One part Hunger Games and one part Ace Attorney, they put a premium on
ghastly murders, point - and - click sleuthing, and over-the-top courtroom drama.
It would be more appropriate to say that there are plenty of parts that pale in comparison to the original, and that some of the modern touches (jump scenes,
ghastly murders, music cues) work against the momentum.
The plot has a police detective (Luke Evans) consulting Poe for help solving a series of
ghastly murders clearly modeled on Poe's stories.
A sinister illusionist gets away with
ghastly murders on - stage in this unique horror story.
The ghastly murder of the Catholic priest, Father Arul Doss in the Jamabani village in Mayurbhanj District of Orissa State on September 2nd, 1999, has once again brought to the fore the question regarding minority rights, the question regarding the freedom of religious choice and the question regarding the mechanics of conversion.
Former President JJ Rawlings described
the ghastly murder of a service man by civilians in Denkyira - Obuasi as «an act of cruelty.»
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry and, apparently, to commit
a ghastly murder.
Not exact matches
Describing euthanasia as «this
ghastly doctrine» which «tries to justify the
murder of blameless men and would seek to give legal sanction to the forcible killing of invalids, cripples, the incurable and the incapacitated» he went on:
In a
ghastly reminder of Nazi savagery against Jews, Christian homes were marked with the Arabic letter ن for Nazarenes — Christ followers — or R for Rwafidh, a term for Protestants, and inhabitants were targets for abuse or
murder.
The
murders betray astounding skill and creativity, but they are
murders, vigilante rampaging that is merciless and
ghastly.
The
murders betray astounding skill and creativity, but they are
murders, vigilante rampaging that is best described as merciless and
ghastly.
Given how Mr. Heineman introduces Dr. Mireles — with a
ghastly story about a
murdered family and an image of three severed human heads — these questions about self - protection may sound reasonable and necessary.
The killer, whose plans are more complex than the partners imagine, leaves clues at every
murder scene — drawing the detectives ever deeper into his
ghastly underworld.
Now a gloomy and neglected structure, the house, taken over by a
murder - re-enactment voyeur website, is suddenly the setting for a new set of
ghastly crimes, as one by one the actresses become genuine prey to a terrifying copy - cat killer.
Saulnier doesn't do a terribly good job of individuating the band members — Anton Yelchin and Alia Shawkat, neither of whom seems very punk, make the strongest impression, alongside Imogen Poots (who does seem punk) as the
murder victim's best friend — but he confirms his expertise at blending sudden, truly ugly violence with
ghastly black comedy.
What follows is an often macabre and sporadically funny attempt at conjuring a laugh from a
ghastly slice of history, with a talented cast wasted on a thankless script by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft (St. Trinians), and the poor direction of Landis who can't find the balance between grizzly
murder and comedic slapstick.