Slice of SciFi

Slice of SciFi

Interviews and discussion about science fiction, fantasy and horror in television and film, plus coverage of comics, indie features, and more

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“Beast of War”: Kiah Roache-Turner takes on sharks during wartime

October 11, 2025 • 37 mins
Writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner talks about Beast of War, and since he's always wanted to make a shark movie, he went with one in a historical World War II setting.
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“Horror’s New Wave”: Dave Schilling talks about the history of Blumhouse

October 4, 2025 • 53 mins
Journalist and author Dave Schilling talks about the new book Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse, celebrating the impact Blumhouse has had on horror entertainment with now-iconic franchises, and sometimes unconventional storytelling.
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“Infinite Summer”: Director Miguel Llansó looks at transcendence through technology

October 1, 2025 • 36 mins
Writer-director Miguel Llansó talks about his scifi-thriller feature INFINITE SUMMER, exploring the mystery behind a suspicious new meditation app that three vacationing friends are introduced to.
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“Chain Reactions”: Alexandre O. Philippe on the impact of “Texas Chain Saw”

September 27, 2025 • 37 mins
Writer-director Alexandre O. Philippe talks about his newest documentary, CHAIN REACTIONS, a series of interviews of artists whose careers were impacted in different ways by Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE.
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“Strange Harvest”: Director Stuart Ortiz on expanding Mr. Shiny’s universe

September 20, 2025 • 35 mins
Writer-director Stuart Ortiz returns to talk more about STRANGE HARVEST, now that it's finally being distributed to on demand services.
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“Traumatika”: Filmmakers Pierre Tsigaridis and Maxime Rançon

September 13, 2025 • 27 mins
Director and co-writer Pierre Tsigaridis with co-writer and actor Maxime Rançon talk about their new horror feature, TRAUMATIKA, in theaters September 12 from Saban Films.
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“The Conjuring: Last Rites” Madison Lawlor and Orion Smith

September 10, 2025 • 25 mins
Actors Orion Smith and Madison Lawlor talk about picking up the reins as the younger Ed and Lorraine Warren in THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, a film that brings the Warren's journey full circle.
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The 2025 New York Science Fiction Film Festival

September 6, 2025 • 31 mins
Festival director Daniel Abella gives us a preview of what to expect at the 2025 New York Science Fiction & Horror Film Festival, which will be screening September 19-20 2025 in New York City.
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“Blade Runner”: Exploring the expanded world in the Titan Comics series

September 3, 2025 • 43 mins
Writers Mike Johnson and Mellow Brown talk about the Blade Runner series being published by Titan Comics in connection with Alcon, and how the universe is expanding beyond the existing movies in comics prequels and sequels.
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“A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic”: Richard Scheib chases contagions on film

August 30, 2025 • 48 mins
For folks who enjoy reading lists and examinations about various TV and film genres, the new A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic: Depictions of Plague and Pandemic on Film and TV by author and journalist Richard Scheib is a fun one to add to your library.
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“The Adventures of Lion Man”: Bill Campbell on recovering history

August 23, 2025 • 44 mins
Publisher Bill Campbell talks about Rosarium Publishing's new graphic novel compilation The Adventures of Lion Man, reprinting the lone 1947 comic featuring Lion Man, plus 3 new stories by John Jennings, David Brame, Yvette Ndlovu and Bill Campbell.
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“Conan the Barbarian”: Comics writer Jim Zub on the new Titan series

August 16, 2025 • 45 mins
Acclaimed comics writer Jim Zub is writing the new main Conan the Barbarian series from Titan Comics, and he talks about creating new stories in that world, the reprints of the Savage Sword of Conan, and several other Conan series.
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“Witchboard” writer-director Chuck Russell on throwbacks and remakes

August 9, 2025 • 36 mins
Director Chuck Russell, then actors Renee and Elisha Hebert talk about their work on the new reimagined Witchboard, and looking forward to the possible expansion of and continuation on in this story world.
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“How Far Does the Dark Go?”: Bears Rebecca Fonte on trauma, healing and vampires

August 2, 2025 • 27 mins
Writer-director Bears Rebecca Fonte talks about their new queer vampire thriller romance How Far Does the Dark Go?, and walks through where the story came from and more.
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“Star People”: Director Adam Finberg on different searches for truths

July 26, 2025 • 27 mins
Writer-director Adam Finberg talks about his fascination with the Phoenix Lights, and how that led to making his new indie thriller Star People.
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“House on Eden”: adding to found footage paranormal investigations

July 19, 2025 • 25 mins
Content creators Kris Collins, Celina Myers and Jason-Christopher Mayer have made a paranormal investigation feature, House on Eden.
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“FATE: The Winx Saga” writer Olivia Cuartero-Briggs talks adapting properties

July 12, 2025 • 57 mins
Comics writer Olivia Cuartero-Briggs talks about adapting a well-established property from another medium (animation) and what it's like to create in someone else's playground.
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“Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics”

July 5, 2025 • 63 mins
"Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics" co-authors Margaret Stohl and Judith Stephens talk about the story behind making the book and talking to many of the women behind the creation of Marvel Comics.
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“Off the Grid” director Johnny Martin, actor Maria Elisa Camargo

June 28, 2025 • 35 mins
Director Johnny Martin, then actor Maria Elisa Camargo talk about making Off the Grid, a new action-thriller also starring Josh Duhamel, Greg Kinnear and Peter Stormare.
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“Found Footage Finds” filmmaker Chris Vander Kaay

June 21, 2025 • 61 mins
"Found Footage Finds" is a docuseries created by Chris Vander Kaay about "found footage" films. The examination of those films along with interviews with some of the filmmakers is a lovely deep dive into a fun, niche movie genre.
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