STARBURST MAGAZINE Issue 487 [Autumn 2024] (The Terrifier Issue)

The countdown to Halloween has officially begun, and we can’t think of a better treat than the one writer-director Damien Leone has in store… a brand-new blood-drenched adventure for the iconic Art the Clown! Join us as we go behind the screams of TERRIFIER 3 with producer Phil Falcone, production/costume designer Olga Turka, and Santa Claus himself, horror veteran Daniel Roebuck in this exclusive 10-page feature! (If you’ve got the stomach for it, of course...)

Also in this issue:

- Season 2 of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER is finally upon us, and to celebrate we’re bringing you a bumper collection of cast and crew interviews, including Nori Brandyfoot’s Markella Kavenagh, Durin IV’s Owain Arthur, Celebrimbor’s Charles Edwards, and Sauron’s Charlie Vickers!

- Robin Askwith, the iconic cheeky chappie of the 1970s, joins us to reminisce on the CONFESSIONS movies, and tells us about his upcoming one-man shows.

- Writer-director James Watkins only has good things to say about working on SPEAK NO EVIL, his upcoming remake of the classic Danish psychological horror.

- We look ahead to Season 2 of THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON, and all the other shows you might have missed in the ever-expanding TWD universe.

- The producers of TRANSFORMERS ONE explain why their new big-screen prequel demands our attention!

- We talk to writer/director Daniel Kokotajlo about his excellent new folk horror, STARVE ACRE, starring Matt Smith.

- Jimi Hendrix goes on a quest to the centre of the universe in new graphic novel PURPLE HAZE. Writers Ben Ha Meen and Mellow Brown tell us how this bonkers concept came to be.

- We reminisce about the classic BBC series THE TRIPODS with Chris Jones, the author of the new book, THE TRIPODS: ALL FOR NOTHING?

- Director Chris Sanders talks about his upcoming animated masterpiece, THE WILD ROBOT.

- For 25 years, Big Finish Productions have been creating officially licensed DOCTOR WHO audio dramas. Some of the company’s creatives tell us about their story so far!

- The ghost with the most is back in spooky sequel BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, but as we discover in this feature, he’s been busy since he last haunted cinema screens…

- Industry legend and former writer of this very magazine Alan Jones is bringing exciting new genre films to a beautiful Italian setting with the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, and he’s returned to STARBURST to talk about it!

- In our concluding part of THE XENOVERSARY TRANSMISSIONS anniversary feature on the history of the ALIEN franchise series, even more cast and creatives - including director Paul W. S. Anderson - tell us the behind-the-scenes secrets.

...All this and much, MUCH more!

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