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Give Your Pumpkin Some True Blood Bite

Last year, we rocked your pumpkin face off, with the cylon, death star and Predator pumpkins. This year, it’s all about True Blood pumpkin love. Who doesn’t want a sassy Lafayette on your front step? https://gizmodo.com/science-fictions-great-villains-immortalized-in-pumpki-5068026 These jack-o-lantern stencils from Camp Blood make me beyond happy! We’ve seen Star Wars, Dr. Horrible and Firefly before…

io9 Meredith Woerner

25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted

While science has the power to improve our lives and cure disease, it can also be used to torture, murder, and brainwash. Here are 25 scary experiments that destroyed lives, or have the potential to unleash doomsday. Creepy animal experiments Pig Powder From the University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine, comes regenerative powder.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Olmos Talks BSG’s Unanswered Questions, And What You Won’t See In “The Plan”

If you buy enough copies of Battlestar Galactica: “The Plan,” coming out tomorrow, Edward James Olmos is determined to make more BSG direct-to-DVD epics. We asked Olmos what those films would be about, and he explained what happened to Starbuck. Oh, and this one-on-one interview with Olmos contains some spoilers for “The Plan,” because we…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Paranormal Activity 2 To Become The Second Scariest Hyped Movie of All Times

This weekend Paranormal’s ghost cam beat out the mighty Saw franchise, which means Paranormal 2 can’t be far behind. With Paranormal well on its way to becoming Paramount’s most successful film ever, the studio readies a sequel. [LA Times]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Macross-Inspired Doctor Who Anime Exterminates Our Eyeballs

While the Tenth Doctor is getting his own animated special, one fan reimagines the adventures of Doctor Who‘s Third Doctor as an anime, where he battles Daleks and Cybermen in a futuristic Tokyo, with a scantily-clad girl by his side. Paul Johnson, who calls himself “Otaking,” is working on his own Doctor Who anime, a…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Greatest Science Fiction Sites We’ll Miss On Geocities

The clunky backgrounds, blaring Midi sound files, and ugly ads… there’s a lot we won’t miss about Geocities when it shuts down today. But it was home to tons of fan sites and science-fiction resources: here are some we’ll miss. Geocities had a fantastic DIY sensibility that encouraged absolutely anybody to put up a website.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Who’s The Greatest Ghoul? io9 Smackdown: Monster Edition Begins!

Horror has given us all manner of memorable monsters, but which one is the mightiest? This week: You decide! That’s right, it’s another round of io9 Smackdown, and this time, it’s all about the creepies going bump in the night! Today’s match can only be described as one of grudge! In the red corner, we…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Did James Cameron Rip Off Poul Anderson’s Novella?

James Cameron’s Avatar has been championed as an attempt at original science fiction storytelling in film amongst a sea of remakes and adaptations. But Cameron may have borrowed some of the key aspects of his tale from author Poul Anderson. Reader Goldfarb pointed us to Call Me Joe, a novella written in 1957 by Golden…

io9 Lauren Davis

Meet The Young, Frisky Susan Calvin, In “I, Robot” Prequel Trilogy

The Isaac Asimov estate has authorized a new trilogy in his ever-expanding Robot/Foundation universe, this time focusing on the early life of the Good Doctor’s most famous robopsychologist. And it looks like there are also more I, Robot movies coming. Publisher’s Marketplace reported last week that Mickey Zucker Reichert, a fantasy author best known for…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Get Ready to Hide Behind the Sofa – It’s Horror Week

This week we honor the most important holiday of the year – Halloween – with a celebration of all things horrifying. We’ll tell you all about the scariest pop culture and spooky science. Plus, there will be gorgeous costumes. It’s horror time, which means galleries, triviagasms, essays and reviews about everything from classic horror writers…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Future Of Vampires Is Amercian

Never mind your emo Twilight vampires – Newly announced comic series American Vampire will see writers Scott Snyder and Stephen King create a whole new “muscular and vicious” breed of toothy undead next year. The series, announced (fittingly) on the stroke of midnight last night, is created by Voodoo Heart writer Snyder with a second…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Things That Make Us Queasy In Nic Cage’s Plague-Faced Witch Movie

Nicolas Cage is a sword-swinging, wig wearing Knight with fancy moves, going up against stomach-turning zombie people. It is revolting — just take a look at the stills we pulled from the new Season of The Witch trailer. Technically, this may not be “urban fantasy,” but then again, this is Nic Cage as a plague-fighting,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Next Best Thing To Tezuka’s Verdict On The Astro Boy Movie?

Astro Boy gets a dismissive review in the New York Times, and Fred Schodt, translator and friend of creator Osamu Tezuka, responds: “This film may not win an Oscar, but it works, and it is great fun.” [NYTimes via TokyoMango]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Captain Tightpants And The Original V Series Return To Your Screens

Nathan Fillion is back in the world’s tightest pants this week. Plus, Halloween brings a spate of classic horror movies. The original V is back! And there’s new Heroes, Fringe, Supernatural, Smallville and more. Clips and minor spoilers below! Monday: Heroes – Matt takes a risk trying to rid himself of Sylar as Noah, newly…

Television Caitlin Petrakovitz

Buildings Where the Walls are Lined with Human Bones

Looking for a setting for your next haunted horror movie? Many of the ornate and elaborate ossuaries around the world serve as grim reminders of mortality, and evoke an eerie sense that their skeletal walls could suddenly spring to life. While many of these ossuaries are attached to churches, the reason they were constructed is…

io9 Lauren Davis

Will New Dredd Film Be As Bad As The Old One? – Updated

Time to start getting worried about the new Judge Dredd movie? Despite design work by 2000AD artist Jock, the movie’s producers haven’t contacted the character’s creators according to Dredd writer Alan Grant. Or have they? Click through for update. Talking to /Film, Grant – co-writer of Dredd for more than a decade, complained that producers…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Is Milla Jovovich’s Alien Problem Real Or Fake?

Alien abduction movie The Fourth Kind builds on several strange sleeping disturbances in Alaska, all involving an owl, and maybe an alien. The film mixes “documentary footage” with reenacted bits. Will you buy the hype? Check out our first clips. Check out these clips and weigh in on whether you actually believe any of this…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Is Smallville The Cockroach Of Genre TV?

Friday nights have proven to be the graveyard of network SF shows, taking Sarah Connor Chronicles down and making sure Dollhouse looks terminal – so how is Smallville managing to stay afloat? Yes, the show saw a massive drop in ratings when it was moved to Fridays in the first place, but since then, it’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Animated Klingon Propaganda Could Be A Viral Video For Trek 2

You’ll want to join the glorious Klingon Empire after watching this fantastic animation. But it’s got people wondering if it’s a viral video for the next Star Trek movie, or perhaps a new animated series. Either way, Qapla’! Plus there’s also a chance that this is fan made, in which case this person is a…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Mad Max Goes Down Fury Road

There’s been a lot of movement on the Mad Max 4 front in the last few days, including confirmation of the movie’s title, a date being given for production beginning, and director George Miller talking to reporters about the project. The Hollywood Reporter reported on the official announcement that the movie – to be called…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Give Your Pumpkin Some True Blood Bite

25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted

Olmos Talks BSG’s Unanswered Questions, And What You Won’t See In “The Plan”

Paranormal Activity 2 To Become The Second Scariest Hyped Movie of All Times

Macross-Inspired Doctor Who Anime Exterminates Our Eyeballs

The Greatest Science Fiction Sites We’ll Miss On Geocities

Who’s The Greatest Ghoul? io9 Smackdown: Monster Edition Begins!

Did James Cameron Rip Off Poul Anderson’s Novella?

Meet The Young, Frisky Susan Calvin, In “I, Robot” Prequel Trilogy

Get Ready to Hide Behind the Sofa – It’s Horror Week

The Future Of Vampires Is Amercian

Things That Make Us Queasy In Nic Cage’s Plague-Faced Witch Movie

The Next Best Thing To Tezuka’s Verdict On The Astro Boy Movie?

Captain Tightpants And The Original V Series Return To Your Screens

Buildings Where the Walls are Lined with Human Bones

Will New Dredd Film Be As Bad As The Old One? – Updated

Is Milla Jovovich’s Alien Problem Real Or Fake?

Is Smallville The Cockroach Of Genre TV?

Animated Klingon Propaganda Could Be A Viral Video For Trek 2

Mad Max Goes Down Fury Road

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Samsung Slashes $350 Off 49″ Odyssey Curved Gaming Monitor to Clear Out Stock on Amazon

How the Artemis 2 Moon Mission Could Go Dangerously Wrong

Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum Holds Its Lowest Price Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale Ends, Likely a Clearance Move

Lego Is Bringing Bionicle Back, But Not in the Way You’d Want

Richard Branson Is Still Trying to Make Space Tourism Happen, Selling Tickets at $750,000

Beats Powerbeats Fit Drops Below Black Friday Pricing Across All Colorways as Amazon Continues to Cut Prices on the Earbuds

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

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