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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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“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
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“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
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‘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...
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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...
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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
This week sees the release of the second film in The Hunger Games series and to celebrate the return of super awesome Katniss, here...
Short Film
In another Oscar winning film, Paperman captivated a lot of audiences last year and this. Showed as a preview before Walt Disney Studios film,...
Short Film
We recently saw Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) take to a spot of short film action in Little Favour and now his trusty sidekick Watson is...
Short Film
It is very rare that a film can create a simple and funny story in just over four minutes. Here in Riley Stearn’s The...
Short Film
Curfew is the Oscar Winning short film from the 85th Academy Awards. Written, directed and starring Shawn Christensen, it was a dead cert for...
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Recently we reviewed Todd E Freeman’s excellent short ‘M is for Marriage’ which was entered into Magnet Releasing’s 26th Director competition for a chance...
Short Film
There is only so much that an animation can do in a running time of four minutes. To be able to portray the anguish,...
Features
With tomorrow being the UK release of the highly anticipated film The Counsellor, we thought we would have a look at some of the...
Short Film
It is only a few months til Wes Anderson returns for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Luckily, for those who admire or love Wes Anderson’s...
Short Film
If I Had A Heart is a brilliant and engrossing movie about an abandoned man’s fight for life. Set in the bustling city of...
Features
On 21st of November 2013, Catching Fire, the long-awaited sequel to the 2012 box office hit The Hunger Games will be released in cinemas...
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Urban dance film Battle Of The Year opens in UK cinemas this Friday November the 15th. The film follows Dante (Laz Alonso) and Blake (Josh Holloway)...
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Originality is scarce these days: Hollywood lashes mountains of money in often vain attempts to create a picture which is novel. Presumably with a...
Features
Back to the Future is a timeless film which never fails to entertain. As teenagers we all wanted to be Marty McFly with the...
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Hot on the heels of popular horror television series such as American Horror Story, True Blood and the Walking Dead, Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk...
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Oscar season is fast approaching and the world of film braces itself for the most powerful films of the year. Amongst those films being...
Short Film
Little Favour is possibly one of the most hotly anticipated shorts this year, mainly due to the weight of the main star, Benedict Cumberbatch....