The latest volume of “Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick” has arrived, reviewed by myself HERE. It’s still a fun series, even if it’s slipping away from RPG tropes and into Shonen tropes (after all they’re both definitely my thing!)
The latest War Doctor effort was notable for featuring the audio return of the Rani, and with it a really interesting look into the character that I wasn’t expecting, honestly. The story also goes into some fun lore and works really hard to try and explain the confusing Rani portrayal during her recent TV appearances. Though no doubt it might disappoint someone looking for more of an action-packed adventure I was pleasantly surprised given Rani stories don’t have a high hit rate with me… Let’s take a look!
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Time to end the mini-Halloween Thing with the reason for it in the first place: The Thing from 1982. It was a film I watched at some point in the 90s when I was an age that meant I shouldn’t have been watching it and due to that some of the scenes with the practical effects scared the hell out of me, and those are always the horror films that stick with you as an adult. I saw the 4K release of this pop up a while ago and here we are, in 2026, time to watch The Thing again safe in the knowledge that unlike a certain prequel we looked at yesterday, this one still stands the test of time even before re-watching it.
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Continuing this mini Halloween Thing (tee-hee-hee etc) is the prequel to the all-time classic I’m saving for Halloween itself (also called “The Thing”, which makes this film’s name extremely confusing), and frankly the fact it comes first chronologically is handy because the film was pretty… middling and it would’ve been a shame for it to be on the night itself. I can’t say it’s bad per say but nothing about it was captivating and the switch to CGI creature effects just rams home how great the original was and that’s all I could think of watching it. Still, I like how it ends with the same shot that the original starts with, that’s… something!
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Kicking off this mini-Halloween Thing (get it?) with the original adaptation of classic book “Who Goes There?”: “The Thing From Another World”. If you’ve watched either of the other two “Thing” movies or indeed other sci-fi/horror stories set in an isolated arctic base then this is where a lot of it comes from. Well, again, the book is where it really comes from, but I’ve always struggled with early 20th century and earlier written word… sorry! Anyway, this is a classic 50s sci-fi movie, but pre-technicolour, which makes it feel older than the other small handful of 50s movies I’ve seen. Anyway, let’s take a look!
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While I had hoped to do a bigger Halloween marathon akin to the Hammer Dracula one I did a few years back now I’ve, um, well sadly got more free time, I didn’t get enough of it done in time ironically, so instead here’s three adaptations (or two adaptations and a prequel to one of the adaptations I guess) of classic Sci-Fi horror story “Who Goes There?” for this year, which was actually last year’s plan along with the Doctor Who story “The Seeds of Doom” (which you can start with today if you want by clicking the link!), and I’ll see if I can plan something for next year a bit more ahead of time to make sure it’s all ready…
In one of the last delayed reviews on the summer period it’s time to look at X-Men 97’s eagerly anticipated second season, which felt much more like the original series than Season 1 did, but that’s not really a complement as the previous season blew me away by being so much more. Oh well, let’s take a look!
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The next Thirteenth Doctor story has arrived (or did a few months ago…) and it’s time for the Thirteenth Doctor to meet the Ice Warriors, but more interestingly for this long… long time fan of the Big Finish side of Doctor Who it also sees the return of sarcastic policewoman Patricia Menzies after a long absence. What’s the story like outside of continuity references? Very good, as it turns out!
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Aegis is the “big mid-season finale” style story, even though the “season” as it were is continuing bi-monthly that was the intention, and to be fair this does wrap up a few plot threads and then leave enough dangling to keep you interested, it’s just lacking a little “oomph”. Let’s take a look!
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My latest Anime UK News review is of, and boy am I fed up of typing this long-arse title, “Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia – Part 1”. It can be found by clicking HERE.
Basically it’s a chunk of a popular gatcha game that makes it difficult to get invested in when you haven’t touched said mobile gatcha game. Still, I’ve liked other Fate anime adaptations, so maybe it wasn’t so bad…?