Sentences with phrase «creature feature films»

When she's not hiking with her furry gunslinger named Annie, she can be found road tripping, devouring Stephen King novels, and regularly advocating for»80s creature feature films.

«An American Werewolf in London» director John Landis told his son Max Landis not to remake the movie.The iconic creature feature film hit cinemas in...

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You know, I can't remember «Lake Placid 2 ″ or «Lake Placid 3,» but here we are with the fourth - and - purportedly last film in the giant crocodile creature features.

It should have been a no - brainer: The movie is based on a late -»80s arcade game spawned by the creature - feature films of the»50s and»60s, in which one to three players controlled giant monsters as they stomped the bejeezus out of one cityscape after another while the tiny cartoon populace reacted accordingly.

However, despite sounding like a set - up for a stereotypical Sasquatch creature feature, Primal Rage takes more of its influences from modern slasher films.

In either a brilliant subversion of creature - feature films, or a top - notch blending of subgenres, a good chunk of the movie is essentially Friday the 13th if Jason Voorhees was Sasquatch.

The film is being described as a new creature feature horror - comedy, which is directed by Aaron Mento.

Now, as Garcia pointed out, she's biased about that Star Wars project because it features Alden Ehrenreich, who starred in the film adaptation of her book, Beautiful Creatures.

Our family matinee on Saturday will feature one of Sayles» most poetic and imaginative films, «The Secret of Roan Inish,» about an Irish creature of the sea that may not be entirely mythical.

This is not one of those creature features with a super villain Freddy Kruger style but a film of atmosphere and slight creeps.

There are many reasons why The Thing is considered a top - tier horror movie, but the fact that any one of the stellar character actors featured in the film could actually be the titular shape - shifting alien creature is definitely one of them.

Essentially a subversive homage to the B - movie creature features of the era, the film doesn't even try to pretend that the monster — which has been dragged up from a river in South America — is going to be the bad guy.

Between his earthquake disaster film San Andreas (2015) and this city - levelling creature feature, it's starting to look as if precocious Canadian director Brad Peyton is applying for the job last held by...

Extras repeat the U.K. release including a feature length audio commentary track with the Chiodo Brothers, The Making of Killer Klowns: a 20 - minute featurette looking at the film's production, including an interview with the Chiodo Brothers alongside behind - the - scenes footage, Visual Effects with Gene Warren Jr.: an interview with Charles Chiodo and visual effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr., Kreating Klowns: an interview with Charles Chiodo and creature fabricator Dwight Roberts, Bringing Life to These Things - A Tour of Chiodo Bros..

Marshall, not content to simply toy with one concept, however, takes his conceit further; in addition to crafting a wholly claustrophobic and tense caving adventure, the second half of his film forks, morphing into a gory, blood - fueled creature feature as the group is attacked by an Ork - like army of cave dwellers.

The film, written by and co-starring Quentin Tarantino, is a fast - paced old - school creature feature with an in - his - prime George Clooney as the sexy criminal Seth Gecko.

That scene seems straight out of a 70s creature feature rather than a Steven Spielberg film.

Guillermo del Toro's creature feature The Shape of Water triumphed at the Critics» Choice awards, winning four prizes including best film and best director.

Watch the trailer for «MoonQuake Lake» — which features RiRi as some lake - dwelling creature who facetimes for some reason — below, along with a Beck and Sia collaboration for the fake film.

It comes as a bit of a surprise that, with so many recent horror films aping off of different subgenres from the past, no one has really attempted to tackle the creature feature.

by Beth Wilson Our new weekly column - Trailer Tuesday - inspired by the up - coming release of two new shark films looks at how trailers sell this particular brand of creature feature to audiences..

Well, if we look at other Korean genre films such as Kim Jee Woon's western THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD, and Bong Joon Ho's creature feature THE HOST, South Korea certainly has a way of injecting a fresh voice into a tired and familiar genre.

by Walter Chaw Joe Cornish's low - budget creature - feature Attack the Block is a charmer, a delight, the kind of rare film — like Jack Sholder's The Hidden, Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, or Steve De Jarnatt's Miracle Mile — that devotees will latch onto, and for good reason, with the fervour afforded genuine cult classics.

The film features a stellar cast led by Justin Long (Yoga Hosers, Tusk, Accepted), Melanie Lynskey («Castle Rock,» «Togetherness,» Heavenly Creatures), Tony Hale («Arrested Development,» «Veep»), Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station, The Belko Experiment), Carrie Preston («Claws,» «True Blood»), and powerful performances from teenage actors Arman Darbo (Defenders of Life) and Sawyer Barth (Super Dark Times).

The other clever take on the film is del Toro's reversal of perspective for the creature feature genre.

There's also an alternate opening scene, a costume - test montage, and one very short special feature on the use of animals in the film that's only notable for Kenneth Branagh's apparent diplomacy regarding furry creatures.

The Film Comment Presents section, an annual feature at NYFF for the last five years, will present Sergei Loznitsa's «A Gentle Creature,» a new film inspired by a Dostoevsky short story, along with a series of panels and discussions.

Just this evening at the San Diego Comic - Con I caught up with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (review) helmer Troy Nixey, who made his feature - length directing debut with the film, a remake of the 1973 made - for - TV movie of the same name about a family that discovers murderous tiny creatures living in the basement of their new home.

Greenlighted by the studio to capitalize on the franchise while it was still hot, Dante and screenwriter Charles S. Haas (Matinee) made the film they want to see, and being the creature - feature lovers and film fanatics that they are, this meant a movie for people who saw things the same.

His talents were most recently put on display in the Netflix film Okja, which arrived more than 10 years after his breakthrough film The Host, a creature feature with a now - familiar pro-environmentalism slant.

After the impact of these two features (the latter screening at Cannes), Schepisi moved on to directing films overseas, including Plenty (1985), Roxanne (1987), The Russia House (1990), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Fierce Creatures (1997), Last Orders (2001) and the HBO telemovie Empire Falls (2005), which won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television.

After Guillermo del Toro turned a creature feature into a best picture Oscar winner, films with B - movie plots, from Rampage to A Quiet Place, are also edging their way to the top

Britain's Aardman Animations had been going since the early 1970s, and had won three Oscars for its short films «Creature Comforts,» «The Wrong Trousers» and «A Close Shave» (the latter two featuring Wallace and Gromit), by the time that the company's founder, Peter Lord, and his collaborator Nick Park codirected their first feature, Chicken Run, in 2000.

Always a spirited devotee of old - school Hollywood genres, Guillermo del Toro achieves in his latest film, «The Shape of Water,» an inspired melding of creature feature, spy thriller and wondrously perverse love story, the latter sustained by Sally Hawkins» achingly delicate performance as Eliza, a mute cleaning lady who immediately bonds with the imprisoned merman (played, naturally, by Del Toro's prosthetic - happy muse, Doug Jones).

Magic Mike XXL may have featured Channing Tatum dancing to «Pony,» but only one film this year boasted the Chan - Man as a half - dog creature who flies around in hover - boots.

Winter's War also is about a quest to recover that famous mirror and, like the original film, features various strange forest creatures and digitally rendered dwarfs.

Best remembered for the creepy cenobites — and all the absurd sequels they inspired — the original film in Clive Barker's long - running series is more psycho - sexual nail - biter than creature feature.

Or «The Shape of Water,» a film strongly rooted in the creature feature tradition?

Between his earthquake disaster film San Andreas (2015) and this city - levelling creature feature, it's starting to look as if precocious Canadian director Brad Peyton is applying for the job last held by Roland Emmerich, namely that of omniplex catastrophe merchant.

Initially, these Transformer - like creatures that sound as though they could be voiced by Liam Neeson, or even Peter Cullen himself, feel as though they came from a completely different movie — and genre — but not only does Aronofsky eventually go on to integrate them into the narrative well enough to make them feel like a natural part of this world, but he also adds backstory and character features that make them one of the most curious and enjoyable parts of the film.

As with previous Platinum Edition releases, the treasure trove of extras can be found on the second disc's «Backstage Disney» section, which features an hour - long documentary of the film's development, production, and reception, featuring comments from modern animation figures such as Pixar's John Lassiter as well as many of the now - elderly voice actors for Bambi and the other forest creatures.

We learn a lot about how movies feature these creatures as well as their specific «performances» in the films.

Special Film Series (Periodically throughout the year) From cult films, to creature features, to traditional and contemporary classics, we love hosting favorite films ON THE BIG SCREEN — the way they were meant to be seen.

Director Benni Diez makes his feature film debut with the practical effects - driven creature feature Stung, a gooey thriller packed with laughs and mayhem.

The teen demographic is definitely the target of this film, as Beautiful Creatures features typical high school drama, and even extended make - out sessions.

Director Chris Wedge (Epic) makes the jump from animation to live action with Monster Trucks, a film looking to resurrect the 1980s family creature features for a new generation of movie goers.

In the tradition of the best sci - fi, the film is much better at recreating an onscreen fictional universe than it is at creating a palpable sense of dread to make it work as a successful creature feature.

La - La Land Records and Paramount Pictures presents the premiere official release of acclaimed composer John Debney's (PASSION OF THE CHRIST, PREDATORS, IRON MAN 2, SIN CITY) original motion picture score to the 1997 Paramount Pictures creature - feature film THE RELIC, starring Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore and directed by Peter Hyams.

It's a war film, not a creature feature.

Daybreakers conjures a convincing mood, punctuated by a sharp production design, vivid creature - feature gore splashes, and a few inventive action sequences (a car shoot - out, where Edward has to avoid scorching light shafts made from bullet holes, is a film highlight).