The CinemaChords Podcast

‘Come to me, and be mine for eternity’ Historical fiction author  Charlotte Cross  launches her debut novel,  The Brides , in the US tomorrow (7 July). Having harboured a lifelong fascination with history, Cross grounds her new narrative in the framework of Bram Stoker’s  Dracula —reintroducing familiar figures like Jonathan Harker, Lord Godalming, and Abraham Van Helsing, but entirely reframing t...

“These days, nobody seems to care about the experience, they just expect everyone else’s time for doing absolutely fucking nothing.” So declares one of the key characters in  Fabulous Bodies , the highly anticipated new novel from  USA Today  bestselling author  Chuck Tingle . It’s a line that hits shockingly close to the bone, perfectly encapsulating a book that’s bound to become a major topic of...

One of our most anticipated books of the year,  Paul Tremblay ’s latest,  Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep , is all set to publish this coming June 30th through  Bloomsbury . Taking aim at contemporary AI anxieties and the growing influence of technology giants, the book spins a surreal, darkly satirical and terrifying work of speculative fiction about technological overreach and human fragilit...

Fresh off taking home the  2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction  for his World War I novel,  Angel Down ,  New York Times  bestselling author  Daniel Kraus  is all set to take readers on a galaxy-spanning adventure in his latest release,  The Sixth Nik , which publishes this June 23 through  S&S/Saga Press . Part cosmic space opera, part body-horror frightmare,  The Sixth Nik  transcends genre to t...

CJ Leede has fast earned her stripes for her ability to make readers care before she makes them scared. Her knack for pairing pure, unadulterated terror with deeply empathetic character work is unmatched, and her brilliant new shocker Headlights doubles down on that signature formula. Born from a deeply personal period of grief and disillusionment, the book uses the backdrop of Colorado folklore t...

What happens when one of fiction’s most famous victims gets to tell her own story? Author  Leah Rowan ’s debut novel  Marion   arrives this week, reimagining one of the genre’s most enduring stories. Taking Robert Bloch’s  Psycho  as its starting point, the novel recasts its central victim as a resourceful and morally complex protagonist whose story resists the certainties of the original. Brimmin...

Critically acclaimed bestselling author Nick Cutter , known for modern horror touchstones including The Troop and The Deep , returns with his latest novel, The Dorians , releasing today, May 19th. Exploring ageing, mortality, and the irresistible lure of turning back time, the novel follows five elderly volunteers offered an extraordinary proposition: the chance to slow, halt, or even reverse the...

Author Sara van Os is a Mexican-American, self-professed decomposition nerd who has, since college, been working in hospitality while diligently collecting stories of decidedly peculiar goings-on in the workplace. Her debut novel, Decomposition Book , arrives on May 7, 2026, via Dead Ink Books in the UK, and on May 19, 2026, via Hanover Square Press , and is guaranteed to thoroughly gast your flab...

TJ Payne ’s Best of BookTok horror breakout Intercepts gets a much-welcomed reboot today, May 5th, reborn under Raven Books in a hardback edition featuring a never-before-seen bonus chapter. An absolute must for those who live for the DNA of “Stranger Things,” the high-concept chills of Stephen King ’s The Institute , or the tech-paranoia of Minority Report , Payne fuses horror and sci-fi with a c...

It’s always a sight for sore, googly eyes to hear that more Nat Cassidy is on the way. After When the Wolf Comes Home ranked among our top reads of last year, we were particularly eager to get our eyeballs on his first short fiction collection, I Know A Place, to find out in what new ways he would use his sharp, meticulously crafted storytelling to turn everyday settings into sources of dread. Thi...

A terrifyingly close-to-home sense of everyday unease runs through all of  Aimee Pokwatka ’s work, turning familiar spaces into something slightly off-kilter. The author of  Self-Portrait with Nothing  and  The Parliament , she has also taught writers of all ages and worked as an editor on  Salt Hill Journal  and  The Newtowner , and is a member of Yellow Studio, a creative community for women and...

Leigh Radford ’s debut novel, One Yellow Eye — named among our top horror books of 2025 — will be released in paperback on 7 May, featuring a special edition with yellow sprayed edges. The new edition is published by Pan Macmillan and available to order HERE . Drawing on her extensive background in broadcast journalism and literary publicity, Radford crafts a narrative that transcends typical genr...

Author  Amy Jane Stewart ’s debut novel,  Hex House , a feminist horror fairy-tale, arrives tomorrow, April 28, via  Titan Books . A writer of the speculative and strange, Stewart has already garnered significant acclaim, having been shortlisted for or won several honors, including the Northern Writers’ Award and the Mairtín Crawford Award. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, A. G Slatter and Julia...

There is something very particular about the topographical terror that Daisy Pearce captures so vividly in the British genre space today. If her early career - stretching from the formative fear of reading Stephen King’s Cujo and The Hamlyn Book of Horror at a rather impressionable age to her award-winning work in The Silence — teaches us anything, it's that going back to our roots seldom brin...

There is a very specific brand of twisted-logic dread that  Marcus Kliewer  conjures up better than pretty much anyone else in the genre space today. If 2024’s  We Used to Live Here  taught us anything, it’s that while home is where the heart is, it’s also a far more fluid – and subsequently all the more unpredictable and unsettling – concept than one might expect. His latest novel,  The Caretaker...

Neon  will release  Hokum , the upcoming supernatural horror film from Irish writer-director  Damian McCarthy , in cinemas on May 1, 2026. Starring  Adam Scott   ( The Whisper Man , “Severance”), the film follows McCarthy’s breakout success  Oddity , which premiered at SXSW and took home the festival’s Midnighter Audience Award, helping to establish him as a voice to be reckoned with in contempora...

Rick McMurray  is about to bring his new solo album “kicking and screaming into the daylight” – his own words – this 17th April via  Fierce Panda  and  Earblind Records . Best known as the drummer for seminal Northern Irish rock band  Ash , his new project,  Burned As Witches , has been in development for several years, emerging from a deeply personal moment following the loss of a close friend in...

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 stars  Nina Kiri  (“The Handmaid’s Tale,”  The Heretics ) as Evy, a sceptical woman caring for her ill mother in a house that starts to feel increasingly oppressive. Alongside her friend Justin, she co-hosts a paranormal podcast, approaching...

C.J. Dotson is a rising voice in contemporary horror, winning over plenty of new fans with the release of her debut novel, The Cut. A Northeast Ohio native now living in upstate New York, Dotson draws inspiration from her surroundings—quite literally, writing from a cabin in the woods—and her work is shaped as much by a lifelong love of genre fiction as it is by an interest in history, mythology,...

Sam Beckbessinger  is a bestselling author and screenwriter whose work straddles novels, television, and interactive storytelling. She first achieved widespread acclaim with  Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup , which has since been published in six countries. She has also co-authored the teen body-horror novel  Girls of Little Hope  and contributed to  Marvel’s  Jessica Jones: Playing with...

Philip Fracassi   never fails to shock and surpise use with each new release, constantly delivering work that’s as unsettling as it is emotionally grounded so as to pack that always essential punch of authentic dread. In his latest novel,  Sarafina , Fracassi marches to the beat of a military drum, creating a seemingly safe haven amidst the ongoing civil war; a pocket where grief, buried guilt, an...

Luke Dumas  is quickly becoming one of the most reputable names in the horror genre – his novels consistently unafraid of exploring the depraved depths of human vulnerability whilst deftly balancing keen psychological insight with genuinely uncomfortable, revelatory truths. The USA The bestselling author of  ‘The Paleontologist’  and  ‘A History of Fear’  and winner of the 2024 ITW Thriller Award...

EKKL Entertainment , a recently launched distributor focused on films that explore identity, belief, and belonging, releases  She Dances , the feature debut of director  Rick Gomez , in cinemas nationwide this Friday, March 27. Co-written by Gomez and  Steve Zahn , the film stars Steve Zahn ( Anaconda , “The White Lotus”),  Audrey Zahn  ( Wildcat ),  Mackenzie Ziegler   ( Shakey Grounds ,  Let Us...

A literary provocateur by design,  Eric LaRocca   has rapidly built a reputation for guiding readers through the emotional undergrowth with a poet’s scalpel; and, in doing so, a devoted readership that craves fiction which challenges, disturbs, and resonates on a deeply personal level. His latest novel,  Wretch, or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Kh aw , is set to be published this March 24. The stor...

Daniel Kraus  has established himself as one of the most distinctive voices working in contemporary horror and dark fantasy across novels, film, and television. A New York Times bestselling writer, his recent, relentless novel  Angel Down  was named a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025 and became a USA Today bestseller, while the meditative  Whale f all   earned a rare front-cover review in the Ne...