10 More Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Books to Read Ahead of Their Upcoming Adaptations

Image: Headpress Ok, this isn’t a sci-fi or fantasy book, but it’s definitely in the realms of horror. In the hands of film scholar and director Kier-La Janisse—who made Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, the definitive documentary on folk horror—it’s guaranteed to be a fascinating adaptation. Severin Films announced the project earlier this week in … Read more

Haunting Season 3 Would’ve Adapted Hell House

Mike Flanagan’s been a well-known horror director for years, but 2018’s Haunting of Hill House series for Netflix arguably put him in the spotlight. After following that up with Haunting of Bly Manor two years later, Flanagan’s been busy with other series for the streamer like last year’s The Midnight Club and more recently The … Read more

Disney+’s Princess and the Frog Series Has a Writer-Director

Get ready for 2024 to be the year of Tiana. Not only is the new Disney Parks attraction based on The Princess and the Frog, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, slated to open next year, the long-awaited Disney+ series focusing on the movie’s culinarily gifted heroine is finally making big strides forward. Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 … Read more

Netflix Fall of the House of Usher Review: Exquisite Poe Tribute

Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher isn’t an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story. It is instead a reimagining of the entire Poe oeuvre, a resurrected corpus operis with all the bodies laid out on the table, given new, feverish life inside the framework of Roderick Usher’s legacy of doom. Working … Read more

Stephen King Variations Documentary Assessment

Stephen King is likely one of the most tailored authors of all time, and—in contrast to Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, and Ian Fleming—he’s nonetheless alive and prolifically publishing. New documentary King on Display celebrates the phenomenon of King-inspired films and TV collection, principally by means of interviews with administrators who’ve helmed them. Why Ought to Crypto … Read more