Sentences with phrase «classic haunted house»

I do still remember the first story I completed though... what else but a classic haunted house tale.

Writer - director Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and co-scripter C. Robert Cargill (the Ain't It Cool News staffer who pitched the story) clearly hoped to make Sinister an old - school horror movie, mining terror from classic haunted house scenarios designed to drive a desperate writer to Shining - style madness.

Wan's strengths lie in his ability to cull what works in classic haunted house stories (think The Old Dark House, The Haunting, Poltergeist) and adapt them for modern tastes.

Remake of the classic haunted house horror film of the same name is an awful mess of a film that is uninspired and poorly acted.

Based on his long - running comic book, which debuted in 2008 before wrapping up at the end of 2013, «Locke & Key» would have combined a classic haunted house tale with complex and rich mythology, and as such managed to attract some heavyweight names: «Star Trek» duo Kurtzman & Orci were writing with «War Of The Worlds» scribe Josh Friedman, Steven Spielberg was producing and «Never Let Me Go» helmer Mark Romanek was brought on to direct the pilot, which reportedly cost as much as $ 10 million.

Not exact matches

Shirley Jackson's classic 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House gets the full effects - laden, end - of - the - century treatment from action director De Bont (Speed, Twister), which essentially means more computer - generated phantasms and a much, much louder audio track than Robert Wise's superlative 1963 version.

In this remake of a 1963 horror classic (based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House), Liam Neeson portrays a psychologist who is researching fear.

Atari is bringing back classic horror franchises Alone in the Dark and Haunted House later this year, and the publisher has just opened up pre-orders for both titles.

«Insidious» is an affectionate visit to the Haunted House Movie, a genre that seems classic in contrast to Queasy - Cam gorefests.

For the most part, Insidious sticks closely to the haunted house genre of horror (a sort of revival of classics like Poltergeist and The Amityville Horror).

THR has revealed that Game of Thrones star Michiel Huisman has become the first addition to the cast of The Haunting of Hill House, the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic 1959 novel from writer - director Mike Flanagan (Absentia, Oculus).

Vampires, haunted houses, chainsaw wielding maniacs chopping up young virgins; it's movies such as cult classics Jacobis Ladder, David Lynch's Eraser Head and indie favourite Delicatessen that have really taken the dark route over traditional Hollywood fare.»

We Need to Talk About Kevin is haunting and chilling thriller that was based on a book by Lionel Shriver that rehashes the classic debate of nature - versus - nurture in an uncompromising art - house style.

1999's «House on Haunted Hill» might be a horror classic, but it certainly inspired dozens of copycats over its basic premise — invite a handful of seeming strangers for a weekend getaway, and terrorize every last one of them.

Arriving October 6th from Universal and Legendary Pictures, the trailer for Crimson Peak looks like a classic haunter on roids as Guillermo del Toro brings all sorts of inspiration from films such as The Legend of Hell House, The Haunting, House On Haunted Hill, The Addams Family and even Haunted Mansion.

It's transposes the classic «haunted house» story into the great outdoors.

From Shirley Jackson's eerie, intellectual ghost story «The Haunting of Hill House» director Robert Wise and screenwriter Nelson Gidding weave a classic supernatural thriller, a shocker without gore, a ghost movie seemingly without ghosts.

Best - case scenario: Crimson Peak is a new horror classic, reinventing the haunted house picture and dominating the box office all the way through Halloween.

Gil Keenan's Poltergeist remake has had an uphill battle since it was first announced, mostly because Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic of the same name is as close to perfect as a haunted house movie can get — there's virtually nothing, aside from some special effects, that would benefit from a remake.

This early -»80s haunted - house classic still manages to scare the pants off of people today.

Its twisting narrative of family mysteries, haunted Scottish manor houses, and the legacy of ancient Druidic rituals combine successfully to create an effective take on classic Gothic.

Director Guillermo del Toro has described the script for his upcoming film Crimson Peak, his first ghost - themed horror film since The Devil's Backbone, as a classic Gothic romance with a mix of kinky and scary moments, set in a haunted house in England.

The haunted house tale is said to be taking cues from classic horror films like The Haunting and The Shining it should be at the very least one of the more visually impressive films coming later this year.

As a master of literary fiction in the American Gothic tradition, Jackson always subverted the trappings of genre, using the classic tropes of the haunted house and the mysterious villagers to illustrate deep cultural and personal anxieties.

JU - ON: The Grudge for Wii is a Haunted House Simulator where accessibility and instant scares are given priority over all other game aspects, The title is inspired by the Japanese classic horror movie, JU - ON, on which the American release of the hit horror film «The Grudge» was based upon.

Coming across grove street is cool, and the 007 esq speed boat under a lagoon outcrop along the coast is a nice little Easter egg, for classic 007 fans, might be totally unrelated to 007 but that's what struck me, awesome game, would like more weird stuff though, haunted houses, axe murders in woods etc..

Listen to the director and shoot your way through five different spoofs of classic B - Movie themes: the Wild West, undersea monsters, haunted house, mobsters and a robot invasion.

Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1 (PS4 / XB1): Includes: Adventure, Asgo Concentration, Asteroids, Asteroids (Arcade), Asteroids Deluxe (Arcade), Basic Math Blackjack, Breakout, Casino, Championship Soccer, Checkers, Chess, Code Breaker, Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles (arcade), Demons to Diamonds, Double Dunk, Flag Capture, Golf, Gravitar, Gravitar (arcade), Hangman, Haunted House, Major Havoc (arcade), Maze craze, Missile Command, Missile Command (Arcade), Night Driver, Off the Wall, Outlaw, Race, Red Baron (arcade), Return to Haunted House, RS Baseball, RS Basketball, RS Tennis, Secret Quest, Sentinel, Sky Diver, Spacewar, Sprint (arcade), Starship, Stellar Track, Street Racer, Sub Commander, Super Breakout, Super Breakout (Arcade), Surround, V Pinball, and Video cube.

Whether this is the classic Mario Circuit or the Haunted House, the new head - turning abilities mixed with some killer graphics and sometimes fun and epic elements (we'll particularly appreciate the giant Bowser made of fire in the villain's updated volcano - mansion) make for a very fun game to reveal and explore.

Just this year, Atari has released several modern interperations of classic games, including Haunted House, Alone in the Dark and RollerCoaster Tycoon.

Here, the game breaks from the classic creepy and sinister haunted house to an atmosphere of desolation in a broken down facility in the middle of nowhere.