A trailer has been released for new festively-themed horror ‘Violent Night’. Check out the trailer below.
Review: TV Century 21 Audio Annual 2022 – Anything Can Happen
Review by Cavan Gilbey
Big Finish’s recent collaborations with Anderson Entertainment have been simply brilliant, bringing many of Britain’s best cult action sci-fi shows back to life with audio adaptations of otherwise inaccessible novels and comic strips. This month sees two major releases; a pair of full cast Thunderbirds stories based on fan-favourite comic strips and this audio annual which collects a series of short stories written for the respective show’s annuals. Anything Can Happen brings together Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90, some of these shows I am more familiar with than others; Joe 90 is the one I am least familiar with outside of the basic premise and insanely catchy opening theme. This collection makes for a good, nostalgic listen, harkening back to an era of pulpy camp story telling that certainly charms and excites and its great to have these otherwise rare tales preserved by excellent narration from Nicholas Briggs and Wayne Forester and sound design from Briggs and Benji Clifford; makes them closer to feeling like traditional episodes of the shows rather than simple short stories. 
‘Spawn’ movie gets new writers
Blumhouse’s Spawn movie has added writers Scott Silver (Joker), Malcolm Spellman (Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Matt Mixon. The film has been in development at Blumhouse since 2017. Jamie Foxx remains attached to star as the antihero, who was first introduced in the comics in 1992, with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane among the film’s producers.
Velma is officially confirmed as LGBTQ charecter in New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Film
A new clip from the animated Scooby Doo movie “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!,” has confirmed a long-held fan that the charecter of Velma identifies as a Lesbian.
‘Carrie’ is getting 4K UHD release from Scream Factory
Scream Factory are releasing Brian De Palma’s classic adaption of a Stephen King story ‘Carrie‘ in a Collectors Edition 4K UHD BluRay set.
‘Black Christmas’ getting 4K UHD Collector’s Edition from Scream Factory
Scream Factory are releasing festive-themed slasher Black Christmas in a special Collectors Edition 4K UHD BluRay
The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the sorority and it becomes clear that a psychopath has more than merriment on his mind. As the police try to trace the phone calls, they discover that nothing is as it seems during this Black Christmas.
Audio Review: The Worlds of Blake’s 7 – Zero Point
Review by Ian McArdell
The Terra Nostra: Zero Point is the third in a set of audiobooks tied to Big Finish’s The Worlds of Blake’s 7 range. A companion to the recent boxset The Terra Nostra, it deals with the insidious organisation who wield soft power in the criminal underbelly of the Federation.
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Review: Doctor of War – Destiny
Review by Jacob Licklider
Doctor of War: Genesis was the first of a surprise two release miniseries reviving the Doctor Who: Unbound range by giving listeners a chance to explore essentially one aspect of the Time War that the normal Doctor Who ranges either couldn’t do or just haven’t done. The entire idea is that the timeline is rewritten at the “Do I have the right?” speech in Genesis of the Daleks, Sarah Jane and Harry are killed, and the Doctor regenerates into a fifth incarnation played by Colin Baker as reality fractures. Doctor of War: Destiny continues from Doctor of War: Genesis in three separate stories that on the whole does something that the idea of Doctor of War could have become if it were a bit more self-indulgent in retelling classic Doctor Who stories in this new timeline. Doctor of War: Genesis really only did that with the first few scenes to show where the timeline diverged while taking some ideas from other stories but not just remaking them, Doctor of War: Destiny opens and closes with two stories that do takes on classics with the middle story not quite being filler, but being a story to do world-building with the universe and playing around with the Time War at a conceptual level and how changing time can affect a civilisation. What’s especially interesting is this is a set that wraps up the story fairly completely, there is a post-credits sequence that implies it’s possible for this Doctor of War series to continue, but the arc itself is basically over and the threads have found their endings.
Lionsgate releasing 4K UHD ‘The Hunger Games: The Ultimate Steelbook Collection’
Lionsgate are re-releasing the Hunger Games franchise in new a Limited Edition Ultimate 4k UHD & BD Steelbook Collection including all four films.
Review: Tenth Doctor – Classic Companions
Review by Cavan Gilbey
Companions become just as much of a friend to the audience as they do to the Doctor, so seeing them return by having them reunited with Doctor after ages can be really refreshing and rewarding. However this concept is only going to really work if we have actually spent some time away from those characters, which with Big Finish is nigh on impossible because every companion is omnipresent there and you can find a new Peri audio just as much as you can a new Jamie story. Tegan and Ace returning to TV feels significant since they’ve not been seen for ages, but we have heard so many extended adventures with them so having them meet a later Doctor on audio doesn’t hit that spot. This is where we come to the main issue with Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions; it’s too much of a gimmick. Sure Classic Doctors, New Monsters is a gimmick but you can understand it more with the monsters than you can with the companions. This set feels like it exists solely to give Ten some stories with older companions as opposed to crafting interesting stories based around the way their relationships have changed, which doesn’t exactly make this an enticing listen.
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