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Meet FlashForward’s Unconvincing Bad Guy!

This week’s FlashForward answered the question on everyone’s lips: Is Charlie from Lost convincing as a charming, threatening supergenius who may be behind the worldwide blackout? Also, Mark met Lloyd and proved again what an asshole he really is. Spoilers! Previously on FlashFoward: Last week’s episode (Not recapped because I had the day off; sorry,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Scare Fail!

A horror movie that fails to make you scared is worse than bad. There’s something embarrassing about watching it, akin to the feeling of having to turn down the advances of a well-meaning but unsexy friend. It seems to me that there are five basic characteristics of a scare fail, though I’m open to the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Ultimate Guide To Scary Sex Scenes [NSFW]

When a zombie stripper offers you a “private” lapdance, you may want to think twice, if this can’t-believe-they-went-there clip from Zombie Strippers is any indication. Nothing is more disturbing than horror sex. Here are 38 NSFW clips to prove it. We’ve collected 38 of the wrongest, weirdest, freakiest and most horrifying sex scenes from science-fiction…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

JJ Abrams’ Loose Lips Sink Lost On 30Rock

The perils of introducing your more popular friends to your favorite television shows were laid bare in last night’s 30Rock. Now all we have to do is hope that the show’s writers didn’t have any real inside information.

io9 Graeme McMillan

The io9 Guide To November Science Fiction

November brings with it Prisoners and Visitors, plus a couple of huge apocalyptic movies, and a new Douglas Coupland tripfest. You can’t escape from the future, but you can master it — with the io9 calendar. As always, you can download the whole thing as a printable PDF by clicking here. This time around, we’re…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Spend all week building an army of cyborg beetles? That’s okay, we’ve gathered the best stories in one convenient location. Horror ruled this week with monsters gone good, haunted spaceships, death troopers and more. https://gizmodo.com/25-of-the-scariest-science-experiments-ever-conducted-5390389 4 Reasons Why Zombies And Superheroes Don’t Mix Marvel Comics’ Necrosha launches this week, joining DC’s Blackest Night, Marvel’s own…

io9 Lauren Davis

80 Of The Scariest Characters On Film

Which character in the genre world really gives you the chills? What slathering monster are you most afraid of? We compiled a list of the 80 scariest movie characters we could think of. Meet terror personified, below. As you know, we only deal with science fiction and urban fantasy here, so Hannibal Lecter and the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Smackdown Day 5: Can Mad Scientists Triumph Over Magic?

Seriously, people: Witches are better than werewolves? Is Summer Glau brandishing the broomstick in your imagination? (Or, actually, maybe it’s fellow Whedonite Alyson Hannigan? Suddenly it all makes more sense.) Nonetheless, this time, it’s witchcraft versus science gone wrong. Continuing the week of Halloween Smackdown (and classic Halloween costume favorites), we’re bringing in the Misfits…

Movies Graeme McMillan

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61. Lurtz Orc Lord -The Lord of The Rings A mix of two evils, this bad boy laughs in your face, even as you impale him with your sword. 63. The Other Mother – Coraline Other Mother is every child’s dream parent: loving, attentive, and an excellent cook. But then she starts asking you to…

io9 Meredith Woerner

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40. Marlowe – 30 Days of Night Of all the menacing vampires that took off on a 30-day all-you-can-eat human buffet in Alaska, where it’s night for a full month, Marlowe was the worst. His hands, mouth full off pointy teeth, finger nails and suit all reeked of evil. Even if you were his servant,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed

This incredible map shows “Beringa,” a region that existed millions of years ago during the Ice Ages. What it reveals is that, oddly, far northern regions like the Yukon and Siberia were hotbeds of ice-free life. Over at Astrobiology magazine, Aaron Gronstal describes new scientific work that led to the creation of this map. What…

io9 Annalee Newitz

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31. The Old Woman – The Others The film itself is a confusing mix of twists and turns, but the big scare pay off is seeing Nicole Kidman’s little girl transform into a white-eyed old woman in a little girl’s confirmation gown. 32. T-800 – The Terminator Not as terrifying as the T-1000, but something…

io9 Meredith Woerner

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21. Count Orlok – Nosferatu He may not be the first vampire, but he’s arguably the scariest. With his talon hands, bald head and rolling eyes, the Count’s silent saunter across this black and white film brings chills down our spines. 22. Demon – Paranormal Activity It may be an extremely hyped film, but we’re…

io9 Meredith Woerner

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1. Pennywise – IT Tim Curry has made a career out of freaking us out. But no other character on this list can claim that they’ve actually given people clown complexes. Pennywise, the evil sewer monster that feeds on children’s fear, is possibly the scariest monster in the history of things that go bump in…

io9 Meredith Woerner

In Space, Everyone Can Hear You Scream: A Video Compilation

Whether you’ve just run into a radioactive space mutant or fallen into a pool of flesh-eating gases, a solid scream is a handy tool for any space horror arsenal. Check out our video tribute to gasps, shrieks, and bloodcurdling screams. This is by no means comprehensive (there are more space monster movies, not mention many…

io9 Lauren Davis

Your Body May Already Have A Cancer Treatment Inside It

Could autoimmune disease have an upside? As strange as it sounds, it may be the case as scientists discover that certain overactive immune cells could be repurposed to help fight cancer. The cells, discovered in 2005, are called Th17; they’re thought to trigger inflammation and tissue injury associated with autoimmune diseases, but scientists at Houston’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Fruit Bats Enjoy Oral Sex, Too

Outside of humans and a few other primates, oral sex is a rare phenomenon. But researchers have found male fruit bats do enjoy a little oral stimulation, and that the reasons females offer it go beyond simple pleasure. Min Tan of China’s Guangdong Entomological Institute recorded and carefully observed the mating habits of 60 fruit…

io9 Lauren Davis

“Finch” Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir

Reading Jeff VanderMeer‘s latest novel Finch, out this week, you’re tempted to make up descriptors like “biosteam” and “spore noir.” Inventive and haunting, the book is a hardboiled detective story set in a city overrun by spore-hacking mushroom people. Set in the city of Ambergris that VanderMeer invented with his collection City of Saints and…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

A Robot Named Maryann Could Propel Us Into Space

Only three teams remain, competing for NASA’s latest $2 million prize for advancing space-elevator technology. Good thing one of them, the Kansas City Space Pirates, is using a fast-climbing robot and lasers shot through telescopes. I love this news report about the K.C. Space Pirates, and “Maryann,” their climbing robot, which uses solar panels, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Original Metropolis Lives On In Berlin

After more than eight decades, Fritz Lang‘s original cut of his classic movie Metropolis will be seen for the first time at next year’s Berlin Film Festival, including 30 minutes of almost-unseen footage. Lang’s original cut had almost become an urban myth; after the movie bombing during its original release, the classic was re-edited and…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Meet FlashForward’s Unconvincing Bad Guy!

Scare Fail!

The Ultimate Guide To Scary Sex Scenes [NSFW]

JJ Abrams’ Loose Lips Sink Lost On 30Rock

The io9 Guide To November Science Fiction

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

80 Of The Scariest Characters On Film

Smackdown Day 5: Can Mad Scientists Triumph Over Magic?

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41-50

During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed

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21-30

1-10

In Space, Everyone Can Hear You Scream: A Video Compilation

Your Body May Already Have A Cancer Treatment Inside It

Fruit Bats Enjoy Oral Sex, Too

“Finch” Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir

A Robot Named Maryann Could Propel Us Into Space

Original Metropolis Lives On In Berlin

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