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In 2014 and 2015, Vertigo published Si Spencer’s eight-issue graphic novel Bodies, a mind-bending mystery about four police officers from different historical eras who discover the same corpse in the same London location, decades apart. Featuring detectives from the present day, the 1940s, the 1890s and 2053, it’s a complex conspiracy thriller about a very dark future. Originally illustrated by four artists – Dean Ormston, Phil Winslade, Meghan Hetrick and Tula Lotay – each era had its own distinct feel and look.

Spencer, who had also written on other Vertigo titles including Judge Dredd and Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, sadly passed away in February 2021, meaning he wasn’t able to see Paul Tomalin’s eight-part Netflix series adapted from his work. It’s out now, with a sprawling cast of characters including Boiling Point and This Is England’s Stephen Graham, several established actors and a handful of newcomers. Here’s more about them.

Both the 2014 graphic novel Bodies and its new Netflix adaptation begin with the same intriguing high-concept hook, and it's tough not to be drawn in by the mystery. Four London police detectives in four different time periods each discover the same dead body in the same place, with the same unique markings and the same apparent gunshot to the head. As their parallel investigations unfold, various clues and suspects connect and overlap, pointing to an overarching conspiracy that spans centuries. The Bodies TV series presents a more concrete explanation for what's happening than writer Si Spencer offered in the DC/Vertigo comic book, but both take mind-bending -- if sometimes confounding -- journeys to get there.

The first episode of Bodies begins in the present, following Det. Sgt. Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor) as she monitors what appears to be a far-right rally on the streets of London. She chases a suspicious figure into the narrow,...

Howard J Ford’s latest feature film is The Lockdown Hauntings, a supernatural serial killer movie. The award-winning director behind The Dead, The Dead 2 India, and Never Let Go, revealed that plans are underway to release the film, which was shot entirely in lockdown without a crew, exactly one year after the UK lockdown was called (March 16) which is the very same day the film’s story starts.

With the streets now empty, it isn’t just nature that is taking advantage of this unprecedented global disaster. Spirits are freer than ever before and the spirit of a notorious serial killer, Aka ‘The Locksmith’, is back from the dead and he has even more potential victims. Can self-isolating detective George Parker (Angela Dixon) with the guidance of paranormal expert Jordan Myers (Tony Todd), prevent more young women from becoming victims of The Lockdown Hauntings?

The Lockdown Hauntings stars Tony Todd...