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- News
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of July 2026
Maika Monroe Goes Full Gothic Killer in Official Victorian Psycho trailer
‘Bury The Devil’ Trailer Released For Adam O’Brien’s Single-Shot Horror Feature Ahead Of August 21 Debut
Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ Drops New Trailer Ahead Of September IMAX Release
‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Debuts: Zach Cregger’s Franchise Reboot Reveals Extended Footage
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of July 2026
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
- 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
Author Clay McLeod Chapman Talks ‘Devil Inside,’ Possession, Love, and the Horror of Wanting to Feel Wanted
Maika Monroe Goes Full Gothic Killer in Official Victorian Psycho trailer
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
‘Other Mommy’ Trailer Unveiled As Early Viewers Hail Horror Preview As Pure Nightmare Fuel
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
- Author Interviews
Author Clay McLeod Chapman Talks ‘Devil Inside,’ Possession, Love, and the Horror of Wanting to Feel Wanted
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
- Book Reviews
Author Viggy Parr Hampton on ‘Ripped Up the Middle in Two’, Postpartum Rage, and Modern Folk Horror
Christopher Golden Talks ‘Carry Me to My Grave’: A Journey Into Horror’s Most Human Fears and the Golden Age of Cinema
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Anthologies for the Second Half of the Year
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Author Interviews
Reality has a tendency to unravel in a Clay McLeod Chapman story. The uncanny crawls its way into the everyday, horror gives way to...
Books
Bleecker Street has released the first full trailer for Victorian Psycho, Zachary Wigon‘s upcoming gothic horror adaptation of Virginia Feito‘s novel of the same...
Box Office
Brainstorm Media has debuted the official trailer for Bury The Devil, the upcoming horror feature directed by Adam O’Brien (MOM), ahead of its release...
MUSIC
We’ve officially hit the peak of summer, which can only mean one thing: it’s time to unpack July’s absolute best releases. Welcome to the...
Headlines
A feature documentary chronicling the high-profile reunion of Britpop titans Oasis is heading to the Lido. Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger will host...
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....
Box Office
Paramount has released a second behind-the-scenes featurette for Primate, titled “Silence,” offering a closer look at Johannes Roberts’ survival thriller through the perspective of Academy...
Box Office
Voltage Pictures has released the official trailer for the sci-fi action thriller Worldbreaker, a tense story of survival and the war a young woman...
Box Office
The vampire feature Illomen has completed production in Los Angeles. Directed and co-written by Nathalia Pizarro, the film centres on a young widow whose...
Box Office
Luc Besson (The Professional, Anna), returns to gothic storytelling with his latest project, Dracula. Caleb Landry Jones takes on the title role, joined by...
Box Office
Paramount has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Primate, offering audiences a glimpse into Ben the chimpanzee’s terrifying transformation in Johannes Roberts’ latest foray...
Box Office
Neon has dropped the first trailer for Hokum, the forthcoming supernatural shocker from writer-director Damian McCarthy, with Adam Scott leading the cast. The film...
Box Office
Mike P. Nelson’s Silent Night, Deadly Night revisits a notorious cult premise with both care and cunning. The story follows Billy, a boy who...
Box Office
As another standout year for genre cinema comes to a close, attention naturally shifts to the Sundance Film Festival — a fixture that has...
Box Office
The holiday season is set to turn blood red this Friday, December 12, as STUDIOCANAL’s new genre label, Sixth Dimension, delivers a reinvention of...
Box Office
After the runaway success of 2023’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, a sequel was inevitable. And here it is: most of the original cast and...
Box Office
When night falls, every memory can be a nightmare… Brainstorm Media has dropped the first official trailer for Sleepwalker, giving audiences their latest look...
Box Office
Searchlight Pictures has today dropped the first trailer for Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, serving up a tantalising taste of what to...
Box Office
‘Man Finds Tape’ Interview: Cast Talk Confronting Fear, Faith, and the Pressures of a Watchful World
Magnet Releasing will bring Man Finds Tape — a taut, unnerving exploration of digital-age unease — to select cinemas and digital platforms on 5...
Box Office
Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a brand-new trailer for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, featuring additional footage that expands on the film’s central...
Box Office
Magnet Releasing will release Man Finds Tape – a tightly wound, digital-age descent into the uncanny – on December 5, 2025, arriving in select...