It's one of the best lead lead performances to be
found in a horror film in recent memory.
What you normally don't
find in horror films, especially of late, is a social commentary.
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
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. 28
In 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.