First Contact

Hailing Frequencies Open!

Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Captain’s Log

“I thought we were having a conversation.” Sci-fi,

Whiskery Business

Shrek’s swashbuckling Puss in Boots is almost out of lives in The Last Wish

A Shocking Return

New Static series Shadows Of Dakota marks Milestone Media’s 30th anniversary

The Walls Have Eyes

Freeform’s new mystery The Watchful Eye promises surprises down the halls of a creepy New York apartment building

Double Trouble

A new heroine brings gadgets and a T. rex to the party in Marvel’s Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur

Family Matters

The Winchesters returns with a burgeoning romance, more Tom Welling and the promise of a crazy finale

Sole Survivor

Archie celebrates the dark side of Valentine’s Day with Betty: The Final Girl

Blade Runner

Stakes are high in Bloodline: Daughter Of Blade

Hyde And Seek

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson face off against Mr Hyde in a new Titan Comics series

Space And Time

Celebrating 60 years of Doctor Who

Close Encounter

James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming open real life X-Files in Blue Book

RAY NAYLER

MEET THE FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER BEHIND ECO-THRILLER THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA

CHRIS BOUCHER 1943-2022

Remembering a key voice in Brit SF TV

BRACE FOR IMPACT

SEASON THREE OF STA R TREK: PICARD MAY JUST DO THE IMPOSSIBLE AND SILENCE KEYBOARD WARRIORS GLOBALLY. YES, IT’S REALLY THAT GOOD

QUANTUM OF MENACE

IT’S KANG WARFARE AS ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA UNLEASHES THE NEW BIG BAD OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE

CABIN FEVER

M NIGHT SHYAMALAN IS OFF ON A FAMILY HOLIDAY IN HIS NEW THRILLER KNOCK AT THE CABIN. THERE’S JUST ONE SNAG… THE WORLD MIGHT BE ABOUT TO END

The illustrated man

COMICS LEGEND DAV E GIBBONS BROWSES THE BACK ISSUES OF HIS LIFE IN A REVEALING NEW AUTOBIOGR APHY

A PERI PECULIAR PRACTICE

IN 1984, NICOLA BRYANT BOARDED THE TARDIS TO PLAY DOCTOR WHO’S ORIGINAL ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, PERPUGILLIAM BROWN

HONEY MONSTER

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY YOU’RE SURE OF A BIG SURPRISE… LIKE A KILLER REIMAGINING OF AA MILNE’S CLASSIC CHARACTERS. DIRECTOR RHYS WATERFIELD TALKS WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY

ALAN TUDYK

Why the latest Optimus Prime is the proudest

FOLK IN HELL

WRITER ROBERT WYNNE-SIMMONS REVEALS THE STORY BEHIND CONTROVERSIAL 1971 FOLK HORROR CLASSIC BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW

WRITTEN IN BLOOD

Robert Wynne-Simmons revisits his 50-year-old folk horror story for a new novelisation

IAN MCDONA LD

Hope springs eternal: the SF luminary tells us about his new novel

M3GAN

A girl’s best friend

M3GAN

Bad Babysitter

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

Mog life crisis

ALSO + OUT

There were no screenings of Irish goblin horror

WILLOW Season One

Quest in show

LITTLE DEMON Season One

To the Devil A Stroppy Teen

REGINALD THE VAMPIRE Season One

The XL-Files

EXTRAORDINARY Series One

Finding your power

STAR TREK PRODIGY Season One (Part Two)

UK/US Paramount+, streaming now ► Showrunners Kevin and

PENNY WORTH Season Three

That Alt-universe ’70s Show

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Season One

Strange Little Girl

BLACK ADAM

A wizard did it

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

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HALLOWEEN ENDS

The Shape Of Slaughter

HATCHING

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THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN

Lie Hard

EIGHT FOR SILVER

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THE PALE BLUE EYE

The Kill-Trail Heart

THE LAIR

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SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON

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SHADOW MASTER

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THE HARBINGER

► RELEASED OUT NOW! 2022 | TBC |

.COM FOR MURDER

RELEASED 6 FEBRUARY 2002 | 18 | Blu-ray

ENTER SANTO

Cuban Wrestle Crises

ROUND UP

The Catholic church gets a little Bond-ified in

HOPEL AND

Into a bright tomorrow

IN ASCENSION

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SUCH A PRETTY SMILE

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THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD

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THE TERRAFORMERS

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COLLISION

In The Loop

SPICE ROAD

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THE LUMINARIES

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SHIELD MAIDEN

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THE DRIFT

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REISSUES

Pick of the paperbacks: Edward Ashton’s MICKEY7

THE SLEEPING STONES

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HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE

Night Of The Living Doll

ALSO OUT

There are plenty more books that we couldn’t

Ramsey Campbell

The veteran horror author can see the upside of book burning…

Dark Dweller

First Read AN EXTRACT FROM A NEW BOOK

WONDER WOMAN: HISTORIA – THE AMAZONS

Gods of war

DAMN THEM ALL

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WAKANDA

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STAR TREK

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THE DARK IS RISING

Signs of the times

DOCTOR WHO: CASS

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HIGH ON LIFE

Weapon of voice

AUSTRALIA

G’day, cobber! As Aussies mark Australia Day (26 January), we test your knowledge of the land down under

Z For Zachariah

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy