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Sex was always an important ingredient of Hammer horror, from the moment Christopher Lee’s Dracula swept down the stairs of his castle, setting female pulses racing. But as the British studio entered the more permissive era of the ‘70s, the two-backed beast increasingly began to eclipse the befanged bloodsucker. Based …

“Deep Breath”. Is it a title? Or a statement of intent? Armed with “attack eyebrows” and a taste for the grisly, the Peter Capaldi era arrives with a tale that delivers a literal change of pace for Doctor Who, trading the giddy, pirouetting, breathless energy of Matt Smith for something …

SFX recently had the chance to chat with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, screenwriters of Captain America – The Winter Soldier and the talent now shaping the shield-slinger’s third big screen adventure. Here’s what they had to say about conspiracies, comic books and whether the Falcon could ever step into …

Batman: Assault On Arkham DVD review . This animated movie is set in the Arkham videogame universe during the five year gap between Arkham Origins and Arkham Asylum , but aside from the name the two share little DNA. There’s no consistency in character design, for example; Amanda Waller seems …

Game Of Thrones and American Horror Story: Coven score big as the nominees for the annual TV awards are announced (opens in new tab) The nominees for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. Game Of Thrones reigns with 19 nominations and American Horror Story: Coven trails just behind …

Tell us which piece of classic children’s telly from the past you’d bring back, and you could appear in the pages of SFX 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Thunderbirds are go! Again. And not only are the Tracy brothers bringing their International Rescue ships back to TV in next year’s …

Stargate producer Dean Devlin has dropped some more tantalising clues in the breadcrumb trail that will hopefully lead to a successful franchise reboot. Devlin and director Roland Emmerich seem keener than ever to bring about a new Stargate movie, hinting that a reboot may follow original plans for the series …

Make sure you get your copy of SFX ‘s bumper 250th issue! (opens in new tab) SFX has been charting sci-fi and fantasy since May 1995, and Wednesday 25 June sees its 250th issue landing in newsagents everywhere. You can make sure you get hold of your copy of the …

Sand book review . There’s no doubt that Hugh Howey can really write. Anyone who breaks through from the clamour of the self-publication sector, as Howey famously did with the novellas that eventually made up his dystopic Woo l, arguably has to be a better storyteller than those boasting the …

Let us know what you think of the Shaun Of The Dead director leaving Marvel’s first Phase 3 movie, and your words could appear in SFX (opens in new tab) The Marvel Cinematic Universe was shaken to its core earlier this week when it was announced that Edgar Wright has …