Cheryl Eddy

Claire and Jamie Go Undercover in Paris in Outlander‘s Season Two Teaser 

Outlander returns to Starz in April, and “this season changes everything for Claire and Jamie,” according to the trailer above. The duo travels to France to try and change the course of history, and the entire look of the show changes to accommodate the new (way less muddy, way fancier) setting. There’s also plenty of…

The Forest Is a Genuinely Scary Horror Movie About the Burden of Guilt

Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer stars in The Forest, a decent horror movie that offers plenty of shriek-worthy moments. But its more interesting aspects are the repressed guilt and sorrow at its core, which provide unexpected emotional heft as the protagonist slowly starts losing touch with reality. That’s not to say that The Forest—from first-time…

Feds Raid Hoverboard Booth at CES

Two US federal marshals raided the booth of a Chinese hoverboard company earlier today at CES. The badged law enforcement agents collected all of the company’s one-wheeled “Trotter” electric skateboards, as well as all related marketing materials. It was dramatic. This all happened despite the Trotter’s apparent popularity with trade show attendees. But the reason…

Inevitable Spin-Off Doc About the Making a Murderer Case Is Currently In Production

Netflix series Making a Murderer is the most popular project to inspire distrust in the justice system since the West Memphis Three went free. Ten hour-long episodes were enough to provide a lot of information about the Steven Avery case—but it seems there’s still more to tell, which a new doc will attempt to do.…

The Shifting Balance of Power is Everything on American Horror Story: Hotel

American Horror Story: Hotel returned last night after its holiday hiatus, and nearly every character had his or her claws out. When the dust settled, we were left with an in-depth lesson on who is controlling whom at the Cortez—as it stands now, at least. Spoilers! Episode 10’s climactic hail of bullets kills Donovan, to…

Jake Gyllenhaal To Produce Jim Jones Series Because Cults Are Suddenly All the Rage

We’ve been eagerly following the rise of Satanic TV, thanks to new shows like Lucifer and Damien. But it turns out there’s room for another sinister trend: cults! A just-announced, Jake Gyllenhaal-backed drama for A&E joins upcoming Hulu series The Path in delving into this scary subject. The Gyllenhaal project is as-yet untitled, but it…

Troma’s Latest Horror Comedy, BC Butcher, Was Directed by a 17-Year-Old Girl

Proudly schlocky indie studio Troma Entertainment built its rep on cult curios like The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet, the latter of which was co-scripted by a pre-Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn. But Troma’s latest achievement is supporting “the first prehistoric slasher film”—and its teenage writer-director. BC Butcher, which stars O.J. Simpson trial…

History Channel Snaps Up Jeremy Renner’s Scripted Drama About the Knights Templar

While it may sometimes seem that History exclusively airs back-to-back episodes of Pawn Stars, the cable channel will soon be adding a new scripted drama to its schedule: Knightfall, about the Knights Templar. And it’s got major star power behind it, courtesy of The Avengers’ Jeremy Renner. Here’s a description of the show via Deadline,…

The First Tamil Language Zombie Film Looks Thrilling and Awesomely Nuts

The Indian film industry’s largest realm, Bollywood, dove into the zombie genre with several different 2013 releases. Now Kollywood, which releases films in the Tamil language, rouses the undead with Miruthan. From the guns a-blazin’ looks of the trailer, it’s very much an action film, with music. Plus: zombie dog! The trailer is sadly devoid…

A Geeky Video Store Finds Unexpected New Life in This Hopeful Short Doc

Cinephile hotspot Videoport was located in Portland, Maine. But the tale shared in P3’s Videoport: A Short Doc will ring familiar to anyone who has fond memories of prowling the aisles of his or her favorite quirky indie video store, looking for a hidden gem or old favorite to pop into the VCR or DVD…

The Rocky Horror Picture Show TV Remake Has Cast Its Brad and Janet

Orange Is the New Black breakout star Laverne Cox was cast as fishnet fatale Frank-N-Furter back in October, but now the Rocky Horror Picture Show remake—which willair on Fox in the fall—has cast the two characters made immortal in the cult film by Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon. Wide-eyed Brad and Janet will be played…

Galavant‘s Smaller, Sillier Moments Make the Show Worth Watching

Galavant—the musical mash-up of Disney, Medieval Times, The Princess Bride, and Game of Thrones Lite—is back! Season two’s first episode is titled “A New Season… AKA Suck It Cancelation Bear,” which exactly sums up the tone of the show: deliberately smug, knowingly cheeky, and forcefully anachronistic. In keeping with the first season’s scheduling style, “A…

How Ash Vs Evil Dead Took Everything We Loved From The Movies And Made It Better

With “The Dark One,” Ash vs Evil Dead has come to an end. For now. Thank goodness the best new show on TV will return for a second season. But for now, we’re still in awe of how well the show captured everything we loved about the Evil Dead films. Spoilers! First of all: the…

New Year’s Evil is the Sleazy Slasher Classic You Should Be Watching Right Now

New Year’s Evil is a 1980 slasher film from B-movie gods Golan-Globus; it stars Roz Kelly—a.k.a. Fonzie’s girlfriend, Pinky Tuscadero, on Happy Days—as Blaze, “the first lady of rock.” It’s about a prank-calling killer who menaces Blaze as she hosts a live music show (which has an on-stage phone bank) for NYE. “I’M GOING TO…

5 Unusual New Year’s Eve Traditions and Superstitions

What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Guzzling champagne, smooching a random stranger at midnight, and making heartfelt resolutions you’ll forget by January 2? Boring! Far more thrilling: dressing up like a dancing bear, choking down seed-filled fruit, or deliberately drizzling dessert topping on your kitchen floor. 1. Dancing “bears” of Romania As the photos…

If Your Drone Lands on Thin Ice, Do Not Try to Rescue It

Ice is not safe! Did we learn nothing from the photographer who watched $1500 in fancy equipment splash into freezing cold Icelandic waters? Evidently not. Firefighters in a Boston suburb rushed to the almost-frozen-solid Mill Pond following reports that someone had fallen through the ice while trying to recover a drone. When they got there,…

In a new interview, The Martian’s Drew Goddard discusses how to script a blockbuster with mass appeal—without dumbing down its science elements: trust that your audience is actually willing to learn, and put special emphasis on the story’s universally relatable emotional aspects. [Deadline] Image credit: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Guillermo del Toro divulged his top 10 Criterion films to the DVD site, and (unsurprisingly, given the director’s deep love of cinema) it’s an eclectic, intelligent, and wide-ranging list that he groups in “thematic/authorial pairings.” Among his picks: Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (pictured) and Time Bandits.

The Poseidon Adventure Is Still One of the Most Insane Disaster Movies Ever Made

Celebrate New Year’s Eve aboard the S.S. Poseidon, and experience one of the standouts of the 1970s disaster-movie craze: The Poseidon Adventure. This movie has it all: action, suspense, a hit theme song, an all-star cast, and more WTF moments than any single ocean-liner journey has ever had before or since. Spoilers follow, for any…

The Halloween Movie Franchise Currently Belongs to No One

Multiple sources are reporting that Halloween is looking for a new studio. The long-running horror series has been under the banner of Dimension Films since 1995, starting with its sixth film, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, and topping off with the second Rob Zombie-directed remake in 2009. TheWrap notes that this development means that…