I was obsessed with Scream!, a short-lived, early 80s weekly horror comic, as a kid. Though I only had a few issues of the all-too-brief run, I used to pore over every panel, scaring myself in the process with its kid-friendly, but still scary horror.

Since then, Scream! has returned from the grave several times, with the latest resurrection being the 2026 Halloween Special.

And it’s really good! We kick off with excellent comebacks for The Dracula File and The Thirteenth Floor, both of which were strips in the original comic. These are modern tales though, bringing the concepts of a vampiric government agent and a block of flats run by a protective AI, bang up to date.

Consent Is Key takes a very bleak look at the exploitation of desperate people in a hyper capitalist system, and gives us some very good body horror along the way. Probably my favourite strip of the Special.

The Big Body is a very damp, dank tale of an oddly familiar body being found in a bog. I’m not sure I really understood what happened here, ultimately, but it was incredibly creepy and atmospheric.

Finally, there’s Light’s Out, which had potential but kind of fizzled out too soon; it could definitely have benefited from more pages.

Overall though, the production values are excellent, the writing is of a high standard and the art is very strong throughout. A welcome return for one of my earliest comic book obsessions!

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