Sentences with phrase «best horror writers»
The enemy design was among the most creative the franchise ever achieved, the speed and fluidity of combat made the game simply feel more enjoyably to play and the story and lore pays homage to some of the best horror writers the world has ever known.
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Author of Fear — Stephen King is without a doubt one of the best horror writers out there and this feature is dedicated to him.
Also, Amy Cross is a good horror writer.
To celebrate the publication of his fourth novel, Last Days (St. Martin's Griffin) later this month, British horror writer Adam Nevill shares 10 modern novels that made him a better horror writer.
Not exact matches
H.P. Lovecraft, the fantasy and horror writer, might well have been describing this range in his 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness.
One of the many good things in this movie was the fact that not only the writers of horror movies do bad things to their victims but also and many times much worse to their evil monsters.
As writer - director, though, Stone had first made two horror movies (1974's Seizure and 1981's The Hand), neither well regarded today.
Unfortunately, it appears as though this is one of those cases where the writers» previous filmography is a good indicator of what to expect here; namely, a whole lot of horror genre cliches and familiar setups that lack the precision or creativity, in terms of execution, to make them feel fresh or to create atmosphere.
I must say, though, that I didn't find it all that extreme, since writer / director Julia Ducournau references so many other horror films (and does it so well).
Writer / director Jordan Peele's satirical horror film, Get Out, scored 6 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell may be best known for kicking off the long - running (and phenomenally successful) Saw franchise, but the pair's latest film is arguably their first attempt at pure horror.
Although a third act reveal serves to explain away the supernatural element of the threat, there's always this nagging sense that Spectral might work a lot better if Mathieu or the multiple credited writers had sought to play up the horror element that comes with the territory the film flirts with.
Writer / director Jeremy Saulnier has crafted a horror film that plays upon the well - chosen phobias about extremists, backwoods rough justice, and the down side of the music business.
Although Kirgo is both a good writer and a good historian, based on this essay I feel like she has a bias against horror that retroactively impacts some of the fine work she's done with noir, since horror and noir are opposite sides of the same nihilistic coin.
The writer and director of «Get Out» on Sunday, March 4, won an Oscar for his first film, taking a best original screenplay statue for the sociological thriller about a black man who meets his white girlfriend's family and finds a house of racial horrors.
It's very rare for a movie franchise to get better with each successive installment (especially in the horror genre), but that's exactly what writer / director James DeMonaco has done with the «Purge» series, refining the concept each time by carrying over the elements that worked best.
Kudos to the debut directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, as well as writers Leigh Whannell (Saw, 2004) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of horror comedy television series Scream Queens, 2015), for not handling the subject matter with kid gloves.
The Italian genre movie writer / director Lucio Fulci is probably best known for his ultra-gory horror movies, such as Zombie Flesh Eaters (a.k.a. Zombie), The Beyond and City of the Living Dead, so he's often considered a rather trashy director by more mainstream critics.
As well as a handshake deal with Oscar - nominated Dee Rees to make a lesbian horror movie, other irons in the fire include urban vampire tale Family Blood, a new project from Saw and Insidious writer Leigh Whannell, and a sequel to Halloween.
Rolling Stone's Peter Travers has suggested that writer - director Julia Ducournau's first feature film Raw is «a contender for best horror movie of the decade» and who are we to disagree?
Add writing by a well - known British horror writer and voicing by a master thespian and starship captain.
With their critically - acclaimed 28 Days Later, British writer Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle proved both that the zombie film was ripe for a new twist and that they could make a really good horror movie in their first try.
Writer / director Guillermo del Toro was ostensibly inspired by Creature from the Black Lagoon, a classic horror flick from the Fifties which spawned a couple of sequels as well as a comedic spinoff, Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Looking at the latest update for the Until Dawn product page on their website, it still has a release date of «2013 exclusively to PlayStation 3,» with the opening of the description reading: «We've been working on this game for a while now, working with Hollywood writers and US TV talent, doing our best to bring the Teen Horror experience to PlayStation.
«Under the Shadow» is a balancing act of great dynamics, great scares, and is one of the best horror films to have come along in a while, thanks to writer and director Babak Anvari.
Match that with the genius of Drew Goddard, writer of «Cloverfield» & «Serenity» and you get one of the best horror film of the year.
Bursting with themes from writer / director Guillermo del Toro's oeuvre — including the horrors of war, the pain and loneliness of being an outsider, and the ambiguous nature of those we call monsters — this fantastical love story is one of the best movies of the year.
, A Good Day to Die Hard Rated R, Terminator 5 Writers 1:04:10 — Other Stuff We Watched: Seven Psychopaths, Django Unchained, The Watch, Midnight Run, Punch - Drunk Love, Les Miserables, The House I Live In, John Dies at the End, West of Memphis, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Crime Story, Miami Connection, Looper, The Campaign, No Crossover, Skyfall, Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style, The Looking Glass War, Raw Deal 1:52:10 — Junk Mail: Combined Top 100 Lists, Lack of Animated Movies in Top 100s, The Demise of HMV, Horror Premium Podcasts, This or That 2013 Edition, Director's Cuts, Unrated Editions of Comedies 2:29:35 — This Week on DVD and Blu - ray 2:31:40 — Outro
The writer / director's distinctive brand of genre homage remains, evolving from horror to action to science fiction; his good - natured irreverence again rears its head in satirical commentary and clever comedy; his man - child protagonists return, with different character names and dynamics but the same immature traits.
And should writers want to read one of their own doing a point - by - point refutation of the horrors, our dependable colleague and author David Gaughran's Why Amazon's Purchase of Goodreads Is A Good Thing offers a lot of sensible solace, ticking off the points, as I've done, that are being flatly refuted — fully on the record, remember — by the players involved.
The horror stories of bad treatment by agents is well documented in the comments of Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing, but I don't think we can even imagine the explosion in numbers of scams and writers getting taken by agents.
She, like her character Meg, turned into a workaday writer, producing three mystery novels: Dead Clever, In Your Face, and Seaside (all three links go to the full text at Google), featuring the sassy sleuth, Lily Pascale, an English professor who just happens to specialize in horror and crime fiction as well as creative writing.
This is a wonderful collection of classic horror tales by some of the best writers - not just horror writers.
While more well - known as a horror writer and pioneer of the tales that became the Hellraiser franchise, The Thief of Always shows that Barker can pen a book that speaks to young adults just as powerfully as his horror novels speak to lovers of the macabre.
Here are 10 modern horror novels that just might inspire you to be a better writer.
A tribute to horror - story master Shirley Jackson, this novel weaves events from the writer's life into a hypnotic story that will please Jackson fans as well as anyone in search of a solidly written literary thriller.
For some reason this book touched a place in my heart and I cried... When Stephen King goes from an awesome horror writer to a touching author he does his best.
Sheila Clover English is the author of a non fiction book about marketing and book trailers as well as a fantasy, scifi, YA, romance and horror writer.
Genre Writer Association Prizes The genre fiction scene has a strong, well - regarded contest presence, including SFWA, The World Science Fiction Society, Western Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, Horror Writers Association, Romance Writers of America, and The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
According to my author ranks, I rank best as a horror writer.
The stories got some good reviews, and figured I was a dark fantasy writer as well as a heroic fantasy one — until my reviewers kept saying they liked my innovative horror stories.
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I even got some personal feedback on my own work, from great writers like internet business guru Steve Scott, master cover designer / publishing genius Derek Murphy, and best - selling horror author J. Thorn.
And to be completely realistic, if you're a genre writer — romance, mystery, horror, thrillers and the like — your odds of getting reviewed by the majors aren't much better than winning the lottery.
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A good guide for the tricky little (and big) things to avoid or overcome is US horror writer Guido Henkel's informative and detailed nine - part series, Take pride in your e-book formatting.
Among our members, you'll find writers of action / adventure, fantasy, historical, horror, inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, suspense, time travel, war, westerns, stories for children and young adults — in short, all the most popular fiction genres, as well as non-fiction self - help and how - to.
the horror writer Kathryn Meyer Griffith asked in an online forum, adding, «They're doing a good job of recreating that whole unfair bogus system where they make the money and we authors survive on the pennies that are left.»
Richard Rouse III is a game designer and writer, best known for The Suffering horror games and his book Game Design: Theory & Practice.
We've been working on this game for a while now, working with Hollywood writers and US TV talent, doing our best to bring the a new horror experience to the PlayStation Move.