Cheryl Eddy, Author at Gizmodo

V/H/S: Viral Could Kill Found Footage Horror at Last

The third film in the V/H/S series is here: the jarring, wannabe-shocking V/H/S: Viral. It unleashes skateboarders, Satan, and a murderous magician — and a flicker of hope that the found-footage horror trend is finally on its way out. http://www.magnetreleasing.com/vhsviral/ Was anyone overjoyed to hear that the V/H/S series was becoming a trilogy? (Serious question:…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Nov 18 '14

These Are the Movies Recommended by the Church of Satan — Here’s Why

Tucked away on the official Church of Satan website is a list of recommended films, offered up without much context or explanation. Naturally, we had to find out more, so we reached out to Magus Peter H. Gilmore, the Church of Satan’s High Priest. He gave us an amazing lesson on what Satanists look for…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Nov 7 '14

Meet the Mysterious Creator of Rumor-Debunking Site Snopes.com

Snopes.com creator David Mikkelson has been calling out bullshit on the Internet for two decades. (There’s no antifreeze in Fireball, people … merely the makings of a very regrettable hangover.) We caught up with Mikkelson to find out where Snopes came from, and what’s next for the site. Above, photo of a Bigfoot sighting in…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Nov 6 '14

Meet the Amateur Sleuth Who’s About to Unmask the Zodiac Killer

Tom Voigt knows absolutely everything about the Zodiac Killer, the real-life murderer featured in the movie Zodiac. Neither cop nor crackpot, Voigt is certain that he’s amassed almost enough evidence to solve the decades-old case very soon. Voigt runs the popular website ZodiacKiller.com — an online destination for amateur sleuths who are fascinated by the…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 31 '14

All the Gory Details You Ever Wanted About Making Day of the Dead

Zombie fans! Sink your bloody choppers into Lee Karr’s new book The Making of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead — a film-history tome written with more enthusiasm (and references to severed limbs) than most. Night of the Living Dead is a horror classic. Dawn of the Dead is a cult classic, with a…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 29 '14

This Is the Life of a Graveyard Tourist

You think you’re spooky? San Francisco author Loren Rhoads — former editor of gruesomely entertaining true-tales magazine Morbid Curiosity — visits cemeteries for fun. Just in time for Halloween, we quizzed her about her macabre life touring graveyards. Photo of St. John’s Cemetery by Loren Rhoads io9: The first issue of Morbid Curiosity came out…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 27 '14

Ouija Proves That Movies Based On Random Products Have Hit Rock Bottom

Ouija offers a few genuine scares. But mostly, it raises lots of interesting questions about Hollywood’s odd and ongoing affection for turning board games and other random pieces of intellectual property into movies. Granted, as Hasbro-spawned movies go, this low-budget teen thriller makes a lot more sense than the bloated Battleship, which was made for…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 24 '14

Cheryl Eddy

V/H/S: Viral Could Kill Found Footage Horror at Last

These Are the Movies Recommended by the Church of Satan — Here’s Why

Meet the Mysterious Creator of Rumor-Debunking Site Snopes.com

Meet the Amateur Sleuth Who’s About to Unmask the Zodiac Killer

All the Gory Details You Ever Wanted About Making Day of the Dead

This Is the Life of a Graveyard Tourist

Ouija Proves That Movies Based On Random Products Have Hit Rock Bottom

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