Fortunately, to spice things up, actor and writer Abel Horwitz has devised an ingenious event that combines
elements of a murder mystery theater with speed dating.
Not exact matches
This kind
of misdirection comes pretty standard with
murder mysteries, but Swanberg has fun tweaking the formula to contain an
element of self - awareness which results in a plot twist ending.
That's not the only film that Disturbia lifts ideas from; it also borrows from other movies that have taken Rear Window's core
element of mystery and
murder in the house
of the neighbor next door, most notably in The «burbs and Body Double, with its emphasis on sexiness and some darkly disturbing subject matter that keeps the sights titillating and the atmosphere creepy.
The former is a supernatural thriller whereas Giallo, a genre established by Mario Bava in 1967 with the visually sumptuous KILL, BABY... KILL, may invoke the spirit but leans heavily toward the
murder -
mystery elements of noir.
FilmStruck's director
of the week is the polarizing Lars von Trier and they've added eight
of his films to the catalog, from his breakthrough
murder mystery The
Element of Crime (Denmark, 1984, not rated) to his Oscar nominated Breaking the Waves (Denmark, 1996, R) with Emily Watson to the dark psychodrama Antichrist (Denmark, 2009, R) with Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Combining a
murder mystery with a traditional coming -
of - age tale gives the film gravitas and provides a suspenseful
element.
Set in»30s Berlin, the story contains
elements of a noire
murder mystery and an historical thriller.
For example, my works blend
elements of murder,
mystery, romance, and humor.