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- News
The Bride Side of Life? Netflix’s “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” Trailer Suggests Otherwise
Christopher Landon to Write and Direct Supernatural Horror ‘Final Boarding’ After Scream Exit
“Bosch: Start of Watch” Expands Cast With Azita Ghanizada, William Fichtner and Kathleen Wilhoite
Paul Boyd Talks Scared to Death, Real Paranormal Experiences, and Blending Horror, Comedy, and Heart
Blue Finch Films Drops Teaser for Imposters, Caleb Phillips’ Twist-Heavy Sci-Fi Thriller
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘Diabolic’ Movie Review: A Promising Baptism That Never Fully Immerses… in Dread
‘Send Help’ Movie Review: Sam Raimi Turns Survival Into a Brutally Wicked Battle of Wits
‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Movie Review: An Alarmingly Disarming Madcap Meditation on Algorithmic Overload
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Paul Boyd Talks Scared to Death, Real Paranormal Experiences, and Blending Horror, Comedy, and Heart
Lin Shaye on Scared to Death, the Heart Beneath the Horror-Comedy, and Its Pastiche of On-Set Power Dynamics
“Scarpetta” Premieres on Prime Video — Exclusive Interviews with Cast and Creators
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
Matt Dinniman Talks Operation Bounce House: Dungeon Crawler Carl Creator’s AI Chaos-Fueled Sci-Fi Adventure
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of February 2026
Album Review: ‘Social Disguises’ by The Enemy: Fuelled by Frustration, Fired Up by Experience
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of January 2026
Album Review: ‘Wasted on Youth’ by The Molotovs — An Uncompromising Debut Brimming with Bravado, Breadth, and Boundless Momentum
Album Review: Kula Shaker – Wormslayer: a feisty, fearless return to psychedelic form
- Music Interviews
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’
James Walsh Talks New Solo Album ‘It’s All Happening’ and 25th Anniversary of Starsailor’s Debut ‘Love Is Here’
Crispian Mills on Kula Shaker’s Upcoming Album ‘Wormslayer’: Navigating Creativity and Chaos in a Wired Age
GOOD HEALTH GOOD WEALTH’s Bruce Breakey Explains Philosophy Behind Narrative Debut Album ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’
- Features
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
‘The Exorcist’: Sasha Calle Joins Mike Flanagan’s Reimagining of Cult Classic
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Rejoin Universal’s The Mummy for 2028 Release
Sam Raimi Open to Revisiting Spider-Man Universe, Cites Tobey Maguire’s Return in ‘No Way Home’
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
- Books
“Scarpetta” Premieres on Prime Video — Exclusive Interviews with Cast and Creators
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
Matt Dinniman Talks Operation Bounce House: Dungeon Crawler Carl Creator’s AI Chaos-Fueled Sci-Fi Adventure
‘The Exorcist’: Sasha Calle Joins Mike Flanagan’s Reimagining of Cult Classic
Grady Hendrix’s Big-Box Horror-Comedy “Horrorstör” Lands Searchlight Film Adaptation
- Author Interviews
“Scarpetta” Premieres on Prime Video — Exclusive Interviews with Cast and Creators
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
Matt Dinniman Talks Operation Bounce House: Dungeon Crawler Carl Creator’s AI Chaos-Fueled Sci-Fi Adventure
Chris Panatier on ‘Daytide’: Wrestling with a Psychological Pandemic by Way of a Black-Metal Wizard of Oz
Author Interview: Catriona Ward on the Peter Pan–Inflected World of “Nowhere Burning,” Where Freedom and Captivity Collide
- 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
Author Interviews
Daniel Kraus has established himself as one of the most distinctive voices working in contemporary horror and dark fantasy across novels, film, and television....
Books
Sasha Calle has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan’s forthcoming reimagining of The Exorcist, the next instalment in Universal’s long-running horror property. The film...
Box Office
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will reprise their roles in Universal’s next Mummy film, marking a renewed push for the franchise after the 2017...
Killer Chords
The Bride Side of Life? Netflix’s “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” Trailer Suggests Otherwise
Arriving on the notoriously unlucky date of Friday the 13th, Netflix has debuted the official full trailer for the upcoming horror series “Something Very Bad...
Headlines
Blue Finch Films has unveiled the teaser trailer for Imposters, the mind-bending sci-fi/thriller feature debut of writer-director Caleb Phillips. The film is set to...
Features
Last month we announced the twelve finalists in the Magnet Releasing‘s 26th Director competition where the winner would not only win a $5,000 cash prize but their...
Short Film
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Well, more like the apocalypse in this holiday themed short, Dark Times. Interestingly shot in POV...
Features
By now Cinema Chords has covered lots of promotional material for the upcoming Lego Movie and we can’t wait until the film is released...
Features
Right about now is when awards season starts heating up. Various film critic circles and societies have given out their awards, with many more...
Short Film
The relationship a writer, director and animator may have with their character is a troubled one. We have this love hate with them; they...
Short Film
It feels like writing about Monster Roll is cheating. While it is technically a short movie, there is a story behind it as it...
Short Film
Sometimes, in movies, story has been substituted for style, and focusing on the visuals can detriment the whole effect of the movie. ColourBleed suffers...
Features
If you a peering on the film schedule this week you may come across Spike Lee’s horror movie Oldboy. Starring Josh Brolin and Elizabeth...
Short Film
In this day and age, social media is controlling everything. In fact, a lot of people can’t find more than a minute’s peace without...
Short Film
The coldness has finally set in. Winter is here and we have all wrapped up warm. And as they always do during winter months,...
Short Film
Being alone is perhaps the thing that people are most afraid of and coming up to Christmas that fear is resonated in us all....
Features
New this week is a brand new section where various members of the Cinema Chords team will discuss film related topics. First up, with...
Features
With the upcoming release of the second instalment of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug to get you all raring to go here is...
Features
Recently we sat down with writer/director Jim Towns (Stiff, Manhaters!) to talk about his latest work House of Bad. This tale of three sisters...
Features
In 1984, Warner Brothers released Gremlins, a horror film that was directed by Joe Dante and starred Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman and Hoyt...
Short Film
There is something that is always so magical about stop motion animation. It is definitely a difficult craft, yet produces some kind of spooky,...
Cult Cinema
If you walk out of your latest cinema, tune into telly or even dotted around your street, you will see adverts for the latest...