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‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
Power Struggles and New Threats: “Mayor of Kingstown” Season Four Trailer and Key Art Revealed
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #23
Stay-at-Home Dads Go Full Rambo in First Trailer for ‘Playdate’ Starring Kevin James and Alan Ritchson
‘King Ivory’ Trailer: John Swab Uncompromising Thriller Confronts the Realities of America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review: A Monumental, Uncompromising Portrait of the Price Paid for Glory
‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Savage Tangle of Seduction, Betrayal, and the Brutality of Modern Romance
‘Good Boy’ Review: Barking Up the Right Tree, but Not Quite the Top Branch
‘All the Devils Are Here Review’: A Simmering, Sinister Slice of British Noir Steeped in Regret, Survival, and Skewed Gallows Humor
- Movie/TV Interviews
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
No Land, No Mercy: Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Shark-Infested WWII Shocker BEAST OF WAR
BONE LAKE Interview: Mercedes Bryce Morgan Talks Idyllic Lakeside Dreams Drowning in a Deadly Game of Toxic Desire and Deception
BONE LAKE Interview: Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi, Alex Roe & Andra Nechita on Burning Desire, Shattered Trust, and the Art of Psychological Warfare
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #23
Kula Shaker Announce Forthcoming Wormslayer Album — and Celebrate by Unleashing Monkey AI Magic
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #22
Ash: The Power-Pop Veterans Fire Back With a Double Barrel Blast – And Graham Coxon Riding Shotgun
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #21
- Music Interviews
Interview: Duncan Lloyd Unwinds New Album ‘Unwound’ – A Cathartic Rebellion Against Snack Culture
From Wigan to the World: The Lilacs’ Ollie Anglesea Talks New EP ‘The 395 (To Forever)’
INTERVIEW: The ‘KOKO’ Mojo, According to Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance Prior to Fourth Album Release
The Slow Readers Club Discuss New Album ‘Out Of A Dream’ in Exclusive Interview with Aaron Starkie
Starsailor Celebrates 25 Years: James Walsh Talks Special Anniversary Shows and UK Tour [Interview]
- Features
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
Rick Moranis and Mel Brooks Reunite as Long-Awaited Spaceballs Sequel Begins Filming
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
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
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CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
- Author Interviews
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
Refuge in Fear? Tatiana Schlote-Bonne on Facing Fears, Claiming Self-Worth and the Haunting Echoes of Trauma in ‘The Mean Ones’
INTERVIEW: Philip Fracassi on Flipping the Slasher Script with a Fresh Denture Bite in ‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home’
‘The October Film Haunt’ Author Michael Wehunt Talks Fandom, Urban Legends, & Digital Mythologizing
- 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
Horror, much like grief, refuses to stand still. It morphs with the times, reflecting our collective anxieties back to us in freshly monstrous forms....
Cult Cinema
Unhinged, Unpolished, Unforgettable: 10 Wild ’70s and ’80s Cult Horror B-Movies Time Refuses to Tame
In the gloriously chaotic world of ’70s and ’80s horror cinema, low budgets, wacky premises, and unpolished execution were not bugs – they were...
Author Interviews
Neil McRobert is no stranger to the macabre. As a writer, academic, and host of the Talking Scared podcast, he has spent years in...
Box Office
More than four decades since audiences were first dropped into the luminous world of Tron, and 15 years after Tron: Legacy tried to modernise...
Box Office
Roadside Attractions and Saban Films have released the trailer for King Ivory, the latest film from award-winning filmmaker John Swab (One Day as a...
Box Office
Abramorama has announced it will distribute House of Abraham, a chilling horror-thriller set for theatrical release this summer. Directed by Lisa Belcher in her...
Author Interviews
Nat Cassidy is a name that’s quickly becoming synonymous with modern horror fiction. With his ability to blend spine-chilling suspense with cutting social commentary,...
Box Office
Canadian filmmaker Chad Archibald has long been drawn to horror that gets under the skin—sometimes quite literally. From the grotesque transformations of Bite to...
Box Office
The UK trailer for Hallow Road has just dropped, and with it comes the announcement of its highly anticipated theatrical release on May 16,...
Books
Apple TV+ has today dropped the first trailer for “Murderbot,” its upcoming sci-fi comedic thriller series, set to premiere on May 16, 2025. Based on Martha Wells‘...
Box Office
IFC Films has unveiled the official trailer for Tornado, a gripping revenge western set in 1790s Scotland. Equal parts a British period drama and a...
Box Office
The Surfer UK Trailer Drops: Nicolas Cage Rides a Mind-bending Fevered Wave of Fury – Coming May 9th
Get ready to hang ten on the edge of your seats as Vertigo Releasing has just dropped the UK trailer and poster for Lorcan...
Box Office
Firebook Entertainment‘s highly anticipated feature, Párvulos, Children of the Apocalypse (spoiler-free review here), has arrived in theaters, promising a unique and unsettling cinematic experience....
Box Office
Stop me if you’ve heard this before—zombie virus outbreak, a cabin in the woods, kids in peril. But Mexican filmmaker Isaac Ezban (Evil Eye)...
Box Office
The doll who rebooted the horror genre in 2023 is back—and this time, she’s not running solo. M3GAN 2.0, the much-anticipated sequel to the...
Books
A succulent new chapter in the Dracula saga is set to unfold as RLJE Films and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premier horror platform, have secured...
Killer Chords
Northern Irish noise-rock titans ASH are back with a vengeance, delivering a seriously groovy take on a classic and a music video that’s a...
Interviews
This week, Prime Video is set to release a devilishly entertaining new supernatural action series, “The Bondsman.” Starring Kevin Bacon as Hub Halloran, a...
Box Office
Danny and Michael Philippou, the acclaimed filmmakers behind Talk to Me, return with their latest chilling project, Bring Her Back. A24 has just unveiled the first official trailer, offering...
Box Office
When a terrified young girl bursts into a psychiatrist’s office, claiming that something is feeding on her, the stage is set for a spine-chilling...
Books
Following its SXSW debut, RLJE Films and Shudder have unleashed a brand-new clip for Clown in a Cornfield. The clip in question comes with a fitness...
Headlines
Principal photography has concluded on “Cassie Workman is Witchy AF,” a new adult comedic documentary series that promises to explore the world of occultism...