Cheryl Eddy

A Solo Drifter Encounters Some Very Unusual Clouds. What Happens Next?

The Sky Kings peer down at the horseman who has come … to seek their advice? Their blessing? To bring them news that rather irritates them? Or is this a chance enounter, a stunning moment of happenstance for this lonely cowboy? Or perhaps he is a fellow Sky King, wearing an earthly disguise? What do…

A Gravedigger Creates a Most Unusual Playground For His Son in This Sweetly Ghoulish Short

From students at Paris’ Isart Digital school comes Tombs & Rides, a fanciful short about a gruff gravedigger who does his very best to keep his young son amused with a makeshift, charmingly macabre carnival. But all is not what it seems under the moonlight… [Via Geek Art Gallery]

This Narcopolis Clip Puts An Uber-Futuristic Spin on a Classic Thriller Scene

Ah, the high-tech break-in—an expected scene in any contemporary thriller, and that goes double for a movie set in the future. In Narcopolis, the debut feature from UK writer-director Justin Trefgarne, a pair of hackers go through the ol’ breaking-into-the system routine, with an insanely modern twist. For context, in this exclusive clip, they’re creeping…

A Young Woman Ponders the Next Step of Her Journey. But Where Is She Going?

Halfway across a bridge spanning a deep ravine in a darkened forest, a young woman sets down her lantern and pauses to take in the glowing view. Who is she, where has she been, and where is she going? Is she at the start of a long trek, or on her way home from one?…

Kick Off Halloween Season By (Re-)Watching The Italian Horror Cult Classic Demons

“The sleep of reason gives birth to monsters,” warns the movie-within-a-movie in Demons, and it’s a meta-statement that holds true for the characters within the movie proper, as well as for the viewer: Don’t try to reason with Demons, or make sense of any of it. Just enjoy the hell out of it! And its…

Not Much Happens on Scream Queens, But it Sure Is Fond of Itself Anyway 

This week’s Scream Queens was titled “Chainsaw” as a nod to the killer’s (or killers’, ahem) new weapon of choice—and, just maybe, to acknowledge that this is perhaps the shrillest, most broadly-hewn TV show ever. Also, calling it “Red Herring” might’ve been too obvious. Spoilers, duh. Last week, we rounded up the most obvious suspects,…

Fans and Cast Members Join All Right-Thinking People In Calling For a Revival of The 4400

Remember The 4400, the show about a group of 4,400 people who mysteriously reappeared at the same time after vanishing at various points since 1946? Remember how the show itself vanished, in 2007, after a cliff-hanger ended its fourth season? Nearly 10 years later, devoted fans are hoping to see the show make a return,…

Woman Accused of Killing Boyfriend’s Toddler Blames Child’s Eight-Year-Old Sister Instead

Here are the known facts: on May 18, 2014, 20-month-old Anna Bell died of a fractured skull in her Norfolk, Virginia home. Her lifeless body was found at the bottom of a staircase. Was it an accident, or was someone else responsible? And was that someone an adult … or another child? Arrested for second-degree…

The 5 Scariest Cults in Modern History

Some terrifying cults are so well-known they can be described with a single word: Manson, Waco, Jeffs, Jonestown. Others may not be as iconic—at least in America—but still provide plenty of nightmare material. Here are five examples, all of which made made screaming headlines during their flashes of notoriety, but have seldom been heard from…

Today, the FBI released the 2014 edition of its annual report on crime statistics, which found a decrease in violent and property crimes. New this year are federal stats on on offenses related to human trafficking, hate crimes, and computer hacking; it was also announced that future reports will study non-fatal shootings involving cops and…

Which Book-to-Screen Adaptation Actually Did Justice to Its Source Material?

The visual here is, of course, Marjane Satrapi’s wonderful Persepolis, but this question could also apply to a live-action film (or a film not directed by its source-material creator): Which page-to-screen translation really, truly knocked it out of the park? Please include an image or clip of the film or TV show that you think…

Why Did This Woman Live the Lie That She’d Been Murdered … for 31 Years?

In 1984, 24-year-old Petra Pazsitka was living in Braunschweig, Germany, studying computer science—until the day she was reported as missing after failing to return from the dentist. At one point, the main suspect in an unrelated rape and murder confessed to killing her, but later recanted. Her body was never found, and in 1989, she…

An Inside Look at How VFX Artists Created A “Digital Double” For The Flash

“We really are trying to make it as much like a live comic book as possible,” The Flash executive producer Gabrielle Stanton explains—and this video delves into the technical aspects that ambitious goal demands. Including the seamless mixing of CG and live-action in fights and cityscapes, and in scenes with characters like Gorilla Grodd. Watch…

Which Trend Was the Worst Thing to Happen to Genre Movies?

It’s time to get up on your soapboxes, film fans. Which trend past or present is the absolute worst thing ever to happen to genre movies? Is it Hollywood’s obsession with superhero origin stories? Its decision to make every new action movie three hours long and in 3D? Its unstoppable fondness for remaking (or “rebooting”)…

Great news: Sigourney Weaver is the latest Ghostbusters vet—along with Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd—to join the cast of the new movie, director Paul Feig announced today. Hooray! Now, how about it, Rick Moranis?

How Did This Long-Buried Dragon Skeleton Roar Back to Life … And What Will Happen Next?

Hidden for centuries, an ancient dragon bursts forth, with only the tree roots that’ve grown around its skeleton keeping it from taking flight. What brought this mighty mythical creature back to life? What will happen next? And what, exactly, are the reactions of those two human figures at the left? Artwork: “Entombed” by Jonas De…

Who’s the Killer on Scream Queens? We Round Up All the Top Suspects So Far

Scream Queens made its debut last night, and between all of its Heathers worship and “tee-hee, I’m edgy!” deliberately offensive jokes, it introduced a serial-killer mystery ripped straight from the glory days of slasher movies. So, who’s that knife-wielding maniac hiding inside the devil costume? Since FOX aired two episodes back-to-back, we’ve gotten to know…

Estranged Brothers Bond Over True Crime in Indie Comedy Manson Family Vacation

Uptight Nick is less than thrilled when his slacker brother Conrad suddenly appears in Los Angeles, but he agrees to accompany the Helter Skelter-toting Conrad on a rambling tour of sites tied to the infamous life and crimes of Charles Manson. Ergo, Manson Family Vacation. Here’s the official description: “Nick Morgan (Jay Duplass) has it…

Whitey Bulger’s Girlfriend Facing New Charges Because She Ain’t No Snitch

She may have been left completely out of Black Mass, but Catherine Greig was an important part of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger’s fugitive years from 1995 to 2011. And she’s still following her longtime companion’s particular code of ethics, facing new charges for, as CNN puts it, “refusing to snitch:” In November, U.S. District Judge…

The Blood-Soaked History of Slasher Movies

Ryan Murphy’s campy Scream Queens premieres tonight, and it pays heavy tribute to the legacy of slasher films. The cast even features Jamie Lee Curtis—one of the greatest slasher-film icons of all time. Join us as we explore the slasher genre’s blood-splattered past. What was the first slasher movie? Depends on who you ask, but…