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‘Fackham Hall’ First Trailer Parodies the Pomp and Pretence of the British Period Drama
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
Game Over: Five Macabre Game Show Movies to Prepare You for Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’
Adam Bakri on ‘If You See Something’: Exploring the Ultimate Struggle Between Rejection and Acceptance
‘We expanded every level of the first film’: Kurtis David Harder on the Influencers Sequel, Coming to Shudder
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘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
‘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
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Oday Rasheed and Jess Jacobs Interview: Connection in a World of Welcome and Exclusion in ‘If You See Something’
Adam Bakri on ‘If You See Something’: Exploring the Ultimate Struggle Between Rejection and Acceptance
Anchoring the Terror: Camille Sullivan on Bringing Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks to Authentic, Anxiety-Inducing Life
“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
- Music Reviews
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
The Subways: 20 Years from ‘Young for Eternity’ to ‘When I’m With You’ – Billy Lunn Interview
Album Review: The Clause – ‘Victim of a Casual Thing’: A Bold, Eclectic Debut With an Unshakable Sense of Purpose
- 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
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!
Talk to the Dummy: Lionsgate to Reboot Anthony Hopkins’ Creepy Ventriloquist Classic ‘MAGIC’
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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
CinemaChords’ Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far): Top Horror Novels You Need to Read
“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 Interviews
“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’
Brian Asman Interview: ‘Man, F*ck This House’ Returns with 6 New Nightmares That Hit Uncomfortably Close to Home
- 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
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Retirement homes have long proven fertile ground for some of horror’s most unsettling narratives. Films like Don Coscarelli’s Bubba Ho-Tep and James Ashcroft’s The...
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Back in 2002, The Coral’s eponymous debut album landed like a thunderbolt on the indie scene, kicking off the noughties with anthems like ‘Dreaming...
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Brainstorm Media has dropped the first chilling trailer for Birthrite, the latest genre offering from Ross Partridge (Lamb, Room 104); an unnerving plunge into...
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Shudder is doubling down on its love affair with The Adams Family, the indie horror dynamos behind Hell Hole and the cult hit Hellbender....
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English songwriter and guitarist Duncan Lloyd has just released Unwound, his sixth solo outing and his first collection of brand-new material for Reveal Records,...
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Prepare for an autumn of profound reflection as Placebo announce the release of This Search For Meaning — an ambitious four-disc collection poised to...
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Benacus Entertainment, in association with RNF Productions, have announced that DW Medoff‘s dark and gruesome horror Your Host is set to have its World...
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Director Illya Konstantin is set to premiere his debut feature film, Night of Violence, at the opening night of FrightFest London 2025. The screening...
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Leigh Radford’s much-anticipated debut novel, One Yellow Eye is set to be published on July 15th by Gallery Books. Drawing on her extensive background...
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Sam Hayes’ coming-of-age film, Pools, opens this summer with a staggered release schedule: a Chicago premiere at the Music Box on August 22nd, followed...
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Drop everything — Noteworthy Nods is back! Your weekly roundup of the freshest new tunes currently commanding attention in our office and beyond. Last...
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After kicking off 2025 in spectacular fashion, warming up the massive stadiums as special guests to Oasis, Cast are gearing up to keep the...
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Paramount+ is set to drop “Dexter: Resurrection,” the blood-soaked return of TV’s favorite charming monster. This Friday, July 11th, the Dark Passenger is back...
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Paramount+ is gearing up to unleash “Dexter: Resurrection,” the blood-soaked return of TV’s favourite morally ambiguous serial killer. The Dark Passenger awakens once more this...
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RLJE Films has unleashed the first trailer for Descendent, the feature debut from Peter Cilella which promises a potent cocktail of psychological unease and...
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Wrexham quartet The Royston Club are set to step into the indie-rock Premier League with the imminent drop of their sophomore studio album, Songs...
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19 Premieres, 9 Special Presentations, and a Star-Studded Lineup of Horror Icons Descend on South Florida This August. Horror fans, sharpen your machetes and...