Ian Berriman

Ian Berriman

Deputy Editor, SFX

Ian Berriman has been working for SFX – the world's leading sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine – since March 2002. He's also a regular writer for Electronic Sound. Other publications he's contributed to include Total Film, When Saturday Comes, Retro Pop, Horrorville, and What DVD. A life-long Doctor Who fan, he's also a supporter of Hull City, and live-tweets along to BBC Four's Top Of The Pops repeats from his @TOTPFacts account.

Latest articles by Ian Berriman

Steven Soderbergh says his upcoming horror movie Presence is inspired by a decade-old reality TV show starring Carrie Fisher and Mickey Rooney

By Megan Garside, Ian Berriman Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Director Steven Soderbergh says he found the most unlikely inspiration for his upcoming horror movie in an iconic '00s TV show

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Hellboy pointing his gun.
Win Hellboy: The Crooked Man on Blu-ray

By Ian Berriman Published

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Horror Movies
Pedestrians watching on as Godzilla wrecks buildings.
Win Godzilla Minus One on Blu-ray

By Ian Berriman Published

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Sci-Fi Movies
Nosferatu director Robert Eggers explains how star Bill Skarsgård helped him improve the movie's 100-year-old ending

By Megan Garside, Ian Berriman Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Director Robert Eggers says he wanted to completely change the ending of upcoming horror movie Nosferatu, but star Bill Skarsgård changed his mind

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Welcome to Derry
Bill Skarsgård says Stephen King’s It spin-off TV series will "explore things we haven't explored in the movies" and “hopes fans are excited”

By Lauren Milici, Ian Berriman Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Bill Skarsgård talks Welcome to Derry

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Robert Eggers explains the twisted reason behind Nosferatu's big change to Bill Skarsgard's version of the vampire

By Amy West, Ian Berriman Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Nosferatu director Robert Eggers explains how fanged foe folklore inspired a big change to Bill Skarsgard's bloodsucker

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Artwork of Rincewind.
Win a copy of Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five hardbacks to give away

Fantasy Shows
A xenomorph hissing at Rain (Cailee Spaeny).
Win a Blu-ray of Alien: Romulus

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five copies to give away!

Sci-Fi Movies
Wolverine and Deadpool striding in front of some wrecked shops.
Win a Blu-ray of Deadpool & Wolverine

By Ian Berriman Published

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Superhero Movies
Louis and Claudia on the streets of Paris.
Win a Blu-ray of Interview With The Vampire

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five copies of season two to give away

Horror Shows
Noa the chimpanzee.
Win Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray

By Ian Berriman Published

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Movies
Daryl Dixon.
Win a Blu-ray of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

By Ian Berriman Published

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Horror Shows
A shirtless Bill Skarsgård strikes a fighting pose.
Win Boy Kills World on Blu-ray

By Ian Berriman Published

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Action Movies
Richard Harris's captain pointing a harpoon.
Win Orca: The Killer Whale on Blu-ray

By Ian Berriman Published

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Horror Movies
A selection of SFX covers.
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By Ian Berriman Published

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Alien Romulus
Alien: Romulus director wanted his movie to look like Ridley Scott’s original so bad that he used the same concept art and even did side by side takes

By Megan Garside Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez compared new shots with the 35mm print of Alien to stay true to the orignal

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Cailee Spaeny in Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus star Cailee Spaeny ran "out of ways to be horrified," so she watched horror movies 24/7 to get more ideas

By Molly Edwards, Ian Berriman Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Cailee Spaeny took inspiration from horror and sci-fi movies to nail her terror

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A woman with a large spider on her face in Sting.
Win a Blu-ray of Sting!

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five copies of the spider horror to give away

Horror Movies
Novitiate Margaret cries out in the middle of a riot scene.
Win a Blu-ray of The First Omen

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five copies of the horror prequel to give away!

Horror Movies
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Win a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four companion novel Julia

By Ian Berriman Published

We have 10 paperbacks to give away

Sci-Fi Movies
Peter Wyngarde's Professor points at a blackboard with "I do not believe" written on it.
Win a Blu-ray of Night of the Eagle

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five copies to give away!

Horror Movies
Lisa and "the Creature" make use of a tanning bed.
Win a Blu-ray of Lisa Frankenstein!

By Ian Berriman Published

We have five copies up for grabs

Horror Movies
Patrick Stewart on the cover of his memoir Making It So.
Win Patrick Stewart's Memoir Making It So!

By Ian Berriman Published

We have 10 paperback copies to give away

Sci-Fi Shows
Roger Corman
Roger Corman interview: reflecting on his heroes and inspiration

By Ian Berriman Published

interview RIP Roger Corman: read our interview with the B-movie director from 2008

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Doctor Who episode 'Rose'
Twenty years on from Doctor Who's return, here's what Russell T Davies had to say about his first ever episode

By Ian Berriman Published

interview 'Rose', the first episode of the Doctor Who revival, aired on 26 March 2005. Back in 2018, showrunner Russell T Davies talked to SFX magazine about the series' return

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