Dan Dare life. After this initial storyline other writers were used and different supporting characters came and went, including Professor Pinkerton, a female scientist similar to Professor Peabody, and a new Digby (again, a descendant of the original). The Mekon was generally the foe in alternate stories. In 1987 the strip became more like a space opera, with increasing violence. Now drawn by John Gillatt, Dan took on a tough-guy look. He led space commandos and packed a hi-tech gun reminiscent of that carried by Judge Dredd. The original strip, featuring the characters of the 1950s Eagle, was revived in 1989, with
Truth or Dare? (1986 film) that "Truth or Dare?" was "a typical, entertaining, and typically entertaining low-budget, direct-to-home-video '80s slasher/horror entry. It contains all the requisites: some nudity, lots of violence (some graphic, all cheesy), a masked madman, and plot holes so glaring, it seems like big chunks of the film are just missing (they aren't)". The film was followed by three sequels, all of them written and directed by Tim Ritter, and released direct-to-video. They are 1994's "Wicked Games", 1998's "Screaming for Sanity: Truth or Dare 3", and 2011's "Deadly Dares: Truth or Dare Part IV". Funds for a fifth film, titled "I Dared