Sentences with phrase «find in horror films»

What you normally don't find in horror films, especially of late, is a social commentary.

It's one of the best lead lead performances to be found in a horror film in recent memory.

Not exact matches

This one will be hard to stomach if you actually watch it, but as one of the first ever «found - footage» horror movies, about a fictional documentary crew shooting a film in the Amazon, it has been hugely influential.

This finding contradicts industry norms which see significantly fewer product placements in horror films compared to other genres.

While the phenomenon sounds like the stuff of horror films, it is common practice for these «butterflies of the ocean,» a new University of Queensland - led study published today in PLOS One has found.

Scientists Bad: A survey of more than 1,000 horror films shown in Britain between 1931 and 1984 found that scientists or their creations were the villains in 41 percent of the films and that scientific or psychiatric research had produced 39 percent of the threats.

Alas, while I'm in love with the look of the film, I don't find The Shining to be the masterpiece of horror cinema that it's remembered as.

The scariest thing to be found in this pointless horror film is that its director, Rob Schmidt, has less prowess as a genre filmmaker in his third film than Eli Roth did in his first.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

Annihilation follows the familiar form of science fiction horror found in films from Alien to The Cloverfield Paradox, with a cast of characters in isolation, slowly being picked off by a force they don't understand.

This is where you'll find the best mind - bending sci - fi, out of this world fantasy, and bloody good horror films all hours of the day... and night — in jaw - dropping High Definition and crisp Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Its comparatively simple first act remains a good example of how to apply the horror elements of the Silent Hill games to film with a degree of elegance and wit, and for a solid 35 minutes, it's an atmospheric film about a mother whose deeply maternal desire to help her daughter inadvertently places her in danger, and the need for Radha Mitchell's Rose to find her daughter when she goes missing provides a cogent and palatable, if somewhat slight, emotional basis from which the proceeding action can spring.

We devour film after film, most of them admittedly poor in quality, in the hopes of finding the diamond in the horror rough — the one film that manages to...

«I wanted to create a waking dream on screen and show that horror is not to be found in the things around us but in our own subconscious,» said Danish film - maker Carl Theodor Dreyer, whose loose adaptation of two stories from Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla and The Room in the Dragon Volant) was initially conceived as a silent movie.

I also don't find it inordinately scary, but it is well created, especially in its use of sound to create tension, which is more than one could say about most jump - scare dominated horror films released in theaters today.

Additionally, in no particular order, there were vocal supporters of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted score from Fred Myrow and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling of Bernard Herrmann for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled music for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's score for Romero's anthology film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s score for the original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent example in Climax Golden Twins» music for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's classic church organ scares in «Carnival of Souls ``; and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky original music by Libra for his final film «Shock.»

I tend to find a lot of recent horror films quite disappointing in their ability to scare.

Found - footage horror thriller Unfriended was a welcome surprise back in 2015, when its commitment to a simple but ingenious premise — everything that happens in the film does so on the laptop screen of doomed teenager Shelley Hennig — managed to overcome a lot of the typical low - budget horror movie flaws.

In an age when every other horror film has a found footage / exorcism angle, «Cabin» is a throwback to more creative filmmaker - driven horror.

The film's subtle brand of cerebral terror cuts sharper and deeper than anything found in a more conventional horror movie.

A fun, inventive, and jumpy found - footage horror film that has it's share of thrills, especially in the final act.

Is the latest found - footage horror movie, «Apollo 18» (this time in space) as entertaining as similar films, «Paranormal Activity» and «The Blair Witch Project,» or is this genre finally played - out?

Some pretty exciting news this afternoon as Lionsgate (The Last Exorcism, Saw, Cabin Fever) is getting back in the horror business by acquiring U.S. distribution rights to Barry Levinson's found footage eco-horror film The Bay from Alliance Films.

For her next role, Cooke found herself moving away from horror to explore a more intimate story, playing a cancer patient in the coming - of - age film «Me & Earl & the Dying Girl.»

Horror films in the winter usually do well, and I'm sure this one will find an audience - no matter how delayed it is.

Though Williamson certainly deserves credit for reviving and retooling film horror, his ironic, comedic take on the genre did not really stick, with violence (so - called torture porn), imaginative frugality (found footage), and familiarity (remakes) prevailing in recent years.

Strange Invaders (Twilight Time, Blu - ray)-- Part offbeat horror film, part UFO conspiracy, and part tribute to 1950s alien invasion pictures, this good - natured comic sci - fi film stars Paul Le Mat as a college professor who goes in search of his ex-wife and finds a time - warped town that shouldn't exist populated by bug - eyed monsters that shoot lasers.

by Walter Chaw The only genre that boasts more direct - to - video fare than horror is porn, and since we haven't quite reached the point of quiet desperation needed to begin reviewing porn, find here a smelted cheddar of four dtv horror features (actually, The Boogeyman got a theatrical release in 1980, though I can't understand why): the eighth film in Clive Barker's venerable horror octology, Hellraiser: Hellworld; The Boogeyman and its second sequel, the legitimately straight - to - video Return of the Boogeyman; and Kevin VanHook's The Fallen Ones.

The talented triad of François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann - Karl Whissell have created a feature film out of their immensely popular short film T for Turbo — originally found in the horror anthology ABC's of Death — and the result is an»80s infused blast of bloody cinema.

A smart, clever and refreshingly self - aware film, Resolution found a way to craft a compelling mystery while breaking down horror tropes and audience expectations — think of it as a cross between Cabin in the Woods and Funny Games, except with less finger - wagging and more creepiness.

SyFy and The Asylum have flooded the marketplace with terrible «Sharknado» films and other jokey, awful CGI - infused tales of mutant sharks on the rampage, so it's high time to return to the simple horror that can be found when a person is forced to go up against a great white in the open water.

The Saskatchewan team behind the horror - comedy Wolf Cop take part in CineCoup's weekly challenges as they attempt to gain attention and fan votes on their film's two - minute trailer using social media platforms — to find out more about this wicked little flick just click here.

Other highlights in this strand include: the World Premiere of Thierry Poiraud's DO N'T GROW UP, a stylish and inventive film about a group of teens on an unnamed island who wake up to find their youth facility eerily abandoned; the World Premiere of Jon Spira's affectionate documentary ELSTREE 1976 about the bit performers who appeared in George Lucas» box office behemoth Star Wars; GHOST THEATER, the latest film from director Hideo Nakata, the forerunner of J - horror; GREEN ROOM, Jeremy Saulnier's latest exercise in edge of the seat suspense, starring Patrick Stewart, Imogen Poots and Anton Yelchin; returning for the third year running, Sion Sono screens LOVE AND PEACE, his tale of punk rock and talking turtles; and the fantastically prolific Takashi Miike's riotous, unruly gangster vampire concoction YAKUZA APOCALYPSE.

Her books include Rape - Revenge Films: A Critical Study (McFarland, 2011), Found Footage Horror Film: Fear and the Appearance of Reality (McFarland, 2014), a 2016 monograph on Dario Argento's Suspiria (part of Auteur's Devil's Advocates series), a 2017 book on Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45 as part of Wallflower / Columbia University Press's Cultographies series, and in 2018, a book on Robert Harmon's 1986 film The Hitcher, published by Arrow Books.

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn has found himself in horror territory with his new film The Neon Demon, a supermodel - centered horror movie with shades of Valley of Dolls and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — that's just awesome, and today we've been treated to a new poster.

Last week, we let you know that Ethan Hawke had signed on to star in a low - budget, found footage horror film from director Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose).

Found footage horror films continue to pop up every so often in Hollywood, and hitting this this weekend is one of the first sci - fi ones, Apollo 18, directed by Gonzalo López - Gallego.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

There is a compelling ugliness to The Hills Have Eyes that mirrors Craven's debut film, finding its horror movie concerns in the displacement of the middle - class, Deliverance - style, as interlopers in the wilderness come upon the base versions of themselves.

As writer / director Christopher MacBride shifts focus in its third act to a truly frightening riff on found - footage horror movies, the film deftly comments on the filmmaking process and the unreliable narrator phenomena.

When Sestero finds some early success, landing an agent and starring in a direct - to - video horror film, Wiseau's jealousy emerges, straining their relationship, and prompting Wiseau to take his career into his own hands by writing «The Room.»

Taste is subjective, but I will say, I find it amusing when others call it the «best horror film in years».

Dialogue is sparse and the proceedings are simple, but Cujo emerges as one of cinema's most imposing villains in a horror film that's much more interested in audience fear than in gore or any of the supernaturalness commonly found in King's books.

When: January 11th Why: Unless you're a fan of the «Scary Movie» franchise, which Marlon Wayans helped launch over a decade ago, it's hard to imagine you'll have any sort of interest in his new horror comedy, which parodies found footage films like «Paranormal Activity» and «The Devil Inside.»

Dame Helen Mirren plays host to some angry spirits — and finds herself in the middle of a truly horrible horror - film disaster

Surprisingly, of all of the King adaptations, that 1986 film — which featured young characters on a journey to find a dead body — feels the most similar to this one despite the fact that this movie belongs in the horror genre.

Today, it's clear Shyamalan has been paying close attention to the last fifteen years of horror and suspense, because with The Visit he's given us one of the best found - footage horror films I've seen in years.

It's one of the better horror films to come out of Sundance in years and I'm hopeful it will find an audience in North America.

Jump scares are a bit of a trope in horror films now and I find its usually better when you don't see it coming, so It letting the audience know a scare is just around the corner slightly weakens it.

For this film, starring «American Horror Story» actor Denis O'Hare alongside Ashley Hinshaw, James Buckley, and others, centers on an excavation team who discover a strange three - sided pyramid in the Egyptian desert and find themselves in the midst of a sinister presence when they decide to go inside.