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- News
Christmas comes Gorefully Early This Year With Stake-Raising ‘TERRIFIER 3’ Teaser Trailer
Dark Sky Films Confirms August Release of Joyously Inventive Multi-Verse Thriller ‘HOSTILE DIMENSIONS’
British Anthology ‘LORE’: A Tribute to Classic Horror, to Release in UK Through Kaleidoscope and Icon Film
Anchor Bay Entertainment Acquires Jeff Daniel Phillips’ ‘CURSED IN BAJA’ Ahead of Pigeon Shrine FrightFest World Premiere
INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Brian Skiba Unveils His Edge-Of-Your-Seat Deep Forest Revenge Thriller, “CLEAR CUT”
- Movie/TV Reviews
Best Horror Movies of 2024 So Far, Ranked
‘ROSALIE’ Movie Review: a poignant period drama that ultimately rewards patience
‘THE MOOR’ Movie Review: a deeply disturbing exploration of a terrifyingly plausible premise
‘TRIM SEASON’ Movie Review: Ariel Vida Concocts a Potent Combo of Dark Humor and Shrewdly Crafted Shocks
‘THE BEAST’ Movie Review: A sprawling, deeply reflective narrative, marred by a lack of cohesive structure
- Movie/TV Interviews
INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Brian Skiba Unveils His Edge-Of-Your-Seat Deep Forest Revenge Thriller, “CLEAR CUT”
Peder Lindell Talks Disney’s Latest Musical Fantasy Extravaganza ‘DESCENDANTS: THE RISE OF RED’
INTERVIEW: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on Artfully Executed Nouvelle Histoire Shocker ‘THE DEVIL’S BATH’
INTERVIEW: Eric Bana & Jordan Scott Talk Potent Psychological Shocker ‘A SACRIFICE’
INTERVIEW: Beshrew Thee, History! Rob Brydon and Anna Chancellor Talk Redressing History in “MY LADY JANE”
- Music Reviews
- Music Interviews
Tapping into Unexplored Potential: John Power on Crafting the Definitive Cast Album 30 Years into their Career
Frontman Darren Forbes Talks Shambolics ‘Coming For You’ With Debut Album ‘Dreams, Schemes & Young Teams’
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Princess Goes Talk New LP ‘Come of Age’, Touring the UK and British Gastronomy
INTERVIEW: Shed Seven’s Rick Witter Teases Incoming Sixth Studio Album ‘A Matter of Time’
Rosborough Talks Rediscovering his More Ferocious Musical Fervour and Forthcoming Album “Every Memory”
- Features
6 Sequels to Cult Classics You May Not Have Known Existed
A Short Mission: The Nostalgist
In Anticipation of the ‘SPEAK NO EVIL’ Remake: 5 Great Horror Remakes That Live Up to Their Source Material
A Short Mission: Jeremiah Kipp’s Cronenbergian Short Film ‘DROOL’
5 Major Books That Just Can’t Be Adapted
- Competitions
WIN Tense and Violent Western ‘THE LAST MANHUNT’ Starring Jason Momoa
WIN Action-Packed Thriller ‘HIGH HEAT’ Starring Don Johnson and Olga Kurylenko
WIN LUCIFER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ON DVD – OUT ON DVD AND BLU-RAY NOW
WIN THE CONJURING 2 ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
WIN FRIEND REQUEST ON DVD – OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
- Books
“Dark Matter” Author and Showrunner Blake Crouch Reveals the Intricacies of his Nightmarish Multiverse
StudioCanal’s ‘THE OUTRUN’ Trailer Explores a Journey of Self-Destructive Impulses and Personal Transformation
Sandra Hüller to Star Alongside Ryan Gosling in Interstellar Andy Weir Adaptation ‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’
Jake Gyllenhaal Battles to Prove His Innocence in Trailer for Apple TV+ Limited Series “Presumed Innocent”
Paramount+ Reveals First Look Photos for Mind-Bending Thriller Series “INSOMNIA” Starring Vicky McClure
- Author Interviews
“Dark Matter” Author and Showrunner Blake Crouch Reveals the Intricacies of his Nightmarish Multiverse
Interview: Author Eric LaRocca Reflects on “THE TREES GREW BECAUSE I BLED THERE: COLLECTED STORIES”
INTERVIEW: Author Heather Parry on Chillingly Poignant Debut Gothic Novel “Orpheus Builds a Girl”
INTERVIEW: Cast & Creator on Apple’s Gritty, Prison-Set Thriller “Black Bird”
INTERVIEW: Candice Fox, Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun Talk Croc-Infested Crime Thriller “TROPPO”
- Book Reviews
“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
“I Have Some Questions for You” Book Review: An Ingeniously Elaborate, Poignant Whodunnit Thriller
“The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories” Review: A satisfyingly cohesive collection of haunting and heartfelt tales
“HISTORY KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT” Book Review: a fascinating think piece on coincidence, contingency, devotion and purpose
Cult Cinema
Sequels are an odd species. Sometimes they’re stunning, particularly if James Cameron’s involved – any Part 2 he undertakes is generally the epitome of...
Features
The idea that the world is going to dissolve into dystopia is a harsh one that has been in abundance of recent films. There...
Box Office
To celebrate the imminent release of James Watkins‘ (Eden Lake, Bastille Day) new take on the Danish shocker Speak No Evil, we thought now...
Box Office
Christmas comes early this year as, on the eve of SDCC preview night for one of our Top 10 most anticipated Horror films of...
MOVIES
As the weekend approaches, this is the perfect moment to showcase another selection of recently released music, as brought to our attention either by...
Features
To get things straight, we’re not talking about HRH‘s partiality for a certain British actor she would like to see take on the lead...
Features
Following screenings at this year’s Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals and, most recently, the BFI London Film Festival, the latest outing from veteran writer-director...
Short Film
The Boy With A Thorn In His Side is a powerful and intricate short film. Packed into just over four minutes of time, this...
Features
The Goonies managed to personify everything you wanted to be able to do as a child, but it wasn’t possible and even if it...
Short Film
When you think of comic book geeks, what comes to mind? Perhaps a spotty, short guy in a superman t-shirt who looks like he’s...
Features
Total Recall is still – to this day – one of the best sci-fi movies ever made. Why? Because it is based on a...
Features
If I had a choice, I would round up all musicals, especially mainstream musicals, and pop them in the guilty pleasures pot. I’d leave...
Features
The economy of Kosai Sekine‘s short is pretty impressive, with every shot contributing towards the overall theme, including the title animation. It wastes absolutely...
Features
It been over 35 years since A New Hope stunned audiences worldwide and cinema has changed a lot since then. Incidentally, so have the...
Short Film
Welcome to the very first of (hopefully) many short film showcases here on Cinema Chords, and we’re kick things of in humungous proportions, as...
Features
There are so many films we all dream will get the sequel treatment but then there are so many we just can’t for a...
Cult Cinema
Road movies are certainly the most simplistic of movies. Generally appealing to a certain type of film lover, movies with long stretches of road...
Features
You don’t get ranked fifth on the American Films Institute’s ten greatest epic films for nothing, but is Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece simply an ‘epic’...
Features
Their name is Lumiére, and they have just invented what will become one of the most revolutionary technological inventions of the 20th century –...