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CinemaChords’ Best Singles of the Year 2025
CinemaChords’ Albums of the Year 2025
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025: Top Horror Films You Need to See
WATCH: How Silence Shapes Johannes Roberts’ ‘Primate’ – New Featurette with Troy Kotsur
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Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025: Top Horror Films You Need to See
‘THE PLAGUE’ Review: A Harrowingly Poignant Exploration of the Cruelties and Contradictions of Early Adolescence
‘SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT’ (2025) Review: A Darkly Comic Reinvention That Marries Brutality with Ethical Nuance
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: A Patchwork Sequel That, Sadly, Mostly Plays Like a Skippable Cutscene
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
‘THE PLAGUE’ Interview: Everett Blunck and Kayo Martin on the Cruel Realities of Growing Up
Do You Fear What I Fear? Mike P. Nelson and Ruby Modine Talk Reimagining SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Through Carnage, Conscience, and Courtship
‘I really enjoy playing unpleasant people… but Trevor is different’: Rowan Atkinson on finding warmth in absurdity in “Man vs Baby”
‘Man Finds Tape’ Interview: Cast Talk Confronting Fear, Faith, and the Pressures of a Watchful World
‘Man Finds Tape’ Interview: Kelsey Pribilski and William Magnuson on Terror, Belief and Life Under Surveillance
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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’
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Interview: Duncan Lloyd Unwinds New Album ‘Unwound’ – A Cathartic Rebellion Against Snack Culture
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Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
Men In Black to Suit Up Again, Bad Boys Writer Drafted for Next Mission
In Anticipation of the ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Reboot: 8 Great Horror Remakes That Live Up to Their Source Material
Unearthed Frights: 10 Underrated Indie Horror Films That Deserve Your Attention
Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
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2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Titles for the First Half of the Year
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025: Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
New PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer Showcases Ryan Gosling in a Sci-Fi Adventure Brimming With Cosmic Awe and All the Feels
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Apple TV+ Reveals First Stills and Premiere Date for Season Two of “The Last Thing He Told Me”
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INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
“Fandom today borders on the religious — and that’s both beautiful and terrifying”: Joey Batey on debut novel ‘It’s Not a Cult’, creativity, and the cost of being seen
‘Cathedral of the Drowned’ Interview: Nathan Ballingrud on Moon-Spun Nightmares, Centipede Bishops and Lunar Gothic Dread
Author Interview: The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale – Genre-Bending Stories and Timeless Fears
- 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
Books
The first half of 2026 promises a striking range of horror, from taut psychological thrillers and gothic mysteries to inventive speculative nightmares. Some stories...
Box Office
Horror has always been a shape-shifter, changing with the times to throw our darkest fears back at us in clever, unsettling ways. In 2025,...
Books
Horror, much like grief, refuses to stand still. It morphs with the times, reflecting our collective anxieties back to us in freshly monstrous forms....
Music News
End-of-year lists are rarely about consensus and more about habit. Some of these songs hit instantly; others revealed their qualities over time. In every...
Music News
Box Office
Independent Film Company is all set to release writer-director Charlie Polinger’s debut feature, The Plague, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on...
Box Office
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has unleashed the trailer and poster for stalker thriller Borderline. Following in the footsteps of recent...
Box Office
Brainstorm Media has secured North American distribution rights for Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial...
Box Office
Every night a different nightmare… Sony Pictures Entertainment has unleashed a brand.new trailer for Until Dawn, the upcoming live-action adaptation of the popular PlayStation...
Killer Chords
The SXSW Film Festival 2025 is almost upon us, and genre fans are in for an exciting lineup of films that promise to offer...
Author Interviews
Horror fans, the countdown is over! “First Word on Horror,” a shocking and revelatory new documentary series debuts today, February 7, 2025 on Substack. This...
Box Office
Josh Ruben’s (Scare Me, Werewolves Within) Heart Eyes is the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for horror and rom-com lovers alike, a gory, blood-soaked bouquet that’s...
Books
A new adaptation of Stephen King‘s chilling short story The Monkey is set to hit theaters on February 21. Directed by Osgood Perkins (Longlegs,...
Box Office
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about love and romance — it’s also the perfect opportunity to dive into the darker side of things. With the...
Books
Horror fans, the countdown is on! Get ready for the debut of “First Word on Horror,” a shocking and revelatory new documentary series set...
Box Office
The chilling AI-powered terror that captivated audiences in 2023 is back. M3GAN, the deadly doll with a penchant for precision and dance moves, is...
Headlines
Netflix Unveils First-Look Images and Details for the Third and Final Season The wait is almost over for fans of Netflix’s global sensation “Squid...
Box Office
Drew Hancock’s directorial debut, Companion, is a tightly crafted sci-fi noir that blends suspense with a sharp critique of modern relationships. The film follows...
Box Office
Get ready for a suspense-ridden thriller that taps into a universal frustration: noisy neighbours. Restless, the debut feature film from writer and director Jed...
Box Office
Lionsgate has unveiled the first official trailer for Pablo Acento’s upcoming horror film, Bloat. Building on the innovative onscreen/online format seen in Searching and...
Box Office
In anticipation of Steven Soderbergh‘s latest spine-chilling masterpiece, Presence, hitting theaters tomorrow, January 25, we decided to explore ten extraordinary ghost movies that defy...
Box Office
The slasher genre looks set to get a fresh, blood-soaked paint of coat, thanks to Neon‘s Hell of a Summer—the horror-comedy film already hailed...
Box Office
EVERYONE’S A SUSPECT! Get ready for a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat experience this spring with Drop, the latest high-stakes thriller from director Christopher Landon (Happy Death...