Supernatural horror Pyewacket hits Glasgow FrightFest this weekend ahead of its UK release in April, and we have an exclusive artwork reveal for you! The film comes from writer-director Adam MacDonald and follows a young girl as she enacts an occult ritual and suffers the terrifying consequences… The cast includes Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead,
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Writing historical fantasy should be easy. After all, if you’re going to put gods, monsters, devils, demons, witches or even the odd unicorn into, say, the US invasion of Grenada in 1983, then getting the exact deployment of the enemy communist forces (I always struggle to remember if it was two fishing boats and a
We have a copy of indie Irish horror Beyond The Woods to giveaway
By Jonathan Hatfull 20-02-18 542
Supernatural Irish horror Beyond The Woods is available on DVD now and we have a copy of Seán Breathnach’s award-winning directorial for you to win! “Seven friends meet up in the Irish countryside for
In the 62 years since he was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Black Panther has had a number of writers and artists writers and artists each leave their imprint on the world of Wakanda. The latest to get their chance to add to the character’s rich legacy is Evan Narcisse, who is currently
Michael Almereyda’s superb sci-fi drama Marjorie Prime (read our review here) is available on Blu-ray and DVD now from Bulldog Film Distribution, and we have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away! Starring Jon Hamm, Lois Smith, Geena Davis and Tim Robbins, the film is set in the near future, “a time of artificial
To celebrate the iTunes and VOD release of James Morrison’s sci-fi thriller Diverge, we have an exclusive clip from the film. Check it out! You can read the synopsis for Diverge here: In the aftermath of a mysterious pandemic that’s turned cities into wastelands, a man desperately searches for a way to cure his ailing wife as
Maze Runner: The Death Cure stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar and Patricia Clarkson. The film is directed by Wes Ball with a screenplay by TS Nowlin. It is based on the novel
Everyone loves a good monster mash, so we’re very excited to reveal the beautiful cover for SA Sidor’s upcoming novel Fury From The Tomb thanks to Angry Robot! This excellent cover was created by Daniel Strange, who said “The real buzz line given to me as a means to get the imagination flowing was Indiana
Maze Runner: The Death Cure stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar and Patricia Clarkson. The film is directed by Wes Ball with a screenplay by TS Nowlin. It is based on the novel
Maze Runner: The Death Cure stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar and Patricia Clarkson. The film is directed by Wes Ball with a screenplay by TS Nowlin. It is based on the novel by
Maze Runner: The Death Cure stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar and Patricia Clarkson. The film is directed by Wes Ball with a screenplay by TS Nowlin. It is based on the novel
On publication of Before I Let Go (Sourcebooks), bestseller Marieke Nijkamp talks exclusively to SciFiNow about a central character often sidelined: winter. Lost Creek, the setting in my new novel, is an eerie, strange community, that’s cut off from the rest of the world. A place where truth matters little and secrets are the preferred
With the final film of the Maze Runner series, The Death Cure, on the horizon (in cinemas 26 January) we have an exclusive clip from the film. Check it out: Maze Runner: The Death Cure stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Barry Pepper, Will
Back in February 2017, SciFiNow spoke to living legend Tom Baker about his incredible career, his work with Big Finish Productions and being a children’s hero. SciFiNow: You came back to play the Doctor for Big Finish in 2011. What was it that finally convinced you to reprise the role? Tom Baker: We were at [Doctor
After an incredible opening weekend at the US box-office, Insidious: The Last Key hits UK cinemas today, bringing Lin Shaye’s ghost hunter Elise Rainier back home for the most personal round of horrors yet. Elise has moved from scene-stealer to lead character over the course of the four movies, giving them an emotional core that
Cultivate a thick skin Politics is ubiquitous, and what seems personal to us may be political to other people. It’s almost impossible to write fiction without it embodying your own outlook on life: and when we use fiction to make political points — to advocate for some aspect of our outlook — it’s bound to
To celebrate the upcoming home release of Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, we spoke to the director himself about the film’s beginnings and beyond. SciFiNow: How did mother! come about? Darren Aronofsky: Well there’s, there’s a lot of ideas at the beginning of this project that started it all. I’ve always been jealous of songwriters who in
Heather Child’s debut novel Everything About You hits bookshelves (and the virtual bookshelves you find on the internet) on 26 April and we have the cover reveal for you thanks to the folks at Orbit Books! Here’s what you need to know: “Freya has a new virtual assistant. It knows what she likes, knows what
We have three copies of FrightFest favourite Our Evil to give away!
By Jonathan Hatfull 19-12-17 2,668
Brazilian horror Our Evil was one of the standouts at this year’s Horror Channel FrightFest, and we have three copies of the twisty, twisted blend of serial killer chills and occult strangeness to give away
In a month packed with films featuring massive spectacle and enormous budgets, you should treat yourself to something a little different, something that’s going to get under your skin. The Unseen, written and directed by Gary Sinyor, is a British chiller about a grieving couple (played by Jasmine Hyde and Richard Flood) who are struggling
After concluding his barnstorming Age Of Darkness trilogy, author Stephen Aryan is back with Mageborn, the first in a new epic fantasy saga set in the same world that also serves as an excellent jumping on point for newcomers. We talked to Aryan about his new saga, the response to the Age Of Darkness books, his
Few filmmakers have been as consistently fascinating and yet hard to define as Michael Almereyda. He’s dabbled in horror with the David Lynch-produced vampire movie Nadja and baffling Irish mummy film The Eternal, he’s updated Shakespeare with Ethan Hawke in Hamlet and Cymbeline and he’s brought the strangeness of real-life figures like Stanley Milgram to
With Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water earning rave reviews around the world, it’s the perfect time to revisit one of the filmmaker’s early masterpieces: Spanish Civil War-set ghost story The Devil’s Backbone. Helpfully, there’s a beautiful new making of and art book from authors Matt Zoller Seitz and Simon Abrams, and we have
Norwegian director Joachim Trier veers away from his dramatic arthouse roots with a supernatural horror about a young woman struggling with her repressed sexuality. His complex character work seen in his previous films such as Oslo, August 31st and Louder Than Bombs is still apparent and so too is the great care he takes in
If you’re a genre fan, you’re going to recognise Ruth Bradley. Over the last few years she’s delivered superb performances in some of our favourite SF TV series and movies, starring as mysterious synth Karen in Channel 4’s brilliant Humans, woman out of time Emily Merchant in Primeval, and straight-laced Garda turned boozed-up alien-battler Lisa Nolan in cult favourite Grabbers (she
We’re very excited to reveal the cover for King Of Assassins, from author RJ Barker and Orbit Books! “The epic conclusion to this debut fantasy trilogy featuring a cast of assassins, knights and fools to delight any fan of Brent Weeks or Robin Hobbs. THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING . . .
What makes an iconic horror villain? It’s not just about having a killer costume, or a distinctive murder weapon. To create a seriously scary, enduring baddie, you need a motive, a personality – and an actor who’s willing to fully inhabit that character, even if it means going to some dark places. Saw’s Jigsaw definitely
To celebrate the UK home release of Wonder Woman, we’re giving you a look at some gorgeous and exclusive concept art from the film. First, here’s young Diana running through the streets of Themyscria, which gives a look at the island’s way of life beyond the warrior training grounds. (Full size.) And here’s a wide shot
In honour of Patty Jenkins’ summer blockbuster Wonder Woman coming out on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download this week, we had a chat with actor Lucy Davis, the woman behind everyone’s favourite 1940s secretary Etta Candy, about the character, the sequel and what Wonder Woman means to her… SciFiNow: How did you end up getting involved with
Writing William Shakespeare’s The Force Doth Awaken was unlike writing the previous six books in the Shakespeare Star Wars series (the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy), because like everyone else I encountered The Force Awakens for the first time on December 17, 2015. No, I didn’t get any advance knowledge of the script and