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DOCTOR WHO JODIE WHITTAKER EXCLUSIVE SCI-FI 306 DAREDEVIL SEASON 3 On set with Over 30 pages the Man of pure terror! Without Fear featuring EXCLUSIVE! HALLOWEEN Jamie Lee Curtis and SUSPIRIA CHILLING John Carpenter on the ADVENTURES OF SABRINA return of Michael Myers THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE OVERLORD BRUCE CAMPBELL SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ AND LOADS MORE SCARES! ISSUE 306 NOVEMBER Contents2018 34 56 61 68 HALLOWEEN CHILLING DRACUL DOCTOR WHO Jamie Lee Curtis and John ADVENTURES Bram Stoker’s great-grandson We speak to the new Time Lord Carpenter tell us about new OF SABRINA unearths the iconic vamp for Jodie Whittaker about series 11 Michael Myers sightings in Remember Melissa Joan Hart another toothsome tale. and her Heroes & Inspirations. Haddonfield. That place really playing the teenage witch on CITV needs a Neighbourhood Watch. in the ’90s? Well this version is And a can of pepper spray. nothing like that. 62 74 OVERLORD TADE THOMPSON A WW2 zombie horror from the The award-winning Rosewater 48 56 JJ Abrams stable and it’s not a author tells us all about his THE HAUNTING OF Cloverfield movie? brilliant Nigeria-set novel. HILL HOUSE Shirley Jackson’s horror classic gets a new Netflix treatment. 66 76 Who knows, it might just be better PENNY DREADFUL DAREDEVIL than the 1999 Liam Neeson/ SFX’s horror columnist peers into If you’re new to the Netflix Catherine Zeta-Jones movie. her crystal ball to pick out the superhero shows, this third season Fingers crossed! hottest upcoming scares. is probably a bad place to start. 4 | SFX MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2018 CONTENTS Save money, get the SUBSCRIBE mag delivered to Check out your door – and get page 26 for yourself a free t-shirt TO SFX! more details from zavvi.com! RED ALERT 9 THE FIRST A trip to Mars a day helps you work, rest and play. We think that’s the gist of Sean Penn’s new space-bound show. 12 TITANS Imagine a Robin who swears and shoots perps in the head – that’s 12 this DC TV series. 9 22 EARTHSEA We’ve never been to Ursula K Le Guin’s fantasy land – but these new illustrations make us wish we had. REGULARS 24 DEVELOPMENT 28 FIRST CONTACT HELL The bit of the mag that’s written Loads more wannabe movies by you! So don’t come crying to us dreaming of a good home on if you don’t like it. your cinema screen. 30 FREESPEAK It’s aliiiiive! Author JD Fennell celebrates the enduring appeal of REVIEWS the mad scientist. 32 BOOK CLUB 86 THE PREDATOR Have you read Roger Zelazny’s The galaxy’s greatest killer is back, The Chronicles Of Amber? Claire 68 now with added definite article. North has – and she’s written all about it. 90 MANIAC As our TV verdicts move into 113 BLASTERMIND Reviews, we check out the new Test your knowledge of trees in Netflix series from James Bond’s sci-fi and fantasy. Yes, trees. next director. 114 TOTAL RECALL 94 HEREDITARY Our Ian pays tribute to the late A brilliant family film – in that it’s Jacqueline Pearce and her brilliant and about a family. We legendary Servalan. don’t recommend showing it to the kids – that would be bad. 102 THIN AIR 102 Altered Carbon writer Richard Morgan is back with another slice of hard-boiled sci-fi. 76 108 CATWOMAN Is her latest comic book purr-fect, claw-ful or just plain mew-diocre? NOVEMBER 2018 | SFX MAGAZINE | 5 Issue 306 | November 2018 Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA Editorial Editor Richard Edwards (RE) [email protected] The Ed Zone Art Editor Jonathan Coates (JC) [email protected] Production Editor Kimberley Ballard (KB) [email protected] Features Editor zick ³etchˡeld (NS) nick.setchˡ[email protected] Reviews Editor Ian Berriman (IB) [email protected] US Editor Tara Bennett (TB) Contributors Sam Ashurst (SA), Louise Blain (LB), Simon Bland (SBl), Saxon Bullock (SBu), Bryan Cairns (BC), Paul Cemmick (PC), Nick Chen (NC), Ian Dean (ID), Penny Dreadful (PD), Rhian Drinkwater (RD), Rosie Fletcher (RF), Dave Golder (DG), Stephen Jewell (SJ), Stephen Kelly (SK), Paul Kirkley (PK), Catherine Kirkpatrick (CK), Jess Kinghorn (JK), James Mottram (JM), Jayne Nelson (JN), Steve O’Brien (SO), Andrew Osmond (AO), Eddie Robson (ER), Bridie Roman (BR), Will Salmon (WS), Matthew Turner (MT), Calum Waddell (CW), David West (DW), Josh Winning (JWi), James White (JWh), Jonathan Wright (JWr), Steve Wright (SW) Thanks to Matthias Fuchez, Emily Shimizu, Tim Struthers Film Group, London Group Editor-in-Chief Jane Crowther (JCr), Deputy Editor Matt Maytum (MM), Art Editor Mike Brennan (MB), Reviews Editor Matthew Leyland (ML), News Editor Jordan Farley (JF), Operations Editor Andrew Westbrook (AW), Entertainment Editor (GamesRadar+) Lauren O’Callaghan (LO) Cover images Main image: Halloween © 2018 Universal Pictures Doctor Who © 2018 BBC/BBC Studios; Slaughterhouse Rulez © 2018 CTMG; Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina © 2018 Diyah Pera/Netflix; Ash Vs Evil Dead © 2015 Matt Klitscher/Starz Entertainment, LLC Photography Olly Curtis All copyrights and trademarks are recognised and respected Advertising Media packs are available on request Commercial Director Clare Dove [email protected] Advertising Manager Simon Rawle [email protected], 01225 687694 Account Manager Alex Choma [email protected], 01225 687463 International SFX is available for licensing. 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