11 horror stories from actors who endured extreme makeup and prosthetics for a role

Lon Chaney Jr. remains one of the seminal figures in horror cinema, having played various iterations of the Wolf Man, ...
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Cape Town nearly ran out of water. Turns out, some of the culprits were trees

There was a moment when Cape Town almost ran out of water. They called it Day Zero. Which, in hindsight, feels like a name that didn’t quite capture the panic of wondering whether your taps might just ...

The Alien 3 Assembly Cut is finally on streaming — is it worth watching?

For many fans, the behind-the-scenes strife of Alien 3 is as well-known as its on-screen excess: This is the movie that ...

'Alien 3: The Assembly Cut' Quietly Dropped On HBO Max

The fan favorite (and much longer) edit of David Fincher's film contains a different version of the much-maligned 'Alien' ...

2001: A Space Odyssey originally had a 20-foot-tall green alien and a 'crap' script

58 years ago, 2001: A Space Odyssey hit screens. Read SFX legend Douglas Trumbull on the movie's original "crap script" and ...
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In honor of "Project Hail Mary"'s Rocky, we celebrate 17 sci-fi aliens who look nothing like humans

Because there's more to extra-terrestrial life than humans with prosthetics stuck to their foreheads.
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‘The Queen of the Ghetto’ Gave New York’s Immigrant Community a Voice. A Century Later, It’s Re-emerging

Anzia Yezierska wrote from experience then worked hard to make sure her work found an audience. Then a new audience found her ...