First Contact

Hailing Frequencies Open!

Captain’s Log

“I myself am strange and unusual.” GEFFEN/ALAMY This

American Duty

Catch the shield! Here’s the inside word on The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, Marvel’s timely new TV hit

Digital Witch

Ghibli goes CGI with Earwig And The Witch, and an eye to its future

Crime And Punishment

Director Gary J Tunnicliffe reveals all about detective thriller Hellraiser: Judgment

The Dark Knight Returns

Simon Spurrier on going over to the dark side at Marvel with Black Knight and Way Of X

Missy Behaviour

Masters old and new come up against the Doctor in Missy’s first mini-series

CIANNON SMART

MEET THE WRITER BEHIND JAMAICA-INSPIRED FANTASY WITCHES STEEPED IN GOLD

Penny Dreadful

SFX's high priestess of horror

The Galaxy’s Greatest Audiobooks

Judge Dredd, Halo Jones, Brink and Sláine lead 2000 AD’s new foray into audiobooks

NEAL MCDONOUGH

Aka Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger

THE FINAL FRONTIER

The vehicle stunt coordinator behind some of the Bond franchise’s most thrilling sequences

LAST ONSTER STANDING

WHO WILL RULE THE MONSTERVERSE IN GODZILLA VS. KONG’S BATTLE OF THE BEASTS? THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT… FIIIIIIIIGHT! DIRECTOR ADAM WINGARD TELLS US MORE

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

YOU CAN ALL STOP ASKING NOW –   ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE IS FINALLY HERE AND IN THE PAGES OF SFX

DIFFERENT STROKE

JOE MANGANIELLO ON THE RETURN HE DIDN’T SEE COMING

There Will Be BLOOD

DIRECTOR SIMON MCQUOID AND PRODUCER TODD GARNER EXPLAIN WHY THIS BIG-SCREEN VERSION OF MORTAL KOMBAT IS GOING FOR THE JUGULAR

BAD GIRLS

THERE’S GONN A BE A JAILBREAK, SOMEWHERE IN THIS UNIVERSE… SKY ONE’S NEW SHOW I N T E R GA L A C T I C FOLLOWS A GROUP OF ON-THE-LAM FEMALE PRISONERS. WE VISIT THE SET TO THE PRODUCERS AND THE CAST AND SPEAK

CALIFORNIA SCREAMING

THEM CREATOR LITTLE MARVIN INVITES SFX TO JOIN HIM ON A LEAFY ’50S STREET TO EXPERIENCE HIS NEW HORROR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

GIVING OF THEGIVING OF THE CREEPS

PRODUCER,DIRECTOR WRITER AND ALL-ROUNG HORROR GURE GREG NICOTERO LOVES CREEPSHOW SEASON TWO-AND HE'S GOT EVERY RIGHT TO!  

LAUREN COHAN

Maggie will be taking no prisoners in The Walking Dead’s final series

BLU BROTHERS

ALIEN NATION CREATOR ROCKNE S O’BANNON AND DIRECTOR GRAHAM BAKER TALK ABOUT THE BUDDY COP THRILLER WITH AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL TWIST

SYLVAIN NEUVEL

The French-Canadian writer tells us why space is the place

WONDER WOMAN 1984

When You Wish Upon A Stone

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

Awkwafina Destination

DEATH HAS BLUE EYES

★★★★★☆☆ EXTRAS ★★★☆☆ RELEASED 5 APRIL 1976 | 18

VIOL ATION

A Tale Of Two Sisters

INFINITUM: SUBJECT UNKNOWN

★★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 15 |

SACRIFICE

★★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2020 | 15 |

THE HEIRESS

★☆☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 15 | Download/VOD

COSMIC SIN

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THE SENTINEL

BLU-RAY DEBUT Demonic real estate was a popular

PALM SPRINGS

Infinite Weddings, No Funeral

VIY

BLU-RAY DEBUT This adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s novella

THE BANISHING

Old habits die hard

NIGHT WING/SHADOW OF THE HAWK

Tribal conflict 

THE 10TH KINGDOM

BLU-RAY DEBUT Fairy tales are timeless. Nothing demonstrates

THE BLOODHOUND

First-time director Patrick Picard brings a chilly precision

HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP

BLU-RAY DEBUT An exploitation flick whose behind-the-scenes story

THE NIGHT

“Makes The Overlook seem positively welcoming in comparison,"

COME TRUE

The Dream Academy

THE INVISIBLE MAN

Previously unseen in the UK 

ROUND UP

Is CRIMEWAVE (Blu-ray, out now) a

SLAXX

SHUDDER Horror movies featuring malevolent objects are nothing

WANDAVISION

What the hex?

DRINKING GAME

Knock back a beverage of your choice every time…

INVINCIBLE

Like father, like son?

THE S TAND

Epicalypse Now!

PACIFIC RIM: THE BLACK

Season One

THE ONE

Match Of The DNA

HAUSEN

FIRST LOOK EPISODES 1.01-1.02 Gloomy, gloomy, gloomy. Don’t

HUMMINGBIRD SAL AMANDER

Climate of fear

BIRDS OF PARADISE

A deep sense of loss and a longing

EXPLORING GOTHAM CITY

BULLET TIME A BOOK IN BULLET POINTS RELEASED

DOCTOR WHO NOVELISATIONS

Back on Target

THE SHADOW IN THE GLASS

We know that modern, Disney-fied fairytales have darker

DARK LULLABY

Infertility is a common theme in dystopias. A

THE UNBROKEN

Two nations hang in the balance in the

REISSUES

Pick of the paperbacks this month: THE DOORS

UNDER THE BLUE

Okay, so this may seem far-fetched, but what

THE CONDUCTORS

There are many stories to be told about

SISTERSONG

Despite being based on various established sources –

ALSO OUT

As ever, there are a lot more books

FUTURE STATE

Jace in the hole

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC

ISSUES 1-3 Star Wars has been in

BATMAN/ CATWOMAN

ISSUES 1-3 Seemingly not satisfied with already having

THE MEAN ARENA Volume One

COLLECTION In the dystopian future of (checks notes)

2000 AD

Tharg’s Greatest Hits

GORGON: A HORROR STORY

AUDIO DRAMA “Sorry, this is so inappropriate,” says

MASTER!

Back In Black

HER

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DOCTOR WHO: THE DOOMSDAY CONTRACT

Can Earth Get A Witness?

KILL TEAM: PARIAH NEXUS

★★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Two players Publisher Games

THE IRREGUL ARS

Holmes makeover show

CALLS

EPISODES 1.01-1.09 It’s debatable whether Calls should be

KLARA AND THE SUN

Our Friend’s Electric

PLAIN BAD HEROINES

Can a book be cursed? And if it

THE OUTLAWS SCARLETT & BROWNE

Sex Loves What a fun little adventure this

SWORD

Brand values

POLITICIANS

Get ready to pencil your cross in the box as we test your knowledge of holders of high office

BEBE AND LOUIS BARRON

Bebe and Louis: boffins from the future. WALTER