Sentences with phrase «a haunted house films»

And for a haunted house film.

But you forgot the BEST haunted house film of the lot: THE CHANGELING with George C. Scott.

I think that's it's a shame because it could have been a good haunted house film, however this is a highly forgettable affair, one that is sure to disappoint any viewer looking for genuine scares.

When the skeleteon jumped out of the fireplace, this should have turned into a roller coaster ride of a haunted house film and instead turned into psychobabble bull shit that didn't hold people's attention let alone frighten them.

That's why I was looking forward to «Burnt Offerings», a 70s haunted house film featuring the likes of Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith and Bette Davis.

[Watch the trailer for true story - inspired The Disappointments Room right HERE] Disturbia director D.J. Caruso returns to the horror genre with a haunted house film that was inspired by true events in The Disappointments Room, a psychological thriller that they are saying is in the same vein as The Shining.

Given that neither of the A Haunted House films are better than the worst of the Scary Movie franchise, that's a gripe that is likely to fall on deaf ears.

In anticipation of the home video release, we have an exclusive Winchester clip that takes you behind - the - scenes of the haunted house film.

But the production behind the haunted house film worked diligently to recreate the real house for the film, and in the exclusive clip below, you can see just how much work went into recreating large portions of the real Winchester Mystery House.

Four character posters for the upcoming Guillermo del Toro - directed haunted house film Crimson Peak have been released.

This haunted house film has all the usual elements of the horror genre, but also serves up some disturbing visual images and themes.

This looks like a solid haunted house film, with some crazy things going on and spooky ghosts.

Legendary Pictures have released the first trailer for Guillermo del Toro's haunted house film Crimson Peak.

Crimson Peak isn't a true haunted house film and doesn't try to be one.

Thoughts by TSR: Guillermo del Toro directing a haunted house film starring Emma Stone, Charlie Hunnam, and Benedict Cumberbatch is an idea I love.

Not exact matches

Nothing wrong with that, however considering that the plot revolves around a haunted house and Hearse, the film could have been much better than it is.

Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a number of interesting but distinctly B - grade films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for guest starring roles in poorly - received art house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The Haunting of Julia).

[the house's] structure reflects that of the film - a creaky accumulation of tropes from all manner of haunted house movies, stitched together into an impressive if ungainly edifice.

The Haunting is the second film to be made from Shirley Jackson's book, «The Haunting of Hill House.»

The film was confident enough in itself and the audience to us decide if the house was haunted.

This film is based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, which was previously filmed in 1963 by Robert Wise.

For the most part, however, the actor's last two decades as a performer were distinguished by a steady stream of cheap, threadbare horror films, reaching a nadir with such fare as Hillbillies in a Haunted House (1967).

They forget that the original film version of «The Haunting» (based on Shirley Jackson's truly terrifying «The Haunting of Hill House») worked so well because of what the audience didn't see.

The film seemingly sets this up as an excuse for the supernatural happenings that occur in the real haunted house... but it doesn't fool the audience for one second, nor the characters.

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Of course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.»

Stewart plays out the film as if it were a traditional «haunted house» film, but because we already know it is about alien life, we merely watch the characters go through predictable motions until the story catches up with what we already surmise, and the only things keeping viewers reeled in are basic questions such as, «why are they doing this?»

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the least.

In development as far back as 1988 by «House On Haunted Hill» director William Malone, the film circled development hell at MGM for a decade, with «Romper Stomper» director Geoffrey Wright briefly attached, before Hill eventually stepped in, rewriting the script (without apparently knowing that his studio bosses were happier with the previous version).

Rounding out the cast are Chris Hemsworth (the «Thor» films) in the role of Stone Crandall, Rusty's irritatingly successful brother - in - law; Charlie Day (the «Horrible Bosses» films), who plays a river rafting guide; and Skyler Gisondo («Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,» «Hard Sell») and Steele Stebbins («A Haunted House 2»), who play Rusty's sons, James and Kevin.

The film's Exorcist - themed pre-title sequence is probably the funniest stretch of the whole series, but the main plot — with the gang from the first film tricked into staying at a haunted house — lacks whatever inspiration there was in the first one.

Boone has teased that New Mutants is a horror film, and Fox studio exec Stacey Snider compared the X-Men spinoff to «a haunted house movie.»

And indeed, Del Toro just yesterday signed to direct the haunted house movie «Crimson Peak,» confirming it will be his next feature film with a January 2014 start being eyed.

Possessing an intelligent script and a trio of fine performers, the film falls back on familiar haunted house tics — look, a creepy kid — but tells a compelling, literate tale all the same.

Wise and his stable of superlative actors brought to life Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House, and by the time the film's narrator quoted those famous last words from the novel — «whatever walked there, walked alone» — it was time to go to bed and pray that my own bedroom door didn't start pounding.

Remake of the classic haunted house horror film of the same name is an awful mess of a film that is uninspired and poorly acted.

If you've seen either A Haunted House or those earlier Scary Movies you know what to expect: a plethora of lewd and crude renditions of popular scenes based on notable horror film releases since the last flick.

On a bright Los Angeles morning a few days after the Golden Globes, Helen Mirren — dressed impeccably in black while discussing her latest film, the haunted - house tale «Winchester» — arrived at an unexpected concern: the fate of all those poor...

Based on the true story behind the Perron family's terrifying haunting of their Rhode Island farmhouse in 1971, the film focused on real - life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren's efforts to rid the house of the demonic presence of the witch Bathsheba.

A girl (Mizuki Yamamoto) after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend (Tina Tamashiro) in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura (from the «Ringu» films) and Kayako Saeki (from the «Ju - On» films).

Like a late - 1970s haunted house thriller, this film subdues its scares, filling the screen with red herrings and off - handed comedy while building a creepy atmosphere.

In the decades since that first film told the story of a quaint American family whose house was haunted by a group of disgruntled spirits, there have been countless horror entries offering up the same basic premise in slightly titled ways.

If you haven't already started to get a little excited over Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming haunted house horror film CRIMSON PEAK with names like...

The set visit lasted only a few hours, but we saw how the filmmakers transformed an older building into a haunted house and how they filmed a dance scene under the hot sun.

Remaking hit Japanese horror movies (a la «The Ring») is Hollywood's latest plan to rake in big bucks without actually having to be creative or original — and while «The Grudge» is nothing more than a cultural twist on the standard - issue haunted house movie, I will give credit to director Takashi Shimizu (remaking his own film «Ju - On») for giving me goosebumps.

However the problems with the film are its inability to build any real tension or suspense and what starts with promise fast becomes a typical haunted house stereotypical affair.

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the -LSB-...]

He fills the gloomy town with colorfully abstract peasants and hard - bitten villagers, films the Talbot Manor like a haunted house, pumps fog through every nighttime scene, silhouettes his figures in the night with carefully calibrated backlights and sweeps through every transition with striking images that look more like TV commercials than portents of horror.

In «Horror 101: The Exclusive Seminar» (10:27), director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell separately discuss their philosophies for the film, putting new spins on the haunted house and possession genres and doing certain things differently from other modern movies.

On paper, the film seems like a typical paint - by - numbers haunted house affair, but, thanks to Sandberg's slick direction, great production design and an effective soundtrack, it is elevated to something more.