Sentences with phrase «dead of slapstick»

It was Steve Martin who said, «Comedy isn't pretty,» but it's Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the writer - directors here, who prove it; this is the Dawn of the Dead of slapstick.

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In an event Daley said «had overtones of comedy slapstick,» another black American runner — John Woodruff, who died last week at 92 — won the 800 meters by stopping dead in mid-race.

The videos are slapstick mini-masterpieces for softball aficionados, with Butler and Woodward giving famed comedy duos through history a run for their money as a pair of buffoons — Butler the boisterous, over-the-top funny man; Woodward the perfectly droll, hyper - vocal straight man, filling in dead air with improvised lines — desperately trying to get into a bat to juice it up.

It's not brain dead comedy created solely for slapstick humor but has a self - depreciating way of portraying the life of its central characters and their actions.

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This brilliant pastiche of the Hollywood action movie is brought to you by the same team as Shaun Of The Dead, and has the same mix of silly one - liners, slapstick and spooferof the Hollywood action movie is brought to you by the same team as Shaun Of The Dead, and has the same mix of silly one - liners, slapstick and spooferOf The Dead, and has the same mix of silly one - liners, slapstick and spooferof silly one - liners, slapstick and spoofery.

Weird weapons like these — which you craft out of ordinary items you find all over the mall — form the backbone of Dead Rising's slapstick take on the zombie apocalypse.

As «Dead by Dawn» was to the first «Evil Dead,» the blood and gore have been intensified and the result is a slapstick bit of horror insanity.

Like the trailer, the game will be tongue - in - cheek — not slapstick, but not dark either, Dead Island 2 seeks to play up the idea of Venice Beach, California as a zombie playground.

Dead Snow (Død snø) pulled a similar trick with its Nazi zombies, though was of course aiming for an almost slapstick tone.

More than just a splatter film (though as a splatter film, it's one of the best), Evil Dead II is joy and aptitude coming together in a wondrous alchemy to produce a classic, nigh - unclassifiable slapstick / gorefest.

«Dead and Loving It» is often dismissed these days because the Lord of the Vampires is played by Leslie Nielsen, but at the time, Nielsen hadn't yet begun to over-saturate the market with sub-par slapstick comedies.

Putting jokes in a horror movie isn't a new idea, of course, but 10 Cloverfield Lane doesn't feel like Evil Dead, Scream, or Shaun of the Dead; its humor isn't parody, caricature, or slapstick.

The slapstick weaponry paired with the interesting storyline clearly shows that Capcom are dead set on bringing out the big guns with the release of its second zombie manslaughter sim, Dead Risindead set on bringing out the big guns with the release of its second zombie manslaughter sim, Dead RisinDead Rising 2.

Among other games getting scored are the astonishingly good Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow, the excellent Enslaved: Journey To The West and the slapstick gore of Dead Rising Of Shadow, the excellent Enslaved: Journey To The West and the slapstick gore of Dead Rising of Dead Rising 2.

Zombie fans can look forward to the slapstick, Christmas - themed action of Dead Rising 4, as well as the more serious, survival - minded adventures of State of Decay 2.

Similar blood effects from Dead Rising's (2006) slapstick zombie adventure can be seen in Shadow of the Colossus (2005) in a deeper hue.