Sentences with phrase «for macabre»

Until Dawn is another PlayStation 4 exclusive that is sure to please gamers with an appetite for the macabre.

While the technique that produced these works may have been far from new — several members of the then just - emerging New York School had already experimented successfully with it — Donati added something that gave this manner of working a uniquely personal touch: a Surrealist's predilection for the macabre and mysterious coupled with a draftsman's ability to use line for maximum effect.

«The Hapless Child» shows Edward Gorey's fondness for macabre imagery and images of children.

There's an argument for the macabre brutality of Mortal Kombat and the superhero antics of Injustice, but for the most part, fighting games are as Japanese as samurai swords, punctual trains and instant ramen.

Chuck Palahniuk's appreciation for the macabre is in all the horror.

The material, a Gothic yarn of bloody revenge, seems specially suited for the macabre hand of Tim Burton, but alas, such is not the case.

The MPAA rated Victor Frankenstein PG - 13 for macabre images, violence and a sequence of destruction.

Victor Frankenstein is rated PG - 13 by the MPAA for macabre images, violence and a sequence of destruction.

It is 109 minutes long and is Rated PG - 13 for macabre images, violence and a sequence of destruction.

One wonders if his taste for the macabre was knocked out of him; now he's a hackneyed journeyman trying to make a living after being destroyed by the Hollywood factory.

Kicking off with a Grindhouse style clip of a zombie film with a synth soundscape that would make filmmaker John Carpenter proud, it's clear that «Paranorman» is made by people with a love for the macabre side of movies.

The story is set in the post-WW2 Vienna, and the locations are used to the fullest, becoming if not an additional, full - bodied character, then at least the perfectly staged arena for the macabre events to unfold.

Here are a series of recent horror movie stories that should satisfy your cravings for the macabre:

Why does stop - motion animation work so well as a medium for the macabre, from The Nightmare Before Christmas to Tim Burton's Corpse Bride to Coraline?

We're put in an optimum mood for the macabre, even if this depressing city is awfully rainy for a place so close to an arid desert.

It would all feel routine if not for the macabre video at the center, which highlights the lack of oversight in the online fame machine.

A cylindrical opening looks set to swallow people for some macabre medical experiment, but this scanner is no longer meant to hold humans.

Not exact matches

The episode has always held a certain macabre fascination, but there are other more substantial reasons for drawing attention to it as we reach the 80th anniversary.

Part of his time was spent with other prisoners quarrying a large cutting for the railway, which would earn the macabre name «Hellfire Pass», so called because the sight of emaciated prisoners working by torchlight resembled a scene from hell.

The Son of such a God must pay a price for his Father's macabre sense of humor.

The danse macabre in the Middle East, the Israel - Palestinian conflict, the torrent of diabolic weapons showered by the U. S. for the use of Afghan rebels who first hung noble President Najibullah on a street pole and then indulged in mutual massacre flooding with blood the snow - white mountains (the sombre slaughter, even amidst natural calamities, is still unabated) and other holocausts baffle description.

There is a sort of macabre solidarity to sifting through the remnants of someone else's clutter, like making a Pinterest board for messy people.

Although many of his first children's books (The Graveyard Book and Coraline) are macabre chapter books and better suited for school - aged children, Blueberry Girl and Crazy Hair are perfectly kooky and charming reads for preschoolers.

It's classic but combined with a bit of otherwordly mystique, which makes it the perfect fodder for finding captivating baby names that touch on the macabre and are infused with magic and passion.

The macabre implication is that the Republicans have become the party of the patrician class, in support of a feeble social contract that provides as little as possible to the masses, and a model for government whose raison d'être is to enable its wealthiest citizens to achieve a quality of life unattainable to the rest.

[133] While Osborne has used macabre imagery about Theresa May in the past, he did not directly comment on the incident, although he was criticised for the alleged remark.

By the same token, his shambolic attitude is begetting other further shambolic acts from the Zambezi Street, Abuja headquarters of INEC, as the macabre dance steps in Kogi, Bayelsa, Gombe and the unfolding drama in Anambra Central senatorial district could have been avoided had Mr. President paid more attention to the need for an improved electoral process by obeying the Constitution regarding the composition of INEC.

The macabre dance of these political parties in Anambra State has continued unabated, notwithstanding the generally accepted fact that the time for nomination of National Assembly candidates elapsed since December 2014.

Jensen's death was followed by the death of his third cousin Margretha, along with a string of macabre news articles about this undiagnosed genetic condition that had been shattering families in the Faroes for decades.

And that was — In its macabre way it was a complete triumph for Oppenheimer, but also let's be clear, for General Groves.

The Whimsy of Anna K For this month's Spotlight, sprite - like model - turned - designer Anna Karenina talks to BoF about the quirky, macabre inspirations behind her whimsical womenswear brand.

Description: Take a look at the macabre setting and characters for Bloober Team's PS4 exclusive title, Basement Crawl, expected to be available in the launch window.

Take a look at the macabre setting and characters for Bloober Team's PS4 exclusive title, Basement Crawl, expected to be available in the launch window.

You'll be a lot happier too, especially if you appreciate Burton's macabre Zen of humor (watch out for that Joker handshake), the superb visual effects of Derek Meddings and John Evans, the Gothic - futuristic sets of Anton Furst and Gothic - rhapsodic score by Danny Elfman — with perky Prince songs on the side.

It's an ideal life for any amoral young man who thinks he'll live forever (which is to say, most young, somewhat moneyed American men), but there's one macabre catch: These killers are called loopers because they're eventually, so as to ensure this practice's secrecy, required to «close their own loop,» which is to say that the final hit of their career is the future version of themselves.

Oscar nominee will reunite with his Drive co-star Christina Hendricks for dark fantasy film set in a macabre underworld

In other categories, Disney / Pixar's uproarious and inspiring Ratatouille was named Best Animated Feature, and Paramount's macabre tale of vengeance, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, was honored for Best Art Direction.

Tusk is a unique experience, a macabre experimental lark from Kevin Smith, but it also seems to be the first in a new direction for a man who made his millions on stoner comedies.

Mundy (Chris O'Dowd) is the funny one, macabre when called for.

Not only does he skilfully deliver a delicious dose of macabre black - comedy drenched in Glasgow city culture, but offers a punchy screenplay (adapted from Douglas Lindsay novel Long Midnight of Barney Thomson) complete with side - splitting dialogue, in a playground built for comedic absurdity, to which the entire cast relish with delight.

THE WEEKEND GUIDE: On NBC's too good to miss (and deliciously creepy to boot) Hannibal (Friday, 10 / 9c), forensic whiz Beverly Katz (Hettienne Park) continues to defy orders, surreptitiously consulting with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) on the «mural killer» case, as Will keeps pleading for someone to believe his theory of Hannibal's culpability in all the macabre mayhem that surrounds them.

Given that this film starts right away on a note that combines the macabre with the impish, in a scene where Ed Gein — the inspiration for Norman Bates — kills his brother while Hitchcock (who was not present at the actual crime scene) looks on, it is clear that the filmmaker is out to give us a good ride rather than to actually probe the depths of the great director's psyche.

If that sounds macabre, Deadpool slash alter - ego Wade Wilson is, but he has several other qualities to make up for this such as cockiness, cheekiness and explicit crudeness.

Here's a Halloween pick for you: a macabre musical about a sociopathic barber (Johnny Depp) with flashing razors and a demented cook (Helena Bonham Carter) who hides the evidence of his murders into meat pies, directed by Tim Burton, the dark fantastist of American cinema, as both threepenny opera and Grand Guignol.

Don't Starve: Giant Edition — Klei Entertainment's macabre humor - laden survival sim bundled with its Reign of Giants expansion — will launch for PlayStation Vita on Sept. 2, the developer announced today in a post on the PlayStation Blog.

I Melt with You (R for profanity, violence, sexuality and pervasive drug use) Midlife crisis drama about the annual retreat taken by four, former college buddies (Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, Christian McKay and Thomas Jane) who agree to follow through with a macabre pact they entered into as classmates a quarter - century earlier.

The film is worth watching alone for Tracy Letts» performance as an awful LA dad, and for Ellen Burstyn, who brings levity and dark humour to a climactic sequence that borders on the macabre.

A delightful framing device in which garishly illustrated panels from the mag burst into life sets the macabre tone for this exercise in fun and reverential horror.

Perusing Mill Creek Entertainment's upcoming release for Vincent Price: 5 Frightening Features brought on two personal revelations: the first being that, without a shadow of a doubt, the distributor's collection represents two of the very best Mr. Price's brilliant catalog of macabre treats as well as a handful of other fun cinematic treats for the Halloween season.

(2015) dir Matteo Garrone w / Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson [133 min; DCP] Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th - century folklorist Giambattista Basile, TALE OF TALES unleashes a barrage of mind - bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis) adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none - too - bright monarch (Jones) marries off his daughter to a brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and, the sex - obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems.