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- News
Grady Hendrix’s Big-Box Horror-Comedy “Horrorstör” Lands Searchlight Film Adaptation
MUBI Debuts ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Teaser, Jane Schoenbrun Revives Cult Slasher
Prime Video Unveils ‘Pretty Lethal’ Trailer for Ballerina Survival Thriller Ahead of SXSW Premiere
Riz Ahmed Anchors a Modern-Day ‘Hamlet in New Vertical Trailer
A24 Opens the Door to Urban Legend Phenomenon: First Teaser for ‘Backrooms’ Promises a Descent Beyond Reality
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘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
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Michaela McManus & Stella Marcus Talk ‘Redux Redux’ – Revenge on Repeat Across Parallel Universes
Matthew & Kevin McManus Talk ‘Redux Redux’ – Grief Across the Multiverse and Revenge on Repeat
Adam MacDonald Interview: Translating the Frenetic Chaos of Courtney Summers’ This Is Not a Test to the Big Screen
INTERVIEW: Composer Geoff Zanelli on Navigating Tonal Whiplash to Score ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
Diabolic Movie Interviews: Daniel J. Phillips and Elizabeth Cullen on Faith, Trauma, and Factual-Inspired Fear
- Music Reviews
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
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
- Music Interviews
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
GOOD HEALTH GOOD WEALTH’s Bruce Breakey Explains Philosophy Behind Narrative Debut Album ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires’
- Features
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Rejoin Universal’s The Mummy for 2028 Release
Sam Raimi Open to Revisiting Spider-Man Universe, Cites Tobey Maguire’s Return in ‘No Way Home’
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
- Books
Grady Hendrix’s Big-Box Horror-Comedy “Horrorstör” Lands Searchlight Film Adaptation
Chris Panatier on ‘Daytide’: Wrestling with a Psychological Pandemic by Way of a Black-Metal Wizard of Oz
Adam MacDonald Interview: Translating the Frenetic Chaos of Courtney Summers’ This Is Not a Test to the Big Screen
Author Interview: Catriona Ward on the Peter Pan–Inflected World of “Nowhere Burning,” Where Freedom and Captivity Collide
Prime Video Unveils Trailer for ‘Scarpetta,’ Based on Patricia Cornwell’s Crime Series
- Author Interviews
Chris Panatier on ‘Daytide’: Wrestling with a Psychological Pandemic by Way of a Black-Metal Wizard of Oz
Author Interview: Catriona Ward on the Peter Pan–Inflected World of “Nowhere Burning,” Where Freedom and Captivity Collide
Author Johnny Compton Talks ‘Dead First’: Noir Horror, Immortality, and the Weight of Reckoning
Author Caroline Glenn Talks Revenge, and Grief in the Public Eye in New Novel ‘CRUELTY FREE’
INTERVIEW: Celebrated Comic-Book Writer Cullen Bunn Makes Adult Novel Debut with ‘Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World’
- 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
Searchlight Pictures has set Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) to direct an adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s 2014 horror-comedy novel...
Box Office
MUBI has released the teaser trailer for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the latest feature from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the...
Killer Chords
Prime Video has released the official trailer for Pretty Lethal, the latest feature from UK filmmaker Vicky Jewson, ahead of its world premiere at...
Box Office
Vertical has unveiled the first US trailer for Hamlet, a striking contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy. The film places Riz Ahmed at the centre...
MUSIC
After a year away, Wigan indie band Stanleys return with their new single, ‘Pass The Time’, out today. The band, known for their melodic...
Box Office
Michaela McManus and Stella Marcus star in Redux Redux, the inventive, tautly wound sci-fi thriller from brothers Matthew and Kevin McManus, which navigates myriad...
Movie Reviews
Sheepdog is a stark and compassionate character study about grief and duty, anchored by measured performances that keep its emotional stakes immediate and grounded.
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...
Short Film
“We all do things we regret, things we want to erase, forget, change. What if you are offered a dose of hope?” Call Back...
Interviews
The long, long line of direct-to-TV movies of late featuring all manner of poorly rendered CGI mutant or prehistoric creatures with a penchant for harrassing...
Trailers
Universal Pictures bring us what appears to an action packed comedy with some slapstick laughs in Ride Along. So here’s the scope – young...
Competitions
Last Passenger finds Lewis (Dougray Scott), a local doctor, on a train journey he’s not likely to forget. Lewis jumps on the last train leaving London,...
Interviews
His career might have started by making short films but Austrian filmmaker Marvin Kren successfully managed to impress horror fans across the globe with...
Headlines
Actual news about Star Wars Episode VII has finally surfaced. That’s right; ACTUAL NEWS and not just some old wives tales from the ever...
Features
When people mention found footage people immediately think of films like The Blair Witch Project complete with its extreme close-ups and vomit inducing camera...
Features
Are you sick of Zombies? Or do they still scare and excite you? Or do they shuffle along, moaning and groaning? Whether or not...
Killer Chords
Hammer Films is a UK based production company and is most famous for dominating the horror film market enjoying considerable financial success. Over the...
Features
Oof, it’s going to be an amazing year for film, we can already tell, especially since some of our favourite novels are being adapted...
Features
Yes, it’s Oscar-nomination time, an event when not only does Hollywood openly-congratulate itself through the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences, but it is also...
