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Sky Debuts Official Trailer for Crystal Lake, the Friday the 13th Prequel Series
‘Neagley’ Interviews: Meet the cast and creator behind Prime Video’s new ‘Reacher’ spin-off
‘Whalefall’ Trailer: Austin Abrams Swallowed Alive In Survival Thriller Based on Daniel Kraus’ Eponymous Novel
‘American Summer’ Filmmaker Michael W. Gray Talks Baseball, First Love and Enduring Childhood Memories
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of August 2026
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‘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
Saratoga Schaefer Interview: Reworking Bluebeard as a Sapphic Gothic Horror Tale in ‘A Thousand Monstrous Forms’
Hailey Piper: “This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want” and the Sinister Afterlife of Retro Cinema
‘The Girl in the Video’: Michael David Wilson on the terror of technology knowing too much
‘Neagley’ Interviews: Meet the cast and creator behind Prime Video’s new ‘Reacher’ spin-off
‘American Summer’ Filmmaker Michael W. Gray Talks Baseball, First Love and Enduring Childhood Memories
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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
Sky Debuts Official Trailer for Crystal Lake, the Friday the 13th Prequel Series
Dan Stevens Is Ready to Serve the Public Trust as RoboCop in New Prime Video Series
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
- Books
Saratoga Schaefer Interview: Reworking Bluebeard as a Sapphic Gothic Horror Tale in ‘A Thousand Monstrous Forms’
Hailey Piper: “This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want” and the Sinister Afterlife of Retro Cinema
‘The Girl in the Video’: Michael David Wilson on the terror of technology knowing too much
‘Whalefall’ Trailer: Austin Abrams Swallowed Alive In Survival Thriller Based on Daniel Kraus’ Eponymous Novel
‘Her First Cruise Ship’: An Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Something Followed Us Home,’ a New Anthology of Latiné Horror Edited by Cynthia Pelayo
- Author Interviews
Saratoga Schaefer Interview: Reworking Bluebeard as a Sapphic Gothic Horror Tale in ‘A Thousand Monstrous Forms’
Hailey Piper: “This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want” and the Sinister Afterlife of Retro Cinema
‘The Girl in the Video’: Michael David Wilson on the terror of technology knowing too much
Kayla Ancrum Talks Giving Frankenstein a Tenderly Bruising Resurrection in New Novel ‘Adam, Mine’
Eric LaRocca Talks ‘We Turn Gruesome At Night’ and the Fine Line Between Purging Darkness and Feeding It
- Book Reviews
Kayla Ancrum Talks Giving Frankenstein a Tenderly Bruising Resurrection in New Novel ‘Adam, Mine’
Eric LaRocca Talks ‘We Turn Gruesome At Night’ and the Fine Line Between Purging Darkness and Feeding It
Josh Malerman on New Novel ‘Pictures of You’: When Admiration Curdles Into Obsession
Trapped in a Murderous Time Loop: Rachel Harrison Talks the Twisted, Terrifying Fun of ‘Kiss, Slay, Replay’
Author Jo Salazar on IF WE SURVIVE THE NIGHT: Putting Psychology at the Heart of the Zombie Apocalypse
Cult Cinema
Sky has debuted the official trailer for “Crystal Lake,” the upcoming eight-part series from A24 and creator, writer, executive producer and showrunner Brad Caleb...
Cult Cinema
Dan Stevens is stepping into one of sci-fi’s most recognisable suits, with the Downton Abbey and Legion actor set to play Alex Murphy —...
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...
Author Interviews
USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer turns the Bluebeard fairy tale into a contemporary gothic horror story with their latest novel, A Thousand Monstrous...
Books
20th Century Studios and Imagine Entertainment have debuted a brand-new trailer for Whalefall, the survival thriller based on Daniel Kraus’ acclaimed eponymous novel. The...
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...
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
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 –...