Captain’s Log

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Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Battleworld

The man in charge of the Predator franchise on his plan for (other) world domination

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Reality Bites

Danny Boyle returns to horror with 28 Years Later – and there’s a sequel already in the can

In Your Head (Zombie)

28 Years Later ’s Sam Locke talks (as much as he can) about Danny Boyle’s secretive sequel

Earth’s Grimiest Hero

Before making his cinematic return, The Toxic Avenger is back in two new comics

Testing Her Metal

How Ironheart gives Riri Williams the opportunity to choose her path in the MCU

Shaggy Superdog Story

Ahead of his movie debut, Krypto flies solo in miniseries The Last Dog Of Krypton

Fairground Distraction

George A Romero’s once-lost film The Amusement Park is now a graphic novel

The Krypton Factor

James Gunn and the cast of Superman talk Clark Kent, Kal-El, kaiju and kindness

Fantasy Island

Titan Comics return to Skull Island in a new comic book sequel

Hero Reborn

A newly defrosted Captain America takes on a young Doctor Doom

Strange Tales

Welcome to Stranger Things ’ hometown in Dark Horse Comics’ Tales From Hawkins 2

COUNTDOWN TO STRANGER THINGS 5

Newbie Jake Connelly (second right) plays Derek Turnbow.

LESLIE DILLEY 1941-2025

Remembering the Oscar-winning art director

JOE DON BAKER

1936–2025 American actor who appeared in Edge

GREG CANNOM

1951–2025 American special make-up effects artist known for

JACKSON P BROWN

NEW AUTHOR

THREE ΕNTERPRISE

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS IS BACK AT LAST, BOLDLY GOING INTO UNCHARTED REALMS OF HUMOUR AND HORROR. “IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BREAK THE SHOW…”

LIVING THE DREAM

THE SANDMAN RETURNS FOR A SECOND, AND FINAL, SEASON. SFX TAKES A TRIP TO THE LAND OF NOD

GODS AND MONSTERS

Freddie Fox and Douglas Booth are Loki and Cluracan

FAMILY TIES

Sanjeev Bhaskar and Asim Chaudhry are Cain and Abel

THE WORLD OF SANDMAN

Observations from the set

PLAY TIME IS OVER

TIME’S UP AS THE CAST AND CREATOR OF SQUID GAME REFLECT ON THE FINAL SEASON OF A GLOBAL JUGGERNAUT

LIFE FIND ANOTHER WAY

DIRECTOR GARETH EDWARDS WORKS WITH HIS HERO, STEVEN SPIELBERG, TO REINVIGORATE THE FRANCHISE FOR A NEW GENERATION

BUIRIAL PLOT

INSPIRED BY THE DIRECTOR’S OWN EXPERIENCE OF GRIEF, DAVID CRONENBERG’S REVOLVES AROUND SOME VERY MORBID TECH

POWEARS THAT BE

SHOWRUNNER JACK BENDER TUNES INTO STEPHEN KING’S FREQUENCY FOR , A SERIES ABOUT KIDS WITH PSYCHIC ABILITIES

BEN BARNES IS TIM

The Punisher actor shows his good side by playing decorated cop Tim Jamieson

THE BRIAN CLEMENS ARCHIVE

IN THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF FEATURES, WE PRESENT SEVEN BOND MOVIE PITCHES BY THE LATE, GREAT BRIAN CLEMENS

YOU'RE SO COOL BREWSTER!

FORTY YEARS ON FROM ITS RELEASE, WRITER-DIRECTOR TOM HOLLAND REVEALS HOW FRIGHT NIGHT HELPED REVIVE THE VAMPIRE FILM

FROM HITCHCOCK TO king

We explore some of Tom Holland’s other horrors

HOLLY RACE

Battle royal: the British novelist tells us how she overcame setbacks

VE Schwab

The bestselling novelist on sprints, tattoos and “embracing the journey”

JULY 1987

FLASHBACK

The Women’s Press science fiction

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Friends in high places

THE RITUAL

★★★ ☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 15

LILO & STITCH

Can’t Help Falling In Love

FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES

★★★ ☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 15

THE SHROUDS

State Of Decay

PROTEIN

★★★ ☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 18

DOCTOR WHO Season Two

The Two Ranis ★★★★☆

PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS

It bleeds. Can they kill it? ★★★

FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE ★★★★

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1974 |

THE BLACK TORMENT

Double trouble ★★★

TOURIST TRAP

The Plastic Depopulation ★★★★

HEART OF STONE

Fear Of A Black Forest ★★★★

DARK CITY

Urban renewal ★★★★★

ZEBRAMAN

Trouble and stripe

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN ★★★

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2025 |

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

From Here To Eternity ★★★

ROUND UP

Latvian animated film FLOW (4K/Blu-ray/DVD, 30 June)

BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL

Love, Death & Vampires

THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS: A VISUAL HISTORY

Even Better Than The Real Thing

BATMAN: HUSH 2

Getting the bandage back together

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER

Keeping up with the J’onzzes

BLADES OF FIRE

Worth a stab

SPACE SECURITY SERVICE: THE VOORD IN LONDON

Kingdom come

DOOM: THE DARK AGES

Hell awaits, again

Bee Speaker

AN EXTRACT FROM A NEW BOOK