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WARDRIVER Trailer: Dane DeHaan Stars in Rebecca Thomas’ High-Stakes Cyber-Heist Thriller
WORLDBREAKER INTERVIEW: Brad Anderson Talks Female Empowerment in a Quasi-Future World Overrun by Monsters
‘Send Help’ Movie Review: Sam Raimi Turns Survival Into a Brutally Wicked Battle of Wits
‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Movie Review: An Alarmingly Disarming Madcap Meditation on Algorithmic Overload
James Walsh Talks New Solo Album ‘It’s All Happening’ and 25th Anniversary of Starsailor’s Debut ‘Love Is Here’
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‘Send Help’ Movie Review: Sam Raimi Turns Survival Into a Brutally Wicked Battle of Wits
PRIMATE Movie Review: A Ferocious, Practically Perfect Creature Feature
DOOBA DOOBA Movie Review: A Creepy, Ambitious Slice of Experimental Micro-Budget Horror
WE BURY THE DEAD Movie Review: A Poignant Apocalyptic Tale Wrought from Personal Loss
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
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WORLDBREAKER INTERVIEW: Brad Anderson Talks Female Empowerment in a Quasi-Future World Overrun by Monsters
Johannes Roberts on PRIMATE: Creature Features, Confined Spaces, and the Art of Escalating Tension
DOOBA DOOBA: Ehrland Hollingsworth and Amna Vegha Talk the Horror of Complicity Through Analog Footage
INTERVIEW: Dominic Fumusa and Matt Dallas Reflect on Sheepdog’s Exploration of Life After Combat
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — Nia DaCosta on Steering the Rage into Darker, Weirder Human Territory
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Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of January 2026
Album Review: ‘Wasted on Youth’ by The Molotovs — An Uncompromising Debut Brimming with Bravado, Breadth, and Boundless Momentum
Album Review: Kula Shaker – Wormslayer: a feisty, fearless return to psychedelic form
Album Review: ‘Fearless Nature’ by Kid Kapichi — An Eclectic, Introspective Statement Steeped in Darkness, Punctuated by Resolve
CinemaChords’ Best Singles of the Year 2025
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James Walsh Talks New Solo Album ‘It’s All Happening’ and 25th Anniversary of Starsailor’s Debut ‘Love Is Here’
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
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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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Corey Hawkins Joins Mila Kunis in Thriller Adaptation of Tracy Sierra’s NIGHTWATCHING
The Housemaid’s Secret: Lionsgate Eyes 2026 Start for Sequel with Sweeney and Morrone in Talks to Return
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
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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
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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
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
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Voltage Pictures releases the sci-fi action thriller Worldbreaker today, January 30, a tense survival story in which a young woman is forced to face...
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Send Help marks a welcome return to pitch-black, R-rated storytelling from Sam Raimi. Stripped of superhero capes and chainsaw-laden spectacle, the director of The...
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As doomscrolling, algorithmic outrage and digital burnout have come to define modern life, it was only a matter of time before Gore Verbinski, a...
MUSIC
It’s been a minute, but Noteworthy Nods is back, this time slightly revamped for 2026. Moving forward, the series will now run as a...
Books
Mila Kunis (Wake Up Dead Man, Black Swan) will star in the upcoming film adaptation of Tracy Sierra’s claustrophobic debut novel Nightwatching, with Corey...
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Contained, claustrophobic thrillers have long been a recurring feature of Johannes Roberts’ (47 Meters Down, Storage 24) work, with pressure, proximity, and survival often...
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Primate, Johannes Roberts’ latest outing, is a lean, unpretentious monster flick: No heavy-handed allegory, no metaphorical monsters, just pure, thrilling popcorn entertainment. Refreshingly confident...
Music Interviews
Starsailor frontman James Walsh releases his new solo album, It’s All Happening, this Friday, 30 January, continuing the steady growth of his solo career...
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Independent Film Company and Shudder are teaming up to unleash a new slice of survival horror with River, the feature debut from filmmaker Joshua...
Books
Apple TV+ has today revealed a first look and confirmed that the second season of “The Last Thing He Told Me“ will premiere globally...
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The lights are flickering back on at Freddy Fazbear’s once again. Universal and Blumhouse have dropped a brand-new trailer for Five Nights at Freddy’s...
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Lionsgate has acquired the rights to develop and produce all future projects based on The Expendables franchise, and secured worldwide distribution for the sixth...
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Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo! Kiefer Sutherland Goes Full Panto Just For You – ‘Tinsel Town’ Official Trailer
The countdown to Christmas 2025 just got a little merrier as Brainstorm Media releases the official trailer for its upcoming holiday film, Tinsel Town....
Author Interviews
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
Chicago-born author Christina Henry has long mastered the art of turning the familiar inside out, revealing the darkness that hides in plain sight. Known...
MUSIC
Another Friday, another round of Noteworthy Nods – your go-to source for this week’s best indie singles. We’ve scoured the streaming platforms and sifted...
Box Office
Magnet Releasing has announced the release date and dropped the trailer for Man Finds Tape, a supernatural horror film marking the feature debut of...
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If You See Something is a fascinating, powerful, and poignant exploration of identity, belonging, and the moral complexities of immigration – navigating the fraught...
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“Hello, Sidney. Did you miss me?” The ghostly voice that defined a generation is back. Paramount Pictures has debuted the highly anticipated trailer for...
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The wait is finally over — the official trailer for “Stranger Things” Season 5 is here, and things are about to get darker than...
