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- News
Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
Aaron Eckhart Interview: Back on the K-9 Beat in Action-Packed and Emotionally Charged ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #27
From Scripture to Screen: Lotfy Nathan and Noah Jupe on Adapting the Apocryphal Tale Behind ‘The Carpenter’s Son’
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
- Movie/TV Reviews
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Movies of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Films You Need to See
‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING’ Review: A Nuanced Meditation on Identity, Moral Responsibility, and the Struggle to Navigate a World That Is at Once Welcoming and Alienating
‘FRANKENSTEIN’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Reverent Gothic Adaptation Delivers a Powerful Lament on Hubris-Fuelled Ambition
Film Review: ‘Shelby Oaks’ – Chris Stuckmann’s Ambitious, Unnerving Found-Footage Hybrid Marks a Confident Directorial Debut
‘Tron: Ares Review’ – A Neon-Charged Colossus, Yet Failing to Connect with the Code That Made the Grid Glow
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Aaron Eckhart Interview: Back on the K-9 Beat in Action-Packed and Emotionally Charged ‘Muzzle: City of Wolves’
From Scripture to Screen: Lotfy Nathan and Noah Jupe on Adapting the Apocryphal Tale Behind ‘The Carpenter’s Son’
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl on Revenge Thriller ‘Violent Ends’: Love, Loyalty and the Cost of Violence
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #27
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #26
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #25
Pearce Macca on The Clause’s Explosive Debut, Victim of a Casual Thing: An Honest Portrait of Youth and Struggle
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods 2025 – Batch #24
- Music Interviews
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
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
- Features
Bright Green Light! The Mogwai Return as ‘Gremlins 3’ Is Officially Set for 2027
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
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!
- Books
Apple TV+ Reveals First Stills and Premiere Date for Season Two of “The Last Thing He Told Me”
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
Christina Henry on ‘The Place Where They Buried Your Heart’ — A Community Haunted Across Generations
Beyond Victor’s Lab: 12 Novels That Resurrect Shelleyan Monsters and Their Terrifying Toll in Celebration of Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN
Children’s Booker Prize Launched to Spark New Generation of Readers as Reading for Pleasure Hits Record Low
- Author Interviews
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
Neil McRobert Interview: Meet the Author Turning Northern Folklore into Haunting, Heartfelt Horror with ‘GOOD BOY’
- 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
Box Office
Aaron Eckhart is back on four-pawed patrol in Muzzle: City of Wolves, the surprise sequel to 2023’s gritty K-9 crime thriller Muzzle. Set for...
MUSIC
Another Friday brings a fresh edition of Noteworthy Nods, our weekly survey of the finest indie singles. Drawing on the latest releases and the...
Box Office
What happens when innocence collides with a destiny beyond understanding? That’s the question at the heart of The Carpenter’s Son, the French-American horror from...
Box Office
Bright green light! Bright green light! It’s finally happening. No matter how much we cried. No matter how much we begged. Most of us...
Box Office
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...
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...
Box Office
If You See Something is a fascinating, powerful, and poignant exploration of identity, belonging, and the moral complexities of immigration – navigating the fraught...
Music Interviews
After years of relentless hustle, Birmingham quartet The Clause are finally set to make their mark with the release of their debut album Victim...
Features
Not too long ago horror returned to Manchester’s Dancehouse theatre as Grimmfest took over between 2nd and 5th October for what was possibly the...
Features
No matter how careful you are as a parent, no matter how strong you are growing up, childhood will always leave scars. You will...
Features
On waking up on Sunday 5th October it was a shame that Grimmfest was almost over but instead of moping around it was time...
Features
With superhero movies now showing off the latest special effects and dominating the box office, the age of the disaster movie seemed to be...
News
It’s official! The biggest movie of the year so far is now making its way to the small screen, despite producers recently claiming that...
Interviews
The Roache-Turner brothers look like they may just have concocted a winning recipe. Tristan and Kiah came up with a somewhat newfangled concept for...
Cult Cinema
I seem to be setting a trend with reviewing horror films that feature proms. Is this some childhood trauma subconsciously emerging? Prom anyone? Anyway...
Features
Have you ever looked and an old Victorian photograph and instantly had shivers trickle down your pine? Maybe it’s the sepia tone or perhaps...
Interviews
“I adore you, and I’m really, really grateful for your support, and I hope you enjoy the film.” Cumberbatch shivered down the microphone as...
Features
So far at Grimmfest festival goers watched Pollyanna McIntosh play an action heroine in Let Us Prey, they joined Matthew Gray Gubler in teaming up with Kat Dennings...
Cult Cinema
This past weekend saw the return of Manchester’s premiere horror film festival as Grimmfest returned for its sixth year. Taking place at The Dancehouse...
