Sentences with phrase «genre following a decade»

Pondering the current state of the horror genre following a decade - long absence from the big screen (alleviated by strong work on cable), Carpenter must decide, like Frost, «what to make of a diminished thing.»

Not exact matches

They're often formulaic and follow a well - worn path originally etched out by classic capers such as John Huston's THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950), Jules Dassin's RIFIFI (1955), Alexander Mackendrick's THE LADYKILLERS (1955), Jean - Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR (1955) and Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING (1956) but the best heist films take unexpected turns and leave their own special mark on a genre that seems to find new ways to define itself every decade.

The last decade or so has seen the genre been stuck with gimmicks, like the «torture porn» craze that came with the likes of the Saw franchise and Hostel, or the «found footage» boom emerged following the massive success of the atrocious Paranormal Activity films.

Though the «sex equals death» rule isn't as prominent in modern horror movies that defy those decades - old tropes, «It Follows» is very much a retro homage to «70s and «80s genre classics, from the «Halloween» - esque synth score, to the striking similarities to «Nightmare on Elm Street,» both in Jay's perpetual helplessness and the film's dreamlike atmosphere.

Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016) For every decade the thriller genre needs a stylist and following on from A Single Man (2009) Ford here presents a nightmarish tale of noirish revenge via a novel written by the ex-husband of a local gallery owner.