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- News
‘Street Fighter’ Trailer Teases Hard-Hitting Capcom Adaptation Loaded With Game Nods Galore
INTERVIEW: ‘Hokum’ Director Damian Mc Carthy On Reviving The Haunted Hotel Horror Subgenre
The Open Road Turns Relentless in André Øvredal’s ‘Passenger’ Trailer
Affection First-Look Stills: Jessica Rothe Leads Memory-Reset Sci-Fi Shocker From BT Meza
Rick McMurray Talks The Transition from ASH to Solo Side Project BURNED AS WITCHES
- Movie/TV Reviews
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
‘Diabolic’ Movie Review: A Promising Baptism That Never Fully Immerses… in Dread
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
INTERVIEW: ‘Hokum’ Director Damian Mc Carthy On Reviving The Haunted Hotel Horror Subgenre
Don’t Adjust Your Signal: Ian Tuason Talks Broadcasting a Sinister Frequency of Grief and Faith in UNDERTONE
‘Femme Feral’ Author Sam Beckbessinger Talks the Horror and Humor of Female Transformation
Luke Dumas on New Horror Novel ‘Nothing Tastes as Good’: Identity, Obsession & the Horror of Becoming “Perfect”
‘You’re Dating a Narcissist’ Interview: Ann Marie Allison on Red Flags and Self-Protection vs. Self-Sabotage
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of March 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of February 2026
Album Review: ‘Social Disguises’ by The Enemy: Fuelled by Frustration, Fired Up by Experience
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
- Music Interviews
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’
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
- Features
‘Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon’ Sequel Set As Scott Glosserman Confirms ‘Behind The Mask II’
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
‘Bloodsport’ Remake in the Works at A24 with Michaela Coel Writing and Directing
Revisiting Romero: Daniel Kraus on New Book Partially Devoured and the Enduring Terror of Night of the Living Dead
‘The Exorcist’: Sasha Calle Joins Mike Flanagan’s Reimagining of Cult Classic
- Books
C.J. Dotson Talks New Horror Novel ‘These Familiar Walls,’ Childhood Fears, and Parenting Perils
‘Femme Feral’ Author Sam Beckbessinger Talks the Horror and Humor of Female Transformation
Philip Fracassi on Sarafina: A Grimmesque Civil War Tale of Desertion, Duty, And Devastating Dread
Luke Dumas on New Horror Novel ‘Nothing Tastes as Good’: Identity, Obsession & the Horror of Becoming “Perfect”
Eric LaRocca on New Horror Novel ‘Wretch’: Haunted by Grief, Driven by Curiosity
- Author Interviews
C.J. Dotson Talks New Horror Novel ‘These Familiar Walls,’ Childhood Fears, and Parenting Perils
‘Femme Feral’ Author Sam Beckbessinger Talks the Horror and Humor of Female Transformation
Philip Fracassi on Sarafina: A Grimmesque Civil War Tale of Desertion, Duty, And Devastating Dread
Luke Dumas on New Horror Novel ‘Nothing Tastes as Good’: Identity, Obsession & the Horror of Becoming “Perfect”
Eric LaRocca on New Horror Novel ‘Wretch’: Haunted by Grief, Driven by Curiosity
- 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
Neon will release Hokum, the upcoming supernatural horror film from Irish writer-director Damian McCarthy, in cinemas on 1 May 2026. Starring Adam Scott (The...
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article (≈ 3 minutes) Brainstorm Media has shared a selection of first-look stills from Affection, the upcoming sci-fi thriller written...
MUSIC
Rick McMurray is about to bring his new solo album “kicking and screaming into the daylight” – his own words – this 17th April...
Box Office
Paramount Pictures and Legendary Pictures have today debuted the official trailer for Street Fighter, the upcoming live-action adaptation directed by Kitao Sakurai (“Beef,” “Twisted...
Author Interviews
C.J. Dotson’s debut horror novel, The Cut, earned her a host of new fans following last year’s release, establishing her as a rising voice...
Box Office
Vertigo Releasing has just unleashed The Undertone, the terrifying debut from writer-director Ian Tuason you need to hear in cinemas to believe. The film...
Box Office
▶ Listen to this article (≈ 3 minutes) Rick Gomez‘s feature directorial debut, She Dances, is an uplifting, albeit poignant exploration of family, grief,...
Music Interviews
After a whole decade off the radar, The Enemy are back where they belong: on the road, selling out venues, and with a new...
Movie Reviews
In Atomica, safety inspector Abby Dixon (Sarah Habel) flies out to inspect an isolated nuclear power plant, she discovers that the plant’s two employees are...
Movie Reviews
Seven teenagers find a seemingly ordinary day of coasting through adolescence changed by the discovery of a board game, the eponymous Game of Death....
News
The special dinner Epic Pictures Group hosts year in, year out for SXSW’s Midnight filmmakers brought with it quite the pleasant surprise this year when...
Interviews
Ben Parker’s claustrophobic debut The Chamber had FrightFesters ripping the cinema seats to shreds out of sheer tension last August and the same is about...
Cinema
Directed by first-time feature director Ben Parker, The Chamber follows three members of a Special Ops team and the pilot of a submersible craft...
Box Office
Ahead of an April 7th release date, a brand new trailer has just been released for the Lone Scherfig-helmed World War II-set romatic dramedy...
Headlines
Do you remember what it was like to be child? The days going by with nothing but time, support and no fears. It is...
Features
Ahead of the release of his first feature film Drifter, CinemaChords caught up with director Chris von Hoffmann to talk the importance of channeling inner...
Features
Movistar recently sat down with Spanish filmmaker Jaume Balagueró to chat about his upcoming shocker, Muse, a film he’s been after getting made for the...
Headlines
Here at CinemaChords, one strand of the SXSW Film Festival that always has us impatiently foaming at the mouth is the Midnighter section. One...
Headlines
Ahead of the World Premiere of his latest film BLOODLANDS at Horror Channel FrightFest Glasgow 2017, Steven Kastrissios discusses the challenges of making the...
