The slasher that sold itself as Groundhog Day meets Scream turned out to be one of the best horror surprises of 2017,
so we’re keen to see if the delightfully titled sequel can match its predecessor. Jessica Rothe returns as time-looping murder
target Tree Gelbman and the trailer looks as though it’s taking everything to the next level while keeping the same sense of
humour. Can Tree beat another more complex death loop? We can’t wait to fi nd out.W W W.SCI FI N OW.CO.U K |^037- The Feed
Stars: David Thewlis, Michelle Fairley, Guy
Burnet, Nina Toussaint-White
Creator: Channing Powell
Release date: TBC
What if everything you can do on your
mobile phone was implanted directly into your
brain? You could browse social media feeds and
look up information just by thinking it. What if
it went wrong? That’s the conceit of Nick Clark
Windo’s novel The Feed, which jumps ahead to
a post-apocalyptic future where the few survivors,
including the son of the tech’s inventor, try to keep
from turning into mindless monsters.- The Curse Of
La Llorona
Stars: Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez,
Raymond Cruz
Director: Michael Chaves
Release date: 19 April 2019
James Wan presents this take on a Mexican
folk tale about a spirit hunting for her missing
children, and it seems any children will do.
Linda Cardellini leads as a social worker whose
two kids are targeted by the titular ghost, and
the presence of Annabelle star Tony Amendola
as a priest suggests that this could be a sneaky
Conjuring universe movie in disguise.- Annabelle 3
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson,
Mckenna Grace
Director: Gary Dauberman
Released: 3 July 2019
After two solo movies Annabelle is coming
home, as Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson’s evil-
hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren return for the third
instalment. Remember how the doll was locked
up in their house? Well, it’s time for Annabelle to
cause chaos and wake up some friends... Series
writer Gary Dauberman makes his directorial
debut with what James Wan has described as
“Night At The Museum with Annabelle.”- Doctor Sleep
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson,
Bruce Greenwood, Zach McClarnon
Director: Mike Flanagan
Released: 24 January 2020
We’re still some way away from Mike
Flanagan’s movie of Stephen King’s Shining
sequel but it seems as though there may be more
hype than expected given the mainstream success
of his Haunting Of Hill House Netfl ix series. It’s
Flanagan’s second King adaptation following
Gerald’s Game, and while he’s working with his
starriest cast yet, there’s still plenty of familiar faces
in the line-up. Could this be his big breakout? © 2012 Paul BirdBack From
The Dead?
Is there still hope
for these forgotten
King adaptations?
REVIVALTHE DARK TOWER
TV SERIESTHE STANDLISEY’S STORYTHE TEN O’CLOCK
PEOPLE- Child’s Play
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry,
Gabriel Bateman
Director: Lars Klevberg
Released: 21 June 2019
Our disappointment that the Chucky
reboot is happening while creator Don Mancini
is still delivering genuinely excellent movies with
the original cast (and working on a TV series) is
offset to some degree by two pieces of excellent
casting, with Aubrey Plaza (Legion) as Andy
Barclay’s mum and Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) as
the detective working the case. We don’t know
who’ll be voicing the killer doll yet but we’re
willing to give this cast a chance.DOLL VS DOLL
Films
Annabelle: Three (including The Conjuring)
Chucky: SevenPossessed by
Annabelle: A malevolent demon
Chucky: Serial killer Charles Lee RayAgenda
Annabelle: Demon business, hunting
souls, possession, mayhem
Chucky: Finding a body to return to
old habitsOne-liners
Annabelle: NA
Chucky: KillerJump-scares
Annabelle: Big fan
Chucky: More into blood than boosWeapon of choice
Annabelle: Demon powers
Chucky: A sharp knife