2026
Maika Monroe Goes Full Gothic Killer in Official Victorian Psycho trailer
‘Bury The Devil’ Trailer Released For Adam O’Brien’s Single-Shot Horror Feature Ahead Of August 21 Debut
Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ Drops New Trailer Ahead Of September IMAX Release
‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Debuts: Zach Cregger’s Franchise Reboot Reveals Extended Footage
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Movie Review: A Symphony of Savagery That Overplays Its Hand
‘Toy Story 5’ Movie Review: A Heartfelt Celebration of Imagination in a Digital World
‘Obsession’ Movie Review: The Death of the Meet-Cute and the Dark, Twisted Reality of Controlled Desires
‘HOKUM’ Movie Review: A Meticulously Malignant Psychological Conundrum Served with Caustic Wit
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of July 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of June 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of May 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of April 2026
Album Review: ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’ by Crocodylus: A Frenetic, Deftly Formulated Portrait of Modern Malaise
- Music Interviews
Sydney’s Crocodylus Talk Doubling Down on Garage-Punk Chaos with New Album ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’
Riding a Maximum High: Shed Seven celebrate 30 years with Triumphant ‘Shedcember X’ Winter Tour
Rick McMurray Talks The Transition from ASH to Solo Side Project BURNED AS WITCHES
Tom Clarke Talks Social Disguises: The Enemy’s Comeback Album Made on Their Own Terms
INTERVIEW: Composer Geoff Zanelli on Navigating Tonal Whiplash to Score ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
- Features
Scared Straight to Serenity: Finding Catharsis Amidst the Chaos of Horror
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
Zack Snyder to write and direct long-gestating ‘Escape from New York’ remake
Forget the Blockbusters: 10 Essential ’80s Action Thrillers You Might Have Missed
- Books
Author Clay McLeod Chapman Talks ‘Devil Inside,’ Possession, Love, and the Horror of Wanting to Feel Wanted
Maika Monroe Goes Full Gothic Killer in Official Victorian Psycho trailer
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
‘Other Mommy’ Trailer Unveiled As Early Viewers Hail Horror Preview As Pure Nightmare Fuel
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
- Author Interviews
Author Clay McLeod Chapman Talks ‘Devil Inside,’ Possession, Love, and the Horror of Wanting to Feel Wanted
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
- Book Reviews
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Anthologies for the Second Half of the Year
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Cult Cinema
Horror movies often get a bad rap. They’re seen as gratuitously violent, psychologically damaging, and a blight on society. But beneath the surface of...
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In times when life feels overwhelming, one of the best ways to momentarily escape is by diving into the world of horror films. While...
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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...
Author Interviews
Reality has a tendency to unravel in a Clay McLeod Chapman story. The uncanny crawls its way into the everyday, horror gives way to...
Box Office
A24 has dropped a new official trailer for Onslaught, the upcoming action-horror thriller from director Adam Wingard, following the film’s recent presentation at San...
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I seem to be setting a trend with reviewing horror films that feature proms. Is this some childhood trauma subconsciously emerging? Prom anyone? Anyway...
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This past weekend saw the return of Manchester’s premiere horror film festival as Grimmfest returned for its sixth year. Taking place at The Dancehouse...
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Deciding to watch a film from 1997 for the first time in 2014 can go two ways. Either it turns out to be a...
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A timid high school girl struggles with the physical and mental abuse of not only her peers, but her obsessive religious mother. Gifted in...
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Yorkshire’s best horror movie film festival Celluloid Screams will return for its sixth year to the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield between Friday 24th to Sunday...
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If you walk out of your latest cinema, tune into telly or even dotted around your street, you will see adverts for the latest...
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It has been 27 years since Critters, a cult horror science fiction film starring Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush and Scott...
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It has been 35 years since the first Halloween came out. A fantastic slasher movie that birthed a villainous iconic psychopath, Halloween made us...
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An effective horror movie comes from learning that it isn’t just the excessive blood that makes people squirm. It is the atmosphere. Sure, galleons...
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Road movies are certainly the most simplistic of movies. Generally appealing to a certain type of film lover, movies with long stretches of road...