Sentences with phrase «guignol scene»
Just when we think the tension in a Grand Guignol scene couldn't be more excruciating, Garland pays homage to Clavell's depiction of the Fly squealing, «Help me!»
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Even most of the death scenes feel rushed, highlighting the PG - 13 rating that the film has secured, and one does miss the Grand Guignol extravagance of the Final Destination franchise.
De Palma's victims have often been women, and his carousel of Grand Guignol style and campy tone, sometimes in the same scene, can still make for a queasy ride.
If the spirit of Busby Berkeley lives on in «Reefer Madness,» so does the Grand - Guignol style of George Romero, in the blood - spattered scenes of mayhem, the staggering zombies, the beheadings, the odd impaling and occasional taste of cannibalism.
Sewn into the story is the debauched Grand Guignol behind - the - scenes world of rock star excess, compete with promiscuous groupies assailed by roadies and moguls, and somewhere in there is the wide - eyed, and well - intentioned ingenue Phoenix (Jessica Harper, magnificent), the beauty to Winslow's beast.
There's one scene in particular, in which Bosworth dons a fur coat and carries an electronic hacksaw, that takes the Grand Guignol approach the whole piece needed.
But we never stop to ask one critical question — after the bullets have stopped filling the air, after the high octane Grand Guignol shows, who makes sure that the murder scenes are spick and span?