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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Clay McLeod Chapman on His Most Distilled Dose of Dread Yet: ‘ACQUIRED TASTE’
Peter Cilella Unpacks Fatherhood, Fear, and the Fracturing Mind in Haunting Sci-Fi Shocker ‘Descendent’
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Eric LaRocca Talks Crafting Visceral Terror with Poetic Tenderness in ‘We Are Always Tender With Our Dead’
Justice, Revenge, and Horror With a Western Edge: Keith Rosson Talks His Savage New Vampire Novel ‘Coffin Moon’
Rachel Harrison Talks ‘Play Nice’: An Ingenious Haunted House Makeover That Exposes Family, Self-Image, and Society’s Evils
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Clay McLeod Chapman on His Most Distilled Dose of Dread Yet: ‘ACQUIRED TASTE’
INTERVIEW: Math, Madness, and the End of Meaning – Chuck Tingle’s Lucky Day Will Break Your Brain (and Maybe Your Heart)
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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
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Features
Have you ever wondered exactly what would have happened with Horton hadn’t heard the Who? Imagine the fat fingers and big footsteps smooshing the...
Short Film
First dates can be nerve-wracking experiences. On one hand, you want to maintain your poise and composure, coming across as dignified and intellectual. But...
Cult Cinema
Rejoice, horror fans! The expertly curated cult streaming service ARROW is delivering an early Christmas treat this year. As The New York Times praised,...
Home Release News
Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for Vicious, the forthcoming psychological thriller from Bryan Bertino (The Strangers, The Dark and the Wicked), which...
Box Office
Magnolia Pictures has today debuted a second teaser trailer for The Carpenter’s Son, the French-American horror epic of biblical proportions from director Lotfy Nathan (Harka), and...
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...
Headlines
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,...
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...
Short Film
Originality is scarce these days: Hollywood lashes mountains of money in often vain attempts to create a picture which is novel. Presumably with a...
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....
Short Film
House Cocktail is an ideal short film in that it takes a simple concept – the story of two men battling to gain the...
Short Film
In 2012 producers Ant Timpson and Tim League released their anthology film ABCs of Death. It featured twenty six shorts showcasing work by twenty six...
Short Film
Last night The W Hotel played host to the UK premiere of the Patrick Viktor Monroe-directed short film, Little Favour. Attended by Monroe himself,...
Short Film
Dawn (Part One) follows in the footsteps of Looper, the 2012 blockbuster starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gorden-Levitt, and is a futuristic thriller which...
Short Film
We are constantly witnessing technological advances. Missions into deep space or chartering unknown universes have always captured our dreams and fantasies. We have spurned...
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...
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...