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- News
The Horror Section Announces Wide Theatrical Release for New Slasher ‘Stiletto’ For Halloween 2026
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
Peacock Gives Straight-To-Series Order to ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door
Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster Secure New Feature Film From Curry Barker
The One-of-a-Kind Knight in Swampy Odour Returns as Official ‘Shrek 5’ Trailer Debuts
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘She Dances’ Movie Review: A Humorous, Heartwrenching Journey Through Family Connection and Intergenerational Grief
‘Sheepdog’ Movie Review: A Stark and Compassionate Look at Life After Service and the Arduous Path To Post-Traumatic Growth
‘Mimics’ Movie Review: A Polished Ventriloquist Horror Rom-Com That Struggles to Find Its Voice
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Clash of Disciplines: Xie Miao Talks Confronting Myriad Fighting Styles in the Kinetic Spectacle of ‘The Furious’
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
- Music Reviews
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
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of March 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of February 2026
- 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
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Titles for the Second Half of the Year
Peacock Gives Straight-To-Series Order to ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
- Author Interviews
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
Beyond the shower scene: Author Leah Rowan on rewriting horror history by giving one of the genre’s most famous victims her own voice in ‘Marion’
Author Nick Cutter Talks ‘The Dorians’: His Latest Horror Vision Examining the Fantasy of Eternal Flesh
- 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
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...
Cult Cinema
In times when life feels overwhelming, one of the best ways to momentarily escape is by diving into the world of horror films. While...
Cult Cinema
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
One of our most anticipated books of the year, Paul Tremblay’s latest, Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep, is all set to publish this...
Books
Peacock has issued a straight-to-series order for a live-action adaptation of Dungeon Crawler Carl, the science-fantasy LitRPG book series created by Matt Dinniman. The...
Short Film
Ever wanted to just burst into song? Want to be part of a musical? Do you see someone you love and feel the urge...
Features
It truly is surprising how the tagline ‘based on true events’ conjures up such curiosity and fascination amongst cinematic audiences. Whether this is due...
Killer Chords
The excellent Blinky Productions are back with the third installment of their Nightmare on Elms Street fan films. I urge you not to be...
Features
Josh Crooks. Remember that name because guaranteed in a few years it is going to be bounced around the award circuit with levels of...
Features
We love Gareth Evans so much right now after watching the latest trailer for the upcoming action spectacular The Raid 2: Berandal. From the looks...
Features
Horror heads north between Thursday 27th February to Sunday 2nd March when Film4 FrightFest takes over the Glasgow Film Festival for its ninth year...
Short Film
“We all do things we regret, things we want to erase, forget, change. What if you are offered a dose of hope?” Call Back...
Features
When people mention found footage people immediately think of films like The Blair Witch Project complete with its extreme close-ups and vomit inducing camera...
Features
Are you sick of Zombies? Or do they still scare and excite you? Or do they shuffle along, moaning and groaning? Whether or not...
Features
Oof, it’s going to be an amazing year for film, we can already tell, especially since some of our favourite novels are being adapted...
Features
Yes, it’s Oscar-nomination time, an event when not only does Hollywood openly-congratulate itself through the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences, but it is also...
Features
Here is something you never knew you wanted but in the back of your head the need was strong. Move over Woody and the...
Short Film
Have you ever been sat around a dinner table or a night out with friends to find that they attention is caught by something...
Short Film
Coloured Snow is a short film series (or just a short series, but let’s class them as different points of a film.) Today’s A...
Features
Enough of all these best of 2013 lists already? Of course not, we can’t get enough of them. But for those of you who...
Features
Who would have thought that Sandra Bullock, queen of the chick flicks and star of such revolutionary films as Miss Congeniality and The Proposal...
Short Film
Top Hat is a movie you may want to watch again and again because it really is terribly delightful. At just over two minutes,...