Tobe Hooper’s 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a horror masterpiece. His 1986 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a horror comedy masterpiece. The rest of the series ain’t so great. With another Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot due next year, we decided it was time to sift through the bones and revisit the rest. Are they…
Source: io9 – Here’s Why We Don’t Need Another Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movie
Puberty isn’t just about getting acne and noticing your classmate looks really good today, it’s also a treasure trove of anxiety. Netflix’s Big Mouth is capitalizing on this all-too-familiar feeling in the first trailer for season four, which is also set to introduce Missy’s new voice actress.
Source: io9 – In the Big Mouth Season 4 Trailer, Anxiety Literally Sucks
Insomniac’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales follows the fledgling webhead as he steps out from under Peter Parker’s shadow. He’s defending New York City on his own for the first time just as a bitter ground war breaks out between the nefarious Roxxon Corporation and the tech-powered Underground movement. New as Miles is to…
Source: io9 – Miles Morales Reforms Spider-Man’s Relationship With the Police When It Needs to Be Abolished
Disney is getting ready to do a reboot of the classic holiday film Home Alone, but one of the key figures behind it is not on board. Director Chris Columbus is not only speaking out against the remake for Disney+, he says it’s part of a larger problem of the studio doing safe reboots instead of something original.
Source: io9 – Home Alone’s Director Takes Aim at Disney’s ‘Paint-By-Numbers’ Remakes
Grab yourself a few deviled eggs and settle in for the latest episode of The Mandalorian.
Source: io9 – The Mandalorian Chapter 11 Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Right Here
Like Insomniac’s first Spider-Man game, Miles Morales features a slew of unlockable suits that give Miles a variety of new looks and special abilities that make his fight to save Harlem and the rest of New York City that much more dynamic. Miles’ Into the Spider-Verse suit is particularly notable, because of the way…
Source: io9 – Show io9 Your Most Comic Book-y Miles Morales Pics
The holidays might be the most wonderful time of the year—but in the world of horror films, they’re also the most terrifying. Shudder is adding its own “wintery anti-Nativity tale” to the mix with Anything for Jackson, about a couple willing to summon Satan himself to save their grandson.
Source: io9 – Shudder’s Anything for Jackson Trailer Promises a New Holiday Horror
Science fiction is a genre that’s full of storylines, plot devices, and techno-jargon that would be considered ridiculous in the real world. But these tropes are effective, so we keep using them. Over and over again. That might sound like a bad thing—relying on tried-and-true sci-fi tropes instead of creating…
Source: io9 – 10 Great Sci-Fi Tropes (and 5 That Should Be Shot Into Space)
Soon after we say good-bye to 2020 and ring in what we hope will be a great new year, director Robert Rodriguez will be back. Netflix just announced his latest film, We Can Be Heroes, will premiere January 1, 2021. Its story blends superheroes with an age group Rodriguez loves to make movies for: kids.
Source: io9 – Spy Kids Meets Sky High in the First Look at Robert Rodriguez’s New Superhero Movie
Rachel Talalay is, to date, the only woman to direct a film in any of the major slasher franchises. She also made a bona fide 1990s cult classic, and has helmed episodes of several TV shows we love (including Doctor Who). Talalay’s latest feature, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting, hit Netflix last month and…
Source: io9 – A Salute to Director Rachel Talalay, a True Genre Pioneer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s fourth season saw Alyson Hannigan’s Willow Rosenberg tap into new depths of her burgeoning magical abilities and begin to come into her own as a young queer woman. But looking back on the beloved series, Hannigan now thinks that her character should have become romantically involved with…
Source: io9 – Alyson Hannigan Thinks Buffy and Willow Should Have Dated
Marvel Studios’ first Disney+ series, WandaVision is coming. Soon even. Just not as soon as we’d hoped.
Source: io9 – Sorry, But Marvel’s WandaVision Is Now Debuting in 2021
The highly anticipated video game Spider-Man: Miles Morales is here, and, it’s good! It’s got a lot of Spider-Man in it. It’s got a lot of Miles Morales in it. But it also has another Spider-Man: Spider-Man the Cat. We thought you might want to take a look.
Source: io9 – Just Some Pictures, Pictures of Spider-Man (the Cat)
Good news: in spite of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, production has begun on the next season of Doctor Who, to air sometime in 2021. Bad news: said pandemic means that instead of 11 episodes of Doctor Who, we’ll be getting only eight.
Source: io9 – Doctor Who Season 13 Will Be Just 8 Episodes Long
Millie Bobby Brown has joined a new fantasy adventure at Netflix. Lionsgate has nabbed a new ‘80s-inspired slasher in Video Nasty. Jason Blum gives us our occasional “yes, Spawn’s still happening” update. Plus, the CW’s run of Swamp Thing continues. Spoilers away!
Source: io9 – Updates From American Horror Story, Spawn, and More
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue, and this month’s selection is “Schrödinger’s Catastrophe” by Gene Doucette. We’re presenting the story—a long novelette—in two parts; you can read Part 2 of the story below (or listen to…
Source: io9 – LIGHTSPEED Presents: “Schrödinger’s Catastrophe” [Part 2 of 2] by Gene Doucette
It makes sense, beyond fanservice. In a weird way.
Source: io9 – Halo’s Original Cortana Is Joining the Showtime Series in the Most Roundabout Way
There’s no telling whether Jermajesty Jackson actually knows what Adult Swim’s Lazor Wulf is, which is why it reasonable to assume that he wouldn’t endorse the show’s second season. That might change if he watched it, though.
Source: io9 – Lazor Wulf’s Season 2 Premiere Is Not Endorsed by Jermajesty Jackson
Sure we all love The Mandalorian, but the best part of Disney+ has actually been its Disney documentaries. From the shows on Imagineering or props, to peeks behind the making of Frozen 2 as well as that aforementioned Star Wars show, Disney+ has given fans an excellent chance to see how the sausage gets made at one of…
Source: io9 – Pixar Is About to Get Its Own Disney+ Documentary Series
In the days since The Mandalorian’s most recent episode hit Disney+, more than a few casual observers of the wee Baby Yoda have taken notice of, and issue with, the Child’s voracious appetite. It’s something that’s taken a turn for the horrific right before his adoptive father’s eyes.
Source: io9 – Baby Yoda’s Snacking Habit Was Apparently Meant to Be Funny