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Shed Seven Ride Chart-Topping Wave Into New Self-Titled Album and Instantly Sold-Out Intimate London Show
The Devil’s Mouth Official Trailer Teases Claustrophobic Cave Survival Thriller – Coming to Prime Video
‘Her Private Hell’ Trailer: Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Descend Into Chaos In Nicolas Winding Refn’s Sci-Fi Shocker
The Horror Section Announces Wide Theatrical Release for New Slasher ‘Stiletto’ For Halloween 2026
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘She Dances’ Movie Review: A Humorous, Heartwrenching Journey Through Family Connection and Intergenerational Grief
‘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
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Clash of Disciplines: Xie Miao Talks Confronting Myriad Fighting Styles in the Kinetic Spectacle of ‘The Furious’
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of June 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of May 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of April 2026
Album Review: ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’ by Crocodylus: A Frenetic, Deftly Formulated Portrait of Modern Malaise
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of March 2026
- Music Interviews
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
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
Zack Snyder to write and direct long-gestating ‘Escape from New York’ remake
Forget the Blockbusters: 10 Essential ’80s Action Thrillers You Might Have Missed
- Books
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Titles for the Second Half of the Year
Peacock Gives Straight-To-Series Order to ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
- Author Interviews
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
Grief, Folklore, and Highway Horror: CJ Leede Talks Grimy New Shocker Novel ‘Headlights’
Beyond the shower scene: Author Leah Rowan on rewriting horror history by giving one of the genre’s most famous victims her own voice in ‘Marion’
- Book Reviews
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
‘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
Author Interviews
“These days, nobody seems to care about the experience, they just expect everyone else’s time for doing absolutely fucking nothing.” So declares one of...
Headlines
Prime Video has unveiled the trailer for The Devil’s Mouth, a new survival shocker from director Jeff Wadlow (Imaginary, Fantasy Island), working from a...
Box Office
Ahead of its theatrical release next month, the full official trailer has just dropped for Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Her Private Hell; his highly anticipated...
MUSIC
We’ve crossed the threshold into July, which means it’s time to look back at June’s most essential singles with another edition of Noteworthy Nods:...
Books
It would be an understatement to say that the first half of 2026 has been a spectacular celebration of genre entertainment and art. You...
Box Office
Focus Features has released a second official trailer for Obsession, alongside new artwork, as the horror film gears up for its May 15 theatrical...
Box Office
Daniel J. Phillips returns to horror with Diabolic, a psychologically charged story of faith, trauma, and hallucinatory dread. Elizabeth Cullen leads as a woman...
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article (≈ 3 minutes) Mimics is, at a glance, a well-shot and competently assembled feature. Kristoffer Polaha‘s direction is certainly...
Author Interviews
Johnny Compton brings a hard-edged noir sensibility to supernatural horror with Dead First, his new novel publishing February 10 via Putnam. The story follows...
Box Office
Kristoffer Polaha (Jurassic World: Dominion, The Shift) makes a striking entry into directing with Mimics, a film that constantly shifts tone and subverts expectations....
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article Australian filmmaker Daniel J. Philips’ Diabolic arrived with a degree of festival momentum, playing to receptive audiences at last...
Headlines
▶ Listen to our festival picks (≈ 5 minutes) SXSW unveiled another wave of programming for its 33rd annual Film & TV Festival earlier...
Box Office
A24 has released a new official trailer for The Undertone, the terrifying debut you have to hear to believe from writer-director Ian Tuason. The...
Box Office
Searchlight Pictures has just dropped a brand-new trailer for Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, the follow-up to the darkly comic horror hit....
Box Office
Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Taken, The Professional), is taking a fresh approach to gothic storytelling with Dracula, a romantic reworking of Bram Stoker’s...
Box Office
Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element, Anna) is venturing into gothic territory with Dracula, a romantic revamping of Bram Stoker’s enduring myth. Caleb...
Box Office
A24 is moving forward with a new expansion of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, beginning with a television series developed by JT Mollner. The...
Books
Chiwetel Ejiofor is set to reunite with filmmaker Mike Flanagan on Flanagan’s upcoming The Exorcist feature, following their recent collaboration on The Life of...
Box Office
The end of the beginning or the beginning of the end? A disturbing, unidentified teaser that leaked online last week, and was quickly removed...
Home Release News
Apple TV+ has set a June 5, 2026 premiere for its new 10-episode psychological thriller limited series “Cape Fear,” launching with the first two...
Box Office
NEON has locked in an April 10, 2026, theatrical release for Exit 8, the Japanese thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Genki Kawamura. Adapted from the...
Author Interviews
Caroline Glenn’s debut novel Cruelty Free publishes tomorrow, February 3, through William Morrow. The novel follows a once-famous film star who returns to Hollywood...