Steve O'Brien

Steve O'Brien

Freelance Writer

Steve is a freelance entertainment and lifestyle journalist, sub-editor, and editor. His bylines have appeared in print at publications including SFX, Classic Pop, The Guardian, Vintage Rock, Doctor Who Magazine, Esquire, SciFiNow, Crime Scene, Empire, Filmstar, CLiNT, Total Film, and Yours Retro, as well as websites including The New Statesman, Cineworld, Digital Spy, Radio Times, GamesRadar, Yahoo, and Den Of Geek. He's been featured on several TV documentary shows such as BBC Four’s The Cult Of… and The Cinema Show and has also co-written the books Whographica and Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Slayer Stats. He currently edit the quarterly magazine Vintage Rock Presents.

Latest articles by Steve O'Brien

Possession
Smile director teases his "completely bonkers" and faithful remake of cult horror classic Possession with Robert Pattinson

By Emily Murray, Steve O'Brien Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Parker Finn says that his upcoming remake of the 1981 horror favorite will stay true to its "frenzied, manic ferocity"

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Smile 2 trailer
Smile 2 director says the sequel uses ideas that didn’t make it into the first film – and he already has a plan for a third movie too

By Lauren Milici, Steve O'Brien Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Parker Finn says Smile 2 is "showing us new things"

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A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place prequel star Lupita Nyong'o thinks the franchise could "go on forever"

By Fay Watson, Steve O'Brien Published

Exclusive Exclusive: A Quiet Place: Day One star Lupita Nyong'o thinks the franchise has plenty more to cover

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Mia Goth as Maxine Minx in MaXXXine
MaXXXine director teases X sequel's "gruesome" deaths, though admits it's not as obviously horror as its predecessors

By Amy West, Steve O'Brien Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Ti West hints at the differences between MaXXXine, Pearl, and X

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Harriet Slater in Tarot
New horror movie Tarot is like a James Wan movie meets The Twilight Zone – with some Spielberg thrown in, too

By Amy West, Steve O'Brien Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Co-directors Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen tease what to expect from upcoming supernatural horror Tarot

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One Piece
One Piece showrunner on approaching manga creator Eiichiro Oda: "I don't think I've ever been more nervous"

By Steve O'Brien Published

Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Co-showrunner Matt Owens talks to SFX magazine about working with One Piece's creator

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Boba Fett in The Mandalorian
Temuera Morrison confirms The Book of Boba Fett has finished filming

By Jack Shepherd, Steve O'Brien Published

News Exclusive: SFX talks with the Boba Fett actor about his experience filming the new Star Wars series

News
An image from Luke Cage
Luke Cage season 2 review: "So good that even an appearance by Iron Fist can’t contaminate it"

By Steve O'Brien Published

TV review

TV review
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The real Texas Chainsaw Massacre – how a 1950s grave-robber inspired a horror classic

By Steve O'Brien Published

Features Ed Gein dug up corpses to decorate his house, and helped inspire one of the greatest and most gruesome horror films of all time...

Features
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Blancanieves review

By Steve O'Brien Published

Snow White: The Bullfighter

Animated Movies
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Is it just me? or are the Star Wars Special Editions better than the originals?

By Steve O'Brien Published

One Total Film writer argues the case…

Star Wars Movies
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Benjamin Britten: Peace And Conflict review

By Steve O'Brien Published

A docu-drama about the leading British composer

Movies
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