“All I remember doing was reading [the script] over and over for like two days and I just remember… I think I cried!” actor Elysia Rotaru says, remembering when she first got the role of Black Canary in the latest DC animation movie, Justice Society: World War II. “I still have moments of tears of
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The Flash has a tendency to accidentally transport himself into varying time periods but when Barry Allen unintentionally finds himself smack bang in the middle of the second world war in Justice Society: World War II and among DC’s Golden Age of heroes (including Wonder Woman, the Black Canary, Hourman and even another version of
When a young group of friends decide to investigate an abandoned holiday resort with a murky past, they soon realise that some things don’t want to be found in Taylor Chien’s The Resort. Heading to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl, when
Set both in the past and in the present, The Darkness sees a young couple whose escape to Ireland soon turns into a discovery of long-forgotten crimes and a battle against possession, witches and demons. The film follows writer Lisa (Amelia Eve, The Haunting Of Bly Manor) and entrepreneur David (Cyril Blake, The Waiting Game)
From the Duel Of The Fates to Supreme Leader Snoke’s scarlet red throne room, some of the Star Wars franchise’s most memorable moments have one thing in common: an epic fight. The world of Star Wars has graced our screens for over 40 years and, in that time, the series has played host to some
“Obviously Michael Caine was a big influence for us,” actor Jack Bannon tells us about the version of Alfred ‘Alfie’ Pennyworth he plays in the DC series, Pennyworth. “He was the one that gave us the SAS background, which we explore, and also he was the archetypal film star of the Sixties.” Indeed, set during
Back in the Seventies, ITV, our third channel, had a reputation for vulgar populism that was even worse than it has today. ITV was the go-to place for in-yer-face cop shows, boorish sitcoms, and sequinned variety knees-ups. It wasn’t the channel you’d have expected to find anything as conceptually ambitious and strange as Sapphire And
“The studio wanted a date movie,” laughs Director Chris Walas, recalling his route into 1989’s twisted creature feature The Fly II. As the follow up to David Cronenberg’s gene-splicing masterpiece, it may come as a surprise to discover this grisly and considerably darker sequel was ever considered suitable Netflix and chill material. Having transformed Jeff
In 1985, a legend was born. Except, in the western world, it’s a legend you never encountered. And, to be fair, it wasn’t encountered much in the eastern world where it originated. Released in Japan that year, The Legend Of The Stardust Brothers is a terrific musical comedy, with horror and sci-fi trappings, that premiered
Having debuted on Disney+ in late 2020, late night alien talk show Earth To Ned has quickly become a much-needed hit of positivity amid an already rough and testing 2021. Produced by Henson Company chairman and puppet-pro Brian Henson (pictured above), this colourful and unpredictable series introduces us to Ned (Paul Rugg) – a big,
Not many people can claim as many classic genre credits as Janina Faye. She appeared alongside Peter Cushing in Dracula, as Susan in Day Of The Triffids and starred as the young child who learns to Never Take Sweets From A Stranger. SciFiNow spoke to Janina about her life in pictures… Janina Faye originally dreamt
In 1966, television producer Dan Curtis dreamt of a young woman on a train. From this simple beginning, a legendwas born. Writer Art Wallace developed Curtis’s vague idea into a 91-page series bible entitled Shadows On The Wall. This bible became a gothic soap opera, wherein slightly oddball orphan Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) came to
Set 1902, Adler follows Jane Eyre, who has been wounded in the Boer War, and has returned to a London transmogrified by emerging modernity. An old friend, the glamorous inventor Lady Havisham, introduces her to the American adventuress Irene Adler, and the two seek lodging together. But Adler is engaged in a brutal secret war
Directed by Jennifer Sheridan and written by Matt Stokoe Rose: A Love Story is a chilling horror thriller which follows Rose, who lives in seclusion with her husband and gripped by a violent, terrifying illness. However, the arrival of a stranger shatters the fragile refuge they have built… Starring Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders, Jamestown, Bodyguard) and Matt
Based on the popular Japanese manga series with the same name, Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji Itadori, a first-year at Sugisawa Municipal High School #3 and an anomaly that was able to survive the deadly poison from the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna. Itadori’s existence is so rare that there’s been no equal in a thousand
By 1961, Alfred Hitchcock was in a bit of a dilemma. A year earlier the great master of suspense had delivered one of the most spine-chilling experiences ever committed to celluloid, and consequently his most profitable movie to date. It both revolutionised the habits of cinemagoers and ingrained a heightened level of fear in the
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (2001-2006) Executive producer Bruce Timm is the first to admit that for a long time he avoided the idea of a Justice League series because of the difficulty of having to focus on so many characters. “All the shows we’d done were one-character shows that would occasionally have guest stars or
Everybody knows the story. The young babysitter, all alone in the house with the kids in bed, and the telephone rings. There’s a creepy guy’s voice on the other end of the line asking “Have you checked the children?” She hangs up but the guy keeps calling back. Finally the babysitter calls the police who
Written and directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real) and developed by Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision studio, Archenemy is the story of Max Fist (Joe Manganiello), who’s an alcoholic, homeless drug addict. But buy him a drink and he’ll tell you the story of his amazing life – that he’s really a hero from another planet
Studio Ponoc takes its name from the Serbo-Croatian word ponoć, meaning midnight, the beginning of a new day. The studio is a new beginning for two ex-Studio Ghibli stalwarts, and their first film is Mary And The Witch’s Flower. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who was an animator at the studio for 20 years, was trusted enough to
Salvatore Simeone is a busy man. Not only is he co-founder of TKO Studios, an entertainment company which provides genre content through prose, comic books, film and television, but he’s also the author of Lonesome Days, Savage Nights – a werewolf graphic novel with a difference. Following Stu Manning, an ex-cop and private investigator who
Written and directed by long-time Hellraiser collaborator Gary J Tunnicliffe (above left), the latest installment in the franchise is Hellraiser: Judgment, which finds two tough detectives, brothers Sean and David Carter, on the hunt for a gruesome serial killer terrorising their city with a series of murders based on the Ten Commandments. Joining forces with detective
Adapted from the graphic novel ‘Une Nuit de Pleine Lune’ from legendary creators Hermann and Yves H, The Owners is set during one night in Nineties rural England, when a retired couple (Sylvester McCoy, Doctor Who and Rita Tushingham, Doctor Zhivago) find their isolated house besieged by a gang of young criminals. The thieves think
Written and directed by long-time Hellraiser collaborator Gary John Tunnicliffe, the latest installment in the franchise is Hellraiser: Judgment, which finds two tough detectives, brothers Sean and David Carter, on the hunt for a gruesome serial killer terrorising their city with a series of murders based on the Ten Commandments. Joining forces with detective Christine
Somewhere out there in the multiverse, there’s a world in which Fringe won the audience it deserved. In our version of reality, however, those of us who cherished this mesmerising, mind-bending show – a link in the chain of unforgettable science-fiction offerings that connects The Twilight Zone to Kolchak: The Night Stalker and The X-Files
All the way back in 2020 we were introduced to Amora Montara in Adalyn Grace’s All the Stars And Teeth. As princess of the island kingdom Visidia she must give a demonstration of her dangerous soul magic. However, when it goes awry, she is forced to flee the only home she’s ever known. Striking up
Back in 1989 Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon wrote a little film about a couple of young men who travelled through time to pass their history report – Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure would be a success both at the box office and critically. It would go on to spawn a sequel two years later
While his traditional feature film output has dwindled this century, Joe Dante still remains one of the most interesting American figures working in predominantly genre-based cinema. His films are rife with expressions of all-devouring cinephilia, which also comes through in his collaborative web series Trailers From Hell. During his UK visit for the Edinburgh International
After a tragic event on his birthday and missing a promotion at work he was certain he’d get, Jack (Karl Holt) is desperately trying to make a new start in life. However, when he throws away his childhood toy Benny, it’s a move that can only end in death… Written, directed, produced, starring (and pretty
Not long after 15-year-old Lee Keegan been expelled from his private school than a pandemic spreads like wildfire around the globe in School’s Out Forever. With his father dead and mother trapped abroad, Lee is given one instruction: go back to school. But safety and security at St. Mark’s School for Boys is in short supply.
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