Cheryl Eddy, Author at Gizmodo

Dario Argento and George Romero Teamed Up To Make Edgar Allan Poe Even More Skin-Crawling

In 1990, George A. Romero and Dario Argento released Two Evil Eyes, an adaptation of two Edgar Allan Poe stories. In the classic Poe tradition, both tales are about people who do terrible things, and suffer hideous consequences. In the hands of two of horror’s greatest filmmakers, they become downright terrifying. Unlike the previous Romero-Argento…

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This Short Film Offers a Simple Yet Powerful Ode to Imagination and Transformation

Everyone who’s stuck in a dull, repetitive routine can relate to Sisyphus—the Greek king doomed to spend his life pushing a boulder up a hill, only to see it roll down every time he got to the top. James Bascara’s Upon the Rock imagines one man’s odd but seemingly much-needed jailbreak from the drudgery of…

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IFC’s Horror Comedy Stan Against Evil Has Cast Its Reluctant, Easily Enraged Hero

Back in February, we learned that Simpsons vet Dana Gould was cooking up a horror comedy for IFC called Stan Against Evil, with a premise (crabby middle-aged anti-hero fights demons) that reminded us of Ash vs Evil Dead. Now the show has cast its most important role, and it’s an inspired choice: John C. McGinley.…

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Aliens, Bureaucracy, and Romance Collide in a New Drama From the Director of Riddick

Writer and director David Twohy is best-known for his series of films about Riddick, Vin Diesel’s intergalactic convict/antihero/badass. Twohy still hasn’t left that world behind yet, but he’s also got a new scifi project without the character on his slate: Ice Moon Rising, a co-production between China and the U.S. As such, the movie is…

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Archer Is Better Than Ever in Its Seventh Season

We’re now three episodes into Archer’s seventh season, which has seen the gang relocate to Los Angeles and set up shop as private investigators. Though Archer probably could have kept going with the secret-agent shenanigans, this new status quo has made an already great show even better. Here’s why. With the move to LA, there…

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A Dog Takes Up Some Unusual Hobbies While His Clueless Owner Is Gone All Day

There’s a star-studded animated feature called The Secret Life of Pets coming out in July, but A Dog’s Life, a short from Belgian animator Pieter Vandenabeele, covers similar subject matter, though it deploys a far more poignant tone. (The owner here, quite frankly, sucks.) The essential question, though, remains the same: What does your dog…

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Jason Statham Versus a Giant Shark Sounds Like a Goddamn Great Time at the Movies

Forget that movie where Blake Lively hides from a shark on a rock. Give us, instead, Jason Fuckin’ Statham going up against a bloodthirsty, 60-foot-long Megalodon that’s somehow been chilling in the Mariana Trench for millions and millions of years. We’re gonna need a bigger boat… full of popcorn. Meg, based on Steve Alten’s 1997…

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Stephen King’s The Mist Series Is Officially a Go at Spike TV

A TV series adaptation of Stephen King’s science fiction-horror novella The Mist has been in the works since at least September, and now there’s more news: it will be coming to Spike TV in 2017. Variety reports that the network ordered a pilot in February but ended up greenlighting 10 hourlong episodes of the series…

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Texting May Soon Be Allowed Inside America’s Biggest Movie Theater Chain

It’s come to this: texting may soon be allowed in movie theaters, according to the head of America’s biggest chain. It’s all part of a scheme to lure in younger audiences, which apparently would be worth the trade-off of angering anyone who actually wants to enjoy a movie without the distraction of little glowing screens…

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We Don’t Need Another Peter Pan Movie, But We’re Getting One Anyway

Hey, Hollywood. Did you learn nothing from Warner Bros. box-office bomb Pan? The answer is clear, because now we’ve got news of yet another Peter Pan adaptation. This time, it’ll be a live-action entry from Disney, the studio that made the iconic animated version of J.M. Barrie’s tale, back in 1953. The most interesting part…

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The Sharknado Folks Are Making an Elvis Movie That Sounds Crazier Than a Hound Dog

An idea so insane, it must be true: The Asylum, whose proudly schlocky output includes the Sharknado series, is making a movie about Elvis Presley that sounds suitably batshit. Elvis Lives! suggests that the King didn’t actually die in 1977—he simply began a second career, fighting crime instead. This “Elvis, what if?” turf has been…

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We Asked the Hosts of Finding Bigfoot Why It’s Taking So Damn Long

Finding Bigfoot is one of Animal Planet’s most popular shows. It’s been on the air for five years and has clocked nearly 100 episodes, none of which—despite the sheer amount of cameras involved—feature any footage of the elusive giant ape. So when we talked to the show’s hosts, we had to ask them what’s the…

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The New Secret Life of Pets Trailer Explores the World of Canine Sibling Rivalry

A pair of pups (Louis C.K. as the sassy terrier type; Eric Stonestreet as his massive, shaggy rival) must learn to share an owner—and survive their run-in with the dogcatcher—in this latest trailer for The Secret Life of Pets. Also, love the characterization of the cat: “I’m your friend! And as your friend … I…

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In A Monster Calls, Liam Neeson Is a Tree Monster and It’s Awesome

We’ve been excited about fantasy fairy tale movie A Monster Calls for months. It’s directed by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage), written by Patrick Ness (who wrote the source book), produced by Belen Atienza (Pan’s Labyrinth), and it stars Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver—and the booming voice of Liam Neeson. Neeson’s character—a tree monster that’s…

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This Concept Art for Finding Dory Is Simply Beautiful

We’ve already filled you in on everything you ever wanted to know about the making of Finding Dory. Now get a look at some lovely concept art—we’re already in love with Hank the cranky octopus!—for Andrew Stanton’s Finding Nemo sequel, which will be in theaters June 17. [Collider]

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Dr. Frankenstein’s Research Spawns a Worldwide Zombie Army in The Empire of Corpses Trailer

Even if you’re tired of steampunk and zombies, this new animated movie looks like it has enough weird science and creepy horror to win you over. The Empire of Corpses is based on a series of books by Project Itoh (aka the late Satoshi Ito), and is produced by Wit Studio, who made Attack on…

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The Best Part of Syfy’s Hunters Is its Bloodthirsty Alien Hero

Hunters is Syfy’s new show about elite agents who chase down mysterious sleeper cells that have infiltrated everyday American communities—with a twist: the terrorists are aliens. The show debuts tonight, and we’ve seen the first two episodes. Here’s our mostly spoiler-free review. Hunters may not have a particularly recognizable cast—aside from Julian McMahon (Childhood’s End)…

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Richard E. Grant Narrates This Gloriously Odd Short About Dental Health

Daniel Gray and Tom Brown wrote, directed, designed, animated, and produced Teeth, a droll yet sinister short about one man’s lifelong obsession with dental health. It builds to a gloriously icky finale, and it’s narrated with the perfect amount of rising disdain by Richard E. Grant. “Sticky … toffee … apple.” [Vimeo Staff Picks]

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We Now Know Who Will Play the Villain in Wolverine 3

Hugh Jackman has proclaimed that Wolverine 3 will be his final time playing the X-Men character that made him a star, and now we know who will be portraying his big adversary in the film: Boyd Holbrook, as “the chief of security for a global corporation” that’s after the titular hero. Though the James Mangold-directed…

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Screamers Is the Most Underrated Philip K. Dick Adaptation Ever

Philip K. Dick stories often make for well-received films, like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and A Scanner Darkly . Next—the one with Nicolas Cage as a clairvoyant magician, which strays a lot from its source material—might be the most bizarre Dick adaptation. But Screamers is easily the most underrated. Screamers premiered in late 1995—the year…

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Dario Argento and George Romero Teamed Up To Make Edgar Allan Poe Even More Skin-Crawling

This Short Film Offers a Simple Yet Powerful Ode to Imagination and Transformation

IFC’s Horror Comedy Stan Against Evil Has Cast Its Reluctant, Easily Enraged Hero

Aliens, Bureaucracy, and Romance Collide in a New Drama From the Director of Riddick

Archer Is Better Than Ever in Its Seventh Season

A Dog Takes Up Some Unusual Hobbies While His Clueless Owner Is Gone All Day

Jason Statham Versus a Giant Shark Sounds Like a Goddamn Great Time at the Movies

Stephen King’s The Mist Series Is Officially a Go at Spike TV

Texting May Soon Be Allowed Inside America’s Biggest Movie Theater Chain

We Don’t Need Another Peter Pan Movie, But We’re Getting One Anyway

The Sharknado Folks Are Making an Elvis Movie That Sounds Crazier Than a Hound Dog

We Asked the Hosts of Finding Bigfoot Why It’s Taking So Damn Long

The New Secret Life of Pets Trailer Explores the World of Canine Sibling Rivalry

In A Monster Calls, Liam Neeson Is a Tree Monster and It’s Awesome

This Concept Art for Finding Dory Is Simply Beautiful

Dr. Frankenstein’s Research Spawns a Worldwide Zombie Army in The Empire of Corpses Trailer

The Best Part of Syfy’s Hunters Is its Bloodthirsty Alien Hero

Richard E. Grant Narrates This Gloriously Odd Short About Dental Health

We Now Know Who Will Play the Villain in Wolverine 3

Screamers Is the Most Underrated Philip K. Dick Adaptation Ever

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees