EARTH 7

RELEASED 16 JULY 248 pages | Paperback/ebook Author

THE RED SACRAMENT

RELEASED OUT NOW! 512 pages | Paperback/ebook/ audiobook

THE HOUSE ON BLOOD STREET

RELEASED 27 JULY 320 pages | Hardback Author

A PLANET CALLED HAPPY

RELEASED 23 JULY 256 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

VOYAGERS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 309 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

THE BURN LINE

RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

AUGUSTA PINE DOES NOT EXIST

RELEASED OUT NOW! 416 pages | Paperback/ebook/ audiobook

REISSUES

Our pick of the paperbacks this time is

STRANGER THINGS: THE OFFICIAL STORY BEHIND THE LEGENDARY SERIES

RELEASED OUT NOW! 304 pages | Hardback/ebook Author

THE AVENGERS: DEATH IN DOWNING STREET

RELEASED 14 JULY 256 pages | Paperback/ebook Author

HE WHO FIGHTS WITH MONSTERS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 756 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

ALSO OUT

As ever, there are lots more books we

Robert Jackson Bennett

The fantasy author fires up the washing machine when he’s stuck

ULTIMATE ENDGAME

Meeting your Maker

SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL SPECIAL

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher DC Comics Writers Sophie

THE FURY OF FIRESTORM

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher DC Comics Writer Jeff

X-MEN: ELSEWHEN Volume One

Days Of Future Past

DOOMLORD: THE PHOTO-STORIES

Volume One

007 FIRST LIGHT

Licensed to please

WARHAMMER 40,000: ARMAGEDDON

RELEASED OUT NOW! Players Two players Publisher Games Workshop

DOCTOR WHO: THE HALLAMSHIRE INCIDENT

RELEASED 27 JULY Running time 59 minutes Format CD/download

THE ADVENTURES OF ELLIOT: THE MILLENNIUM TALES

Some say that we are players

BLAKE’S 7: REVENGE OF THE MUTOES & OTHER STORIES

RELEASED 23 JULY Running time 140 minutes Format CD/download

SEPTEMBER 1966

SFX ’s time machine hurls us back to a random month once again

Sting Operation

© ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES/DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT VIA GETTY

IN REAL LIFE

Albert Speer faces the public upon his release. CENTRAL

ON THE SHELF

© GOTHIC CASTLE PUBLISHING COMPANY The joke’s on Castle

Burn, Bradbury, Burn

UNITED ARCHIVES GMBH / ALAMY 15 SEPTEMBER 1966 It

Detectives

Private investigators may be most commonly seen in crime fiction and noir, but there are plenty of them in SF and fantasy too

Captain’s Log

“A little gasoline… blowtorch… no problem.” BEETLEJUICE ©

Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Di, Robot

Diane Morgan boots up her inner Ann Droid in a new BBC sitcom

Lecter’s Next Stage

Nikolai Foster on giving The Silence Of The Lambs the theatrical treatment

Ground Zero

The Horror Of Godzilla is IDW’s most terrifying series yet

Tall Tails

Marvel Comics mark Rocket Raccoon’s 50th Anniversary with new one-shot Rocket Rewind

Rebuffed

Buffy and Angel return to comics at Dynamite Entertainment

Vertical Space

Two new stories warp Star Trek into the Webtoon universe

Riddles In The Dark

Classic foes are heading to the city in Batman: Caped Crusader season two

Artist Without Fear

Frank Miller on breaking boundaries in his new memoir Push The Wall

BRIAN JOHNSON 1939-2026 Remembering the special effects genius

Brian Johnson (right) on the set of Space: 1999

Easier Said Than Dune

Dune: Part Three sees the return of sandworms and spice – and some shocks

Secret Origin

Masters Of The Universe: Genesis tells Eternia’s hidden histories

Dead Zone

Robert Kirkman teams up with X-Men veterans on new superhero series Terminal

NEWSWARP

Breaking Genre News

Five Star

Anderson’s Anniversary Edition Thunderbirds model range collects, naturally, the

By Your Command

Factory Entertainment has released a range of limited

Crypt Keepers

Super7 continues their range of nostalgia-tastic Reaction+ Universal Monsters

Mint To Be

The Royal Mint celebrates two different genre institutions, with

The Purple Pim

New Doctor Who project Circuit Breaker continues with

Shipping Forecast

Corgi has been releasing some gorgeous die-cast models to

WORLDS BEYOND

WITH GHOSTS, PUPPETS AND FILM NOIR, STRANGE NEW WORLDS SEASON FOUR IS CONTINUING ITS MISSION TO PUSH STAR TREK INTO NEW FRONTIERS – AS SHOWRUNNERS AKIVA GOLDSMAN AND HENRY ALONSO MYERS EXPLAIN

SPINNING AROUND

IN SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY , PETER PARKER’S HAVING A TOUGH OLD TIME. BUT, AS SFX DISCOVERS, HIS WHOLE WORLD’S ABOUT TO CHANGE

JURASSIC NEIGHBOURHOOD

DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL BRINGS THE PREHISTORIC TO SUBURBIAIN THE END OF OAK STREET

WE CAN BE HEROES

THE THIRD SPIN-OFF SERIES FROM THE BIG BANG THEORY GOES FULL SCI-FI WITH A CAST OF ENDEARING MISFITS

PINOCCHIO UNSTRUNG

IS THE LATEST HORROR MOVIE TO REIMAGINE A CHILDHOOD CLASSIC. SFX VISITS THE SET

HOUSE ARREST

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, EVEN UNDER THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES... DIRECTOR LOUIS LETERRIER ON HIS SCI-FI GENRE-BENDER

COLD KILLER

Eli Roth on summer splatter Ice Cream Man and why every day felt like Halloween for the gore-loving children on set

DEAD AND LOVING IT

YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD BIO-EXORCIST DOWN – DIRECTOR ALEX TIMBERS TALKS BRINGING BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL TO LONDON

DEARLY DEPARTED

ON THE LATE (AND DEEPLY MISSED) CATHERINE O’HARA’S SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THE STAGE MUSICAL

A NEW HOPE

MAGGIE AND NEGAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO FORGE A NEW FUTURE IN THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY

BEN OKRI

Fight the power: the novelist knight tells us why we need new stories

DISCLOSURE DAY

“Tonight, light drizzle with frequent UFO landings.” Truth

TOY STORY 5

Tech Upstart RELEASED OUT NOW! PG | 102

EVIL DEAD BURN

The family that slays together…

BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298

Something in the air

SACCHARINE

RELEASED 24 JULY 2026 | N/A | SVOD SHUDDER

THE CURSE

RELEASED 13 JULY 2026 | 18 | Digital What

FORBIDDEN FRUITS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2026 | 15 | SVOD SHUDDER

PITFALL

RELEASED 20 JULY 2026 | 18 | Blu-ray/DVD/Download You

BEASTS UNLEASHED

Ranch distressing

4K X FOUR

OLD MOVIES REVIVED ON UHD

SOYLENT GREEN

You are what you eat

THE TROLLENBERG TERROR

Eyes in the sky

MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

RELEASED 20 JULY 1971 | 12 | 4K/Blu-ray Director

MADHOUSE

Death star

ROUND UP

Based on Enid Blyton’s children’s books, THE MAGIC

WAKING THE WARRIORS

A rousing tale

MOSS’D IN SPACE

RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook Author

THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE

RELEASED OUT NOW! 352 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook Author

RED DWARF: TITAN

A new beginning

PUSH THE WALL

RELEASED 15 JULY 196 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook Author

SUPERGIRL

Choppy flight RELEASED OUT NOW! 12A | 108 minutes

MINIONS & MONSTERS

RELEASED OUT NOW! U | 90 minutes Director Pierre

PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG

Going against the grain RELEASED 24 JULY 18 |

THE SENTINELS Season One

All’s Quite Odd On The Western Front UK BBC

ANN DROID Series One

UK BBC iPlayer, streaming from 17 July Creators

SUGAR Season Two

Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back UK/US Apple TV, streaming

STAR CITY Season One

Cosmonauts and bosses UK/US Apple TV, streaming now Showrunners

X THE UNKNOWN

Nearly Kneale RELEASED 27 JULY 1956 | PG |

STORY OF RICKY

RELEASED 20 JULY 1991 | 18 | 4K &

MACABRE

Keeping a cool head RELEASED OUT NOW! 1980 |

HELLEVATOR: THE BOTTLED FOOLS

Elevated horror RELEASED 27 JULY 2004 | 18 |

Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain

Nope, not a Stravros Flatley tribute act. Christmas 1990.