“Humans are obsessed with luck, completely obsessed,” laughs Peggy Holmes, director of new animated fantasy, Luck. “I did a lot of research about that and here’s the truth: Luck is random. It’s something you can’t control. As humans we actually like the idea of chance. We don’t really want to know that everything’s going to
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Upcoming psychological horror movie, Resurrection tells the story of Margaret (Rebecca Hall), who seems to have her life in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful, and soon, her teenage daughter, who Margaret raised by herself, will be going off to a fine university. Everything is under control until David (Tim Roth), a mysterious man
Released: 16 September Certificate: 15 Director: Hanna Bergholm Writer: Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi Cast: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment Running Time: 86 mins If you like this, try… Ginger Snaps Being a teenage girl can be hell and this cult werewolf horror gets to the bloody truth of it all with
Upcoming psychological horror movie, Resurrection tells the story of Margaret (Rebecca Hall), who seems to have her life in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful, and soon, her teenage daughter, who Margaret raised by herself, will be going off to a fine university. Everything is under control until David (Tim Roth), a mysterious man
If you haven’t already heard, we have a brand new streaming service heading our way here in the UK in the form of Paramount+. Launching on 22 June, the platform promises to feature a whole mountain of movies and shows for us all to enjoy! But you know we’re only interested in what genre goodies
ManFish follows Terry, a downtrodden middle-aged loner, who spends his days down on Canvey Island beachfront collecting seashells for his failing jewellery box business. However, his world is turned upside down one morning when a mysterious humanoid sea creature washes up on the shore. With the help of his foul-mouthed and abusive girlfriend Tracy, they
The Sundance Film Festival: London returns to the capital this summer and with it comes a whole slew of genre delights for us to marvel at! Taking place from 9 to 12 June at Picturehouse Central the festival has an eclectic mix of feature films, short movies and documentaries to enjoy. All tickets are on
Released: 20 May 2022 (cinema) Certificate: 15 Director: Eskil Vogt Writer: Eskil Vogt Distributor: Signature Entertainment Running Time: 117 mins Writer/director Eskil Vogt’s potent supernatural horror, The Innocents, may share its name with Jack Clayton’s 1961 adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw but it creeps majestically out of that film’s shadow with
Good news sci fi fans! The Sci Fi London film festival is back for a whole new year of genre awesomeness. Taking place again at the Picturehouse Stratford in London, expect the weird and the wonderful on 19-22 May. Watch the trailer here and check out the programme in full below… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block;
A free star-studded online convention celebrating four and a half decades of the groundbreaking British comic, 2000 AD, is taking place this weekend! The free two-day show, named The Galaxy’s Greatest: 2000 AD at 45, will feature guests on more than a dozen panels, all discussing the impact of 2000 AD on comics and culture over
Listen up sci-fi writers! A new six-week online Writing Science Fiction course has been launched, which will be led by award-winning science fiction author Adam Roberts (pictured above). During the course, students will learn how to develop their novum (‘new thing’), build a compelling world, people it with extraordinary characters, and write a story that
Being introduced to your partner’s family is always pretty nerve-wracking but something is definitely not right with the family in director Sebastian Godwin’s debut feature Homebound. Out next month (with its UK premier taking place at Glasgow Film Festival), we are revealing the poster, above, PLUS the trailer for Homebound in a world exclusive! Watch
New sci-fi thriller Beyond Existence recently hit Boston SciFi Film Festival with a bang with its US premiere, being nominated for a plethora of awards including Best Feature Film, Best Original Score and Best First Time Director! Watch the trailer for the movie here… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span>
The Shark is Broken, written by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw (who also stars playing his own father Robert Shaw), is a speculative play set behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg’s suspenseful shark blockbuster Jaws. With a troubled production, where the animatronic sharks, affectionately named Bruce after Spielberg’s lawyer, kept breaking down, it left the
The Shark is Broken, written by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw (who also stars playing his own father Robert Shaw), is a speculative play set behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg’s suspenseful shark blockbuster Jaws. With a troubled production, where the animatronic sharks, affectionately named Bruce after Spielberg’s lawyer, kept breaking down, it left the
After absolutely obliterating its Kickstarter campaign, Classic Monsters Unleashed, an anthology celebrating famous monsters, is out on general release this summer, and to celebrate we’re exclusively unveiling its stunning cover (above) PLUS we reveal the book’s table of contents! Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Headless Horseman, the
New dystopian thriller, Night Raiders is out next week (we exclusively revealed its UK artwork back in September) and to celebrate we have another exclusive for you to feast your eyes on: a clip from the movie featuring star Amanda Plummer! In our exclusive clip, a group of captives are looking to escape from a
Directed by Charlotte Colbert and written by Colbert and Kitty Percy, new supernatural horror movie, She Will tells the story Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige) who after a double mastectomy, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt). However, it turns out that retreat are on the grounds of
If you’re as excited as us about the upcoming release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, you may just be pushed over to boiling point at the announcement that the folk over at Secret Cinema are organising an innovative virtual live experience based on the supernatural world of Ghostbusters in collaboration with Sony Pictures! Named Ghostbusters: The Gates
Directed by Silenn Thomas (300), Frank Miller – American Genius follows the near half-century career of the legendary comic book writer/artist Frank Miller, through his small-town beginnings in Vermont all the way to New York City, Hollywood, and beyond. Now, after over four years creating the documentary, it is showing at this year’s Lucca festival,
Is there a better way to celebrate that unholiest of seasons – Halloween – than by scaring yourself witless in a cinema full of fellow horror buffs? We can’t think of one but if you can, please send us your answers on a postcard. Luckily, those terrifying folks over at FrightFest (not really, they’re lovely)
SCI-FI-LONDON marked its 20th year in spectacular fashion this October, taking audiences back to the cinema at the Picturehouse Stratford in London and showing a diverse mix of genre. From feature films such as the high-concept anthology Warning on its opening night, to intense explorations into grief with Repeat (read our review here), to dystopian
Certificate: TBC Director: Rob Savage Cast: Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro, Seylan Baxter, Mogali Masuku, Jemma Moore Running Time: 77 minutes Shot and seemingly set during late 2020, Rob Savage’s Host follow-up, Dashcam, is a similarly short horror that also uses a ‘screen-life’ aesthetic. Sick of L.A. pandemic lifestyle, popular live-streamer Annie (Annie Hardy)
Some of pop cultures biggest brands, stars and companies will be attending Lucca Comics and Games 2021 from 29 October – 1 November in Italy. Watch the launch video for the festival here…[embedded content] The master of comics Frank Miller will be in Lucca for the presentation of the documentary dedicated to him, Frank Miller
Released: 15 November Director: Richard Miller Cast: Charlotte Ritchie, Nina Wadia, Tom England, Ellila-Jean Wood Distributor: Trinity Creative Running Time: 95 minutes University lecturer Ryan Moore (Tom England) is a professor of cognitive science in sci-fi drama Repeat. After making a breakthrough into what appears to be a telepathy machine, he believes he has found
It’s almost time to celebrate all things sci-fi as the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival heads our way on 19-26 October at the Picturehouse, Stratford, and this year’s programme is better than ever, ranging from the fantastical, the wacky to the simply out-of-this world! Tickets are on sale now for the festival and in the meantime, here
Released: 29 October Certificate: 15 Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith, Dame Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Michael Ajao Distributor: Universal Pictures Running Time: 116 mins Beloved British auteur Edgar Wright finally returns to the big screen following 2017’s Baby Driver with a bold and captivating slice of timely, original horror. Young
Released: 31st December 2021 Certificate: TBC Director: Julia Ducournau Writer: Julia Ducournau Cast: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier Distributor: Altitude Running Time: 108 mins If you like this, try… Crash David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel explicitly looks at the convergence of man and machine. Extreme body horror gets tenderized and marinated
The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) always brings us a great array of movies and events to look forward to and now it its 65th year, LFF 2021 looks to be no different! Moreover than that, its genre content looks as stellar as ever, ranging from mysterious time travel thrillers, to found-footage horror, to top
Now in its 35th year, the Arthur C. Clarke Award is the UK’s most prestigious prize for science fiction literature and the winner for this year’s award has been announced! In lieu of a physical event this year, the winner was announced on Radio 4’s Front Row on Monday 27 September to be… The Animals