Sentences with phrase «as psychological thrillers»

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If the opening intertitle didn't reveal the fact that The House of the Devil was going to be dealing with the occult / Satanism the film could just as well stand on its own as a psychological thriller about a girl working herself up into a paranoid frenzy over creaks on the floorboards.

The film works on multiple levels — as a supernatural thriller (though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby's eyes), as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy, and as the last word in marital betrayal, since the most despicable villain here is surely Guy, who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role.

Playing as a psychological thriller, players were able to learn more about the complex storyline as they dive into four different character lives.

Although the movie hasn't received much publicity, it has potential as a psychological thriller - and with producer Sam Raimi behind the scenes, the movie could be better than expected.

Some see this version of the story as a psychological thriller about an aging spy in a changing world (and some find Brandauer's Largo to be complex and sensitive; I merely find him bland and tiresome), but there's really nothing to the damned thing beyond a dusty, misguided nostalgia attempting to resurrect Connery's glory days.

As a psychological thriller, Berberian Sound Studio is often hypnotic, but it's also a little one - note: About halfway through its slim running time, the film begins to repeat itself, offering only minor variations on its Blow Out - meets - Suspiria metholodogy.

Indeed, in this age of social - media catfishing, it's not hard to imagine an alternative take on «Man Up» that frames this narrative as a psychological thriller.

A better word for «weak» would be «hodgepodge,» as the psychological thriller cum horror «A Cure for Wellness» brings in elements from «Bride of Frankenstein,» «The Phantom of the Opera,» «Hostel 2,» and all the laughable sci - fi pictures of the 1950's wherein the scripts for dystopian civilizations seem often enough to end up with «Perhaps we scientists would be better off if we did not interfere with nature.»

It could be summed up, if you wanted to, as a psychological thriller: some people perform a criminal act, and it takes its toll on them.

Not exact matches

About four years ago, Lionsgate announced it was planning to remake «American Psycho,» the Wall Street serial killer psychological thriller that boasted a star - making turn by Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman.

We then progressed to making our first feature film together (a psychological thriller called CREDO / which was released as

ABOUT BLACK SWAN: A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis).

Carpenter recently completed production on the psychological thriller THE FACTORY as the female lead opposite John Cusack in the Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment film directed by Morgan O'Neil, and produced by Joel Silver, David Gambino, and Robert Zemeckis.

The film is a psychological thriller in the same vein as Silence of the Lambs and Angel Heart.

In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system.

A psychological thriller from the future in which one man (Sinise) faces a disorienting nightmare as he becomes a fugitive from the law, as well as friends and family, all of whom believe he is a danger to humanity.

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

Jackson was seen as part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed film BOBBY, directed by Emilio Estevez, and starred in the psychological thriller SHUTTER for 20th Century Fox / New Regency, which was shot on location in Tokyo.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Driftwood is presented and promoted as a horror movie with psychological elements, and while this is true, it undersells what is an effective psycho thriller, less about gore and horror, more about story and character.

Psychological thriller about an English couple who are invited to a strange villa where nothing is as it seems.

Charting a turbulent relationship between a cloistered young woman and the vagabond man who turns her world upside down, Pearce's increasingly intense psychological thriller deftly overturns expectations as it dances between timeless fable, modern romance and murder mystery.

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

Jeff Fahey, best known as the star of The Lawnmower Man, headlines director David Fairman's supernaturally - tinged psychological thriller Messages.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis).

Although at first i wasn't sure if i wanted to watch this movie as it is about ballet even if it is a psychological thriller, however it truly won me over, i think Natalie Portman delivers a stunning and top of the form performance that is truly worthy of the oscar.

This thriller balances between the slasher genre and the psychological thriller, as we try to piece together just who the killer is, whether Alice can be stopped, and who is the next person to be killed.

Starring Robin Williams as a photo developer who progressively becomes more and more unstable, this psychological thriller somehow manages to avoid clichés and showcase Williams» unique talents in an absolutely insane role.

Regardless, Fracture is, indeed, a fractured feature which establishes itself as a taut psychological thriller early on only to undercut an intriguing premise with comical 11th hour courtroom antics comparable to the vaudeville act of Pigmeat Markham.

We can continue to wax poetic about the psychological thriller (as with Side Effects), and how Danny Boyle attempted to materialize it on screen with this film, whether it was good or bad.

First Snow isn't so much a traditional thriller as it is a psychological drama, dealing with how one's future is largely controlled by events of the past.

Enough is a dark - as - night psychological thriller directed by Michael Apted (who's roster of composers is most impressive: as well as Arnold, he's worked with James Horner, John Barry, Maurice Jarre, Mark Isham, Danny Elfman - not bad going).

Writer and director Alex Garland manages to take a high - concept premise — a reclusive, Steve Jobs - like genius (Oscar Isaac) invites a young employee (Domhnall Gleeson) to test the android he created (Alicia Vikander) to see if she's truly intelligent — and tuns it into a claustrophobic, tense thriller, as the three circle each other through an hour and a half of vicious psychological manipulation and constant shifts in the balance of power.

[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.

An arty psychological thriller that poses the question of when helping a stranger is dangerous, it stars Joel Edgerton as a man hiding with his family in the woods amid an apocalyptic disease outbreak who allows another family to move in.

Suffice to say that, although as a genre piece it's nothing new, it's still tightly and cleverly handled and unravels as a satisfying psychological thriller that's worthy of some attention.There's a strong cinematic output from our Antipodean friends at the moment, of which, Edgerton seems to be spearheading and this will no doubt convince studios to invest further in his directorial endeavours.Mark Walker

In January, M.Night Shyamalan released Split, a psychological thriller - horror, starring James McAvoy as a man with 23 different personalities.

It's a surefire way to make sure your psychological thriller is seen as both «nuanced» and «provocative,» without having to deliver a satisfying end to the story you've been telling for 97 minutes.

Up - and - coming filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his acclaimed debut film Krisha with It Comes At Night, a psychological horror thriller centering on a teenage boy (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) as he faces mounting terrors — both external and internal — in the aftermath of an unnamed apocalypse.

«Nancy, Please veers from a yuppie nesting comedy into a nifty psychological thriller — as well as a dead - on depiction of doctoral - student psychosis.»

Yet, the film plays out with little sense of requisite suspense that made the first Psycho such a great film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.

If you're worried about this film being touted as a «psychological thriller» and not a full - blown horror film, well, boy oh boy, don't you worry.

Max Joseph's «We Are Your Friends,» with Zac Eron, about an aspiring Hollywood DJ, Luca Guadagnino's psychological thriller «A Bigger Splash,» with Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts and Dakota Johnson, Brian Hegland's Tom Hardy gangster thriller «Legend» and Stephen Frears» still - untitled Lance Armstrong movie, with Ben Foster as the cyclist, are all in post-production.

Over the past 15 years, Christopher Nolan has proven himself as a master of intelligent filmmaking, generally sticking to the psychological thriller genre while mixing in action and brain - bending flourishes.

Two - time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou has been cast as a series regular in the second season of Fox's «Wayward Pines,» the summer psychological thriller from M. Night Shyamalan.

The film is the latest true - story based projected directed by Bennett Miller; part psychological drama / thriller, part sports drama, Foxcatcher reads as being a hybrid of genre tropes presents in Miller's previous biographical features, Capote and Moneyball.

His most recent film was «Queen of Earth,» a psychological thriller starring Moss and Katherine Waterston as two women who spend a week together at a lake house and realize they've drifted apart.

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