Sentences with phrase «day as a horror film»

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Any relief at the revelation that that violence is not going down in the film's present - day reality, though, just as quickly gives way to the deeper horror about what Moll and her community might be hiding from us.

Venom's premise, which is borderline nonsensical in its unfolding, is curiously played straight by director Piers Haggard as something closer to the similarly location - bound Dog Day Afternoon than the more populist horror films that cropped up during the early 1980s.

Available same day as select theaters nationwide is Ghost Stories (2017, not rated), a British anthology horror film with a streak of dark humor co-starring Martin Freeman.

This horror film also starred Kerry Condon (Human Affairs, Better Call Saul - TV) as Katie, David Tennant (Doctor Who - TV, Jessica Jones - TV) as Cale Erendreich, Carlito Olivero (We the Party, East Los High - TV) as Derek Sandoval and Jacqueline Byers (Ordinary Days, Full Out) as Riley Seabrook.

The spirit of a vicious child serial killer resurfaces in the nightmares of teens in modern - day and is responsible for their subsequent and shocking deaths in this tense, spooky thriller from who else, but Wes Craven (I'm actually not that familiar at all with his style, but since this is a horror film for the ages I figured I'd best get ahead and jump on the bandwagon as quick as possible to make up for lost time).

This could have been done on purpose, as there are deeper meanings with that idea, in itself, but at the end of the day, this is a horror film without the horror.

As you may remember from the original film, those who watch the tape of horse drownings, dimension - traversing flies, and various miscellaneous horrors are doomed to die in seven days... unless they make a copy and share it with someone else, a target Gabriel has coined «a tail.»

Britain fared better, with my favourite sci - fi horror film in a long time, Glazer's Under the Skin, and my favourite entertainment film of the year, the conventional, but charming Pride, while the flawed Mr. Turner impressively reflects the great painter's sun worship through Dick Pope's widescreen cinematography.Highlights of my year included being on the FIPRESCI jury at the Hong Kong IFF, where I admired Yang Hen's third feature, Na pian hu shui (Lake August), and a couple of first features among others, as well as attending the amazing HK film market for the first time, where I saw one of my three 2014 «films for the ages», Tsai's Journey to the West; and seeing a nitrate print of Hitchcock's Rebecca at the George Eastman House in Rochester (where they are doing a three - day all - nitrate festival in May, 2015!).

In a year made of horror films that have delivered more unintentional laughter than genuine scares, As Above, So Below fits the bill as exactly the kind of low - budget, lower - quality flick you'd see released on the big screen for the Labor Day weekenAs Above, So Below fits the bill as exactly the kind of low - budget, lower - quality flick you'd see released on the big screen for the Labor Day weekenas exactly the kind of low - budget, lower - quality flick you'd see released on the big screen for the Labor Day weekend.

Sarah Snook is Marian Marriott, Sarah's perhaps obsessively loyal niece and secretary, whose son Henry (Finn Scicluna - O'Prey) acts as the spooky, singing British tyke we can expect in any period horror film these days.

The movie's weirdest choice is its director, Scott Derrickson, who was responsible for a bland remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, as well as some tepid horror films (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, etc.), but somehow he shows a sure touch over the film's spectacular visuals.

Amirpour's attempt to create a psychedelic modern - day spaghetti western backslides, as it ironically embodies its title: this film turns out to be the utmost «Bad Batch» of horror thrillers that try to critique today's society.

Having started out as an unsuccessful film pitch, «30 Days of Night» began as a three - issue comic book series published by IDW from horror veteran Steve Niles and revered artist Ben Templesmith.

When you think of Happy Death Day as more of a coming - of - age teen film than an outright horror movie, the merits are more clear.

Written as a comedy - horror by director M. Night Shyamalan, The Visit attempts to return to the director's glory days when his films could be counted on for their clever twists.

It stands just behind 28 Days Later as the second best horror film in a year that has turned out pretty darned well for the genre.

Peele, the former «MADtv» cast member better known these days as half of the comedy duo of Key and Peele, has created a 21st century horror film that is similar in tone and design to «Invasion of the Body Snatchers» or «The Stepford Wives.»

Rising star Monroe first broke through in the 2014 horror film «It Follows,» followed by subsequent turns in «The Guest» and «Independence Day: Resurgence,» while O'Leary is best known for his role in Rian Johnson's debut «Brick,» as well as «Live Free or Die Hard» and «The Lone Ranger.»

XYZ Films and Distant Corners Entertainment are teaming up to make Holidays, a horror anthology film that'll feature segments based on holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween and Mother's Day.

This latest edition of Now Stream This has scoured streaming services to bring you back a variety of films: comedy, horror, drama, as well as modern - day movies and classics from Hollywood's yesterday.

It also serves as an underlying subversive streak, a unique and nagging abstraction about current war time politics, sandwiched into genre in the glorious tradition of horror films from days past.

IDW's original horror series, Â 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the # 1 film in its first week of release.