Sentences with phrase «genuinely scary film»
Ironically, the scariest parts of this genuinely scary film are its quietest, and the formal innovation of the minimalistic and claustrophobic sound design — necessary to represent a world where breaking the silence will kill you — is what makes A Quiet Place stand out from standard horror fare usually committed more to jump scares than to skillfully calibrating a rising feeling of tension.
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So if you're looking for a genuinely scary shark film, look no further than The Reef.
This was one of the only horror films I genuinely cared about the characters, the more you care the scarier and more emotional it becomes.
The great thing about early John Carpenter films is their purposeful, deliberate intention of setting up and paying off genuinely scary moments.
As much a study of solitude, intimacy and otherworldly longings as it is a contemporary ghost story, the film is both genuinely scary and psychologically serious.
Future stars (of varying degree) James Marsden, Christine Taylor, Christopher Masterson, Amy Smart, Ron Livingstone and Jacinda Barrett star in this impressive, genuinely scary little film, about teens stranded in the woods by a car accident who occupy their time telling each other scary stories that explore some familiar urban legends with interesting twists.
Hailed as M. Night Shyamalan's return to quality filmmaking, the film is a thoroughly satisfying thriller with a few genuinely scary sequences.
Sure, the first film wrapped up with a weak and rushed third act, but otherwise, it was well made and genuinely scary.
It took the best parts of the films — the horror, the atmosphere, the Alien — and chucked them in a blender to produce a genuinely engaging, scary time in front of the TV or monitor.