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Gears has flirted with the horror genre since the beginning, with its penchant for horrific visuals and a cast of bad guys that are more monsters than aliens.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/ Not exact matches
«Cabin» successfully redefines the horror genre... something I haven't seen since «Scream».
I've been enjoying a lot of the Trailblazing Women programming myself but since we're in the middle of Schocktober, I thought I'd set aside some time to highlight some of my favorite horror films and thrillers directed by women who have left their macabre mark on a genre that many mistakenly assume is not very female friendly.
Finally, there is «Raw» (March 7, 8), a horror film that has been on the radar on many genre fans ever since a controversial screening at the Toronto Film Festival where the grisly imagery on display supposedly caused some viewers to faint.
By its very existence it begs the question of whether this (or the upcoming Kevin Costner vehicle Dragonfly) would even have been considered if not for the success of the supposedly non-influential The Blair Witch Project: a mainstream horror film that flies in the face of conventional genre wisdom (at least since The Exorcist) in refraining from gore as steadfastly as it refuses to show its bogeyman.
by Walter Chaw The only genre that boasts more direct - to - video fare than horror is porn, and since we haven't quite reached the point of quiet desperation needed to begin reviewing porn, find here a smelted cheddar of four dtv horror features (actually, The Boogeyman got a theatrical release in 1980, though I can't understand why): the eighth film in Clive Barker's venerable horror octology, Hellraiser: Hellworld; The Boogeyman and its second sequel, the legitimately straight - to - video Return of the Boogeyman; and Kevin VanHook's The Fallen Ones.
While he still works frequently in the genre, Young succesfully shook off his typecasting as «the horror guy» a few years ago (perhaps his Golden Globe nomination for 2001's The Shipping News signalling the final shackle coming off); and this is probably his strongest «serious» score since then.
Ever since then, I have seen most movies in the horror genre at least twice and surrounded my home with a plethora of slasher memorabilia, movies, and comics.
The buzz after Ari Aster's world premiere was that Sundance had produced its first horror great since «The Witch,» but midnight buzz is often a bit, shall we say, genre - biased, and films often sink when they play in the daylight.
With all due respect to the fans of The Sixth Sense, with which others may draw comparisons due to its ending, I'm going to go against the grain and proclaim The Others as the best horror film I have seen since — well, I can't remember since when — unless you consider Silence of the Lambs within the horror genre.
Since then, I owned and played games from a wide variety of genres but I always fell back upon the survival horror and creepy titles.
Since, of course, The Lords of Salem is essentially a horror movie, it will ultimately go the way of genre and privilege the supernatural over the rational, but before that happens, much like the films that it so lovingly apes — Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby and The Tenant, William Friedkin's The Exorcist — it will flex and stretch its ambiguities to uncanny breaking point.
That's the most tantalizing hook the horror genre has offered since «The Blair Witch Project» opened the «found footage» floodgates more than a dozen years ago.
As the Steven Spielberg - produced, Joe Dante - directed movie nears its 30th anniversary, its star Zach Galligan has returned to the big screen and the horror genre, and he sits down with ETonline for an extended, exclusive interview about all things Gremlins, from working with the stunning Phoebe Cates and those unpredictable animatronic creatures to the controversy surrounding the film's MPAA rating and the unexpected celebrities who have since outed themselves as fans!
Since the horror genre is pretty much always ignored when awards season rolls around, this year, we figured our horror guru and The Golden Briefcase co-host Tim Buel should take the time to honor some of the best horror films of 2012.
Since then, though, the horror genre has changed.
Perhaps it was that last film that drew her to this new project, since The Invitation has elements of horror in it, though «creeper» might be a better designation for its odd take on the genre (its imdb page lists it as a «thriller»).
There is a long and creative horror tradition in Japanese cinema but Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 House is like nothing seen in the genre before or since.
Since «Hobo with a Shotgun,» Jason Eisener has focused on the horror genre, making segments for the anthology films «The ABCs of Death» and «V / H / S 2.»
My complaint with the horror genre in the years since Scream has been about how little it has changed.
While I generally ignore all action, adventure, horror, thriller, and genre films these days, and I don't think I've gone to the theatre solely to drool at a hot guy on screen since high school, Jake Gyllenhaal is one of my weaknesses.
Outside of «The Cabin in the Woods» (which is tough to even peg into this genre), it has been nearly 20 years since a horror film made my top ten list.
Since the birth of the the film industry, puppetry has continuously loaned its magic of entertaining people to the screen, particularly in the horror genre.
The Spierig Bothers made a name for themselves in the 2000s with their imaginative sci - fi / monster horror mashups Undead and Daybreakers, but have since transitioned into making less memorable genre fare like Predestination and the Saw revival Jigsaw.
The form and function of cinematic zombies have shifted throughout the years, but the presence of the zombie movie within the horror genre has remained a steady force since the early»30s.
Sightseers hit the radar of many horror fans since its announcement because after his huge hit, Kill List, Ben Wheatley really made a name for himself in the horror genre.
The mainstream film that 20th Century Fox expected would have long since faded in memory, but Bird's lack of genre and Hollywood experience contributed to one quirky horror - comedy filled with memorable lines like, «He was licking me!»
Remaking horror films is a dubious business, especially since thatparticular genre relies so much on a particular time and mood.
Since then, Flanagan has been hard at work, and he now has not one, not two, but three films slated to come out this year: his passion project Before I Wake, the sequel to the 2014 genre hit Ouija, and Hush, a slick, low - budget horror film he made in secret.
Such is the enduring notoriety and classic horror status of The Exorcist (1973) that anything that has come since in the genre arguably has had a mountain of expectation to climb.
The original 1968 film has become iconic in the Horror genre and completely redefined the way we understand «zombies» in the traditional sense; this was the first time zombies by name had been featured as the undead, flesh - eating, slow - moving ghouls we have come to know in countless films and television shows since.
Junior, Eraser, Jingle All the Way, and Batman & Robin have been the worst string of failures since Arnold's early days, and in his attempt at a comeback he decided to do a genre he had never done before with End of Days, action - horror.
Of course, horror has since the beginning of time been looked down upon by film buffs, and «torture porn» is just another way to slam the genre for being the bastard stepchild of the entertainment industry.
John McNaughton comes back out to play It's been nearly 30 years since director John McNaughton announced himself to the world with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which gifted us Michael Rooker, and far too long since he returned to the horror genre.
Jackson is most at home when venturing into the creepy and suspenseful, no surprise since he built his career from the horror genre.
I've never been a big fan of the horror genre but since I like Jennifer Weiner's work, I thought I would give this one a try.
Since his first published short story won the Rod Serling Memorial Award in the 1982 Twilight Zone Magazine Short Fiction contest, Dan Simmons has won some of the top awards in science fiction, horror, fantasy, and thriller genres, as well as honors for his mainstream fiction.
Ever since the advent of my obsession with vampires and werewolves, I couldn't help but explore the realms of the horror genre.
However, I think it deserves its own separate niche since it blends elements of not just these two previously distinct genres of fantasy and romance but also often science fiction and even horror.
Resident Evil and Wolfenstein may count among the most recognisable franchises in gaming, but the latest entry of the former reverted to an intense survival - horror experience that, after the crowd - pleasing action excesses of recent entries, was always going to be a hard sell, while the latter is part of a genre in which story campaigns have scarcely mattered since 2007.
Now don't mis - understand me, co-op I guess could be done in any genre / game but outside of shooters it doesn't automatically make sense, Alan Wake is a psychological action thriller, set in an open world game where YOU play as a writer who's trying to discover the mystery of what seems to be your latest horror story which you can't even remember for some reason is now coming to life, in a small isolated town; oh and your wife has vanished too = Alan Wake himself IS the story, co-op in this case would be redundant for a story driven type game like Alan Wake since at its core its all about YOU deciding where to go an «unlocking» the plot for YOURSELF.
may count among the most recognisable franchises in gaming, but the latest entry of the former reverted to an intense survival - horror experience that, after the crowd - pleasing action excesses of recent entries, was always going to be a hard sell, while the latter is part of a genre in which story campaigns have scarcely mattered since 2007.
Since the inception of VR, horror titles have enjoyed the «must be seen in VR» label like few other genres.
With unlimited resources though, I would be able put in even more work in the games that we would create since there would be no deadlines about money,» said Gustav, adding, «Notes was the first horror game I ever made and I have really fallen in love with the genre.
If you're looking for a high - speed shooter, stay far away, but if you're looking for survival horror, this looks to be the best game in the genre since Amnesia & Siren Blood Curse.
The Resident Evil franchise, which pioneered the horror genre in video games, has sold 60 million units since 1996 and spawned a series of successful motion pictures that have grossed over $ 900 million worldwide.
Since Resident Evil 6, this genre of horror has flooded the market, and entries such as Outlast and Layers of Fear have done a better job than what we have been shown so far.
Survival horror is one of the more unique genres, since they work against what is typically seen in games.
The latest entrant to the horror genre, Phantasmal, finally gets a trailer and boasts the improvements Eyemobi have been making since the Alpha last year.
for the birth of the survival horror genre, Resident Evil first burst onto the scene in 1996 and has since paved the way for a multitude of survival horror titles throughout the years, right up until