Sentences with phrase «good haunted house film»

I think that's it's a shame because it could have been a good haunted house film, however this is a highly forgettable affair, one that is sure to disappoint any viewer looking for genuine scares.

But you forgot the BEST haunted house film of the lot: THE CHANGELING with George C. Scott.

Not exact matches

Nothing wrong with that, however considering that the plot revolves around a haunted house and Hearse, the film could have been much better than it is.

They forget that the original film version of «The Haunting» (based on Shirley Jackson's truly terrifying «The Haunting of Hill House») worked so well because of what the audience didn't see.

Of course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.»

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the least.

Given that neither of the A Haunted House films are better than the worst of the Scary Movie franchise, that's a gripe that is likely to fall on deaf ears.

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the -LSB-...]

The Innkeepers Easily one of my favorite films of last year (it even made my top ten list), Ti West's take on the haunted house is equal parts well - played comedy and atmospheric horror, and both parts work perfectly.

At its best, the film functions as a Hitchcockian haunted house movie with a palpable air of mystery, intrigue, elegant set pieces and offers up exquisite period details.

The story — which simply has the characters from the first film stay in a haunted house — is supposed to get its (for lack of a better term) «inspiration» from thrillers of a supernatural bent such as The Haunting, What Lies Beneath, Poltergeist, and The Exorcist.

Yeah, you read that right: the long - delayed Amityville: The Awakening, directed by Franck Khalfoun (who made the remake of Maniac) is the 18th film in the mostly direct - to - video franchise, 19th if you count Conjuring 2, and maybe 20th if you count My Amityville Horror, the genuinely disturbing documentary about the troubled son of George and Kathy Lutz, the couple whose haunted - house claims were detailed in Jay Anson's best - seller.

Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.