PORTAL
08 MULAN
We’re in the thick of Disney ‘live-action’ reboots but this is
the one to get excited about.
10 FRIGHTFEST
Prepare yourselves for fi ve days of horror excellence.
17 RIP VERTIGO COMICS
Paying tribute to DC’s trailblazing, Hellblazing imprint.FEATURES
18 THE DARK CRYSTAL
Take a trip back to your childhood nightmares as we go
on set for The Age Of Resistance and fi nd out how classic
techniques are being used to make a new classic.
26 JIM HENSON’S BEST CREATIONS
From Hoggle to the Fraggle Rock gang via The Witches, here
are our favourite Henson creations.
30 CRAWL
Alexandre Aja and Kaya Scodelario take us inside their
white-knuckle creature horror with teeth.
36 NOS4A
We talk to showrunner Jami O’Brien about turning Joe Hill’s
wickedly dark fantasy novel into one of the must-see TV hits
of 2019.
40 MEMORY: THE ORIGIN OF ALIEN
The new documentary that uncovers how a SF masterpiece
was born.
46 DUNCAN JONES
We talk to the fi lmmaker about ten years of Moon and what
he’s got in store for us in future.
60 TV PREVIEW
Finished Game Of Thrones and Stranger Things? Good,
because 2019’s TV schedule is just getting started.
PLUS:
The Boys, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Aniara, PreacherREVIEWS
72 SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
How did Peter Parker fare in a post-Endgame world?
73 MIDSOMMAR
Was Ari Aster’s Hereditary follow-up the folk horror
nightmare we’d dreamed of?
79 THE BOYS
The outrageous superhero smackdown comic comes to TV.BOOK CLUB
82 AUTHORS ON AUTHORS
Brian Naslund writes about the bloody genius of
Joe Abercrombie.
88 EVAN WINTER
Talking action and epic fantasy with the author of The Rage
Of Dragons.
PLUS:
All the latest book reviews...TIMEWARP
90 HP LOVECRAFT
The complete guide to one of the most infl uential and
controversial authors in genre history.
100 DISTRICT 9
Ten years of Neill Blomkamp’s prescient alien occupation SF.
PLUS:
The Brood, Alien, Alice In WonderlandSCIFINOW 161
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