ColonelFrog, Author at SFcrowsnest

Tesla’s amazing death ray: was it the reason for the Tunguska catastrophe? (weird news)

Did Nikola Tesla accidentally set off the enormous explosion that shook the remote Siberian region of Tunguska in 1908? Our

Scifi

Alien? Just space truckers get eaten? (spacecraft design)

Few films are as well-known in the science fiction genre as Ridley Scott’s Alien. In addition to introducing the horrifying

Films Scifi

The Black Hole, a 2006 scifi flick (video: in full).

This film, it has to be said, is nothing to do with the earlier Disney scifi film of the same

Films Scifi

Forbidden Planet: the film that went to Krell and back for science fiction (movie retrospective).

The human race has accomplished the unthinkable by the 23rd century, with technologies like faster-than-light travel, interplanetary exploration, and humorous

Films Horror

Project Wolf Hunting: a Mark Kermode film review (video).

Project Wolf Hunting premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, and audiences were scratching with excitement at the South

Cons Scifi

The watchAUT Austrian Film Festival is coming to London (event news).

The watchAUT Austrian Film Festival is coming to London, and this year it’s reaching for the stars. On the final

Science

Stations in space? Let’s call them space stations (science video).

Dearest SFcrowsnest readers – yes, I’m looking at you – hold onto your hats and buckle up for a space

Horror

The horror, the horror. What the heck is evolutionary horror? (video).

Today on SFcrowsnest, we’re delving into a particularly spine-chilling topic: Evolutionary Horror. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Evolution? That’s