Author: Michael Flett

Science fiction is most often the medium of the future, looking forward to a tomorrow which may be brighter or may be troubled but will certainly be different,

Like the unstoppable killers of innumerable horror franchises, nothing shouts “do it again!” faster than a box office return which dwarfs the original studio outlay. With takings of

It’s not a typical apocalypse, nor was the inspiration as obvious as the inescapable cold war angst during the escalating tensions between Reagan’s America and the revolving political

Do zombies eat the flesh of the dead, or only the living? Given sufficient need, will zombies even feast upon each other? Given the evidence of the pilot

Most often seen as a cinematic venture, Star Wars has not always been an easy fit with television, even though the immediate successor to the global phenomenon of

It began with The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1923 and The Phantom of the Opera in 1925, both starring Lon Chaney, based on the novels by Victor

If the novelist David Mitchell was not already best known for his epic 2004 work Cloud Atlas, defying description and ignoring the conventions of genre as it picked

With twelve major novels published since his 2000 debut Revelation Space, shortlisted for both the BSFA and Arthur C Clarke awards, alongside a plethora of short stories and

The pleasant summer afternoon of Saturday 9th August 2014 brought writer Matthew Kneale to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, speaking both of his own most recent work, An

Director Joe Dante first made his name as a director of horror served with a twist of humour with Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981) before embracing comedy