This new volume in the Sight and Sound readers series provides a varied and diverse overview of trends that have shaped sci-fi and horror in the last decade. It explores how recent films like The Fight Club and The Truman Show have impinged on more traditional territory and have tested the limits of conventional understanding.

The book engages with topics that have emerged over the last decade: vampire movies, body horror, the nuclear threat, childhood terror, artificial worlds, and post-modern horror. It includes fresh looks at classics such as Rosemary's Baby, Psycho, Halloween, Nosferatu, and Blade Runner, as well as '90s highlights I Know What You Did Last Summer, the Scream series, Strange Days Existenz, and Cube.