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Eight Essential Sci-Fi Prison Movies

September 15, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to get locked up with the key thrown away as we look at these essential sci-fi prison movies… Some sub-genres seem to prove hugely popular. Whether it’s the Die Hard copycat or an Alien riff, some concepts lend themselves to being rejigged, reheated and served as new. There are prison movies which have […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alien 3, cube, Escape Plan, Fortress, No Escape, Spoiler, The Running Man, Wedlock

Exclusive clip from the Japanese remake of Cube

April 7, 2023 by Gary Collinson

Ahead of its US premiere on Screambox on Monday, we have an exclusive clip from Cube, the Japanese remake of the 1997 cult classic Canadian sci-fi horror. Original Cube writer-director Vincenzo Natali serves as executive producer on this new take, which is directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu and stars Masaki Suda (Kamen Rider W), Anne Watanabe […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: cube, vincenzo natali

A Squid Game-inspired Movie Triple Bill: Cube, The Running Man, and Battle Royale

October 21, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a perfect triple bill for fans of this years most talked about series, Squid Game… Have you seen it? You must have seen it by now. Netflix’s latest worldwide phenomenon, surprisingly, is Squid Game. I say surprisingly, because though Korean cinema and dramas have proven very popular with Western audiences (and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Television, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Battle Royale, cube, Squid Game, The Running Man

October Horrors 2021 – Cube (1997)

October 19, 2021 by Graeme Robertson

Cube, 1997. Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson, and Maurice Dean Wint. SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers awake to find themselves trapped within a strange cube-like prison from which there is no escape. The last year and a half have certainly given us […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Andrew Miller, cube, David Hewlett, Julian Richings, Maurice Dean Wint, Nicky Guadagni, Nicole de Boer, vincenzo natali, Wayne Robson

Watch the trailer for the Japanese remake of Cube

August 10, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

A new trailer has been released for Cube, the Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 cult sci-fi horror of the same name. Directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu, the film follows six strangers who wake up in a deadly maze of traps, and must use their skills to work together to survive and escape; watch it here… […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: cube

Marvelous Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Are All But Forgotten

July 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents a selection of stunning science fiction horror movies that are all but forgotten… Science fiction brings out the best in horror. Yes, horror can technically be intermixed with any other entity and produce a decent result, but there’s something about the vast corners of scientific potential that truly terrify audiences. Whether it’s […]

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Trailer for Japanese remake of cult sci-fi horror Cube

February 6, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

A trailer has arrived online for Cube, the upcoming Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 sci-fi horror of the same name, which follows a group strangers trapped in a maze of deadly traps; watch it here… A mysterious cube. 6 men and women are suddenly trapped in Cube. It’s unclear where this is, why they […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: cube

Cult sci-fi film Cube set for remake at Lionsgate

May 2, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Lionsgate is reportedly readying a remake of the cult 1997 Canadian sci-fi film Cube. Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) is on-board as one of the producers, with director Saman Kesh, whose short Controller has turned some heads in Hollywood, set to make his feature debut with the film, which will be entitled Cubed. Philip Gawthorne, who has […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: cube, cubed

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