Not exact matches
Although the film's nomination in the «Best Comedy» category at the forthcoming Golden Globes left some scratching their head — due to the strong dramatic /
horror elements at play — there's no denying that Jordan Peele's
Get Out was one
of the best
of the year regardless
of the genre.
With studios like Blumhouse (
Get Out, Split, and the Insidious franchise) and A24 (The Witch, It Comes at Night) establishing distinct identities in the minds
of moviegoers and television shows like American
Horror Story, Bates Motel, and even Stranger Things spreading the genre elements across the airwaves — or, more likely, your laptop — it's difficult to deny that we're in the midst of an era of horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - s
Horror Story, Bates Motel, and even Stranger Things spreading the genre
elements across the airwaves — or, more likely, your laptop — it's difficult to deny that we're in the midst
of an era
of horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - s
horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - scares.
Get Out turns out to be more fun, and more provocative, than it is scary, at least in the traditional midnight - movie sense: The film works so well as a gauntlet
of social
horror that Peele almost didn't need the more traditional thriller
elements he introduces in the third act, when a carefully calibrated build in just - because - you're - paranoid dread gives way to some disappointingly conventional survival games.
If you want to skip the sleaze and
get down to the film's more
horror - influenced
elements, Kino Lorber's Redemption Films has included the alternate cut
of the film, called Demoniac.
The last couple
of Resident Evil and Silent Hill titles have employed
horror elements, yet they are as far from what you expect from
horror games as you can
get.
Zombi is a port
of the Wii U launch game, Zombi U, it's a first person survival
horror that adds gameplay
elements from dark souls, making it a game about pure survival with dire consequences if you die, such as losing all your items until you can find the corpse
of the last survivor you were playing and
get those items back.
Super Metroid really upped the vague
horror elements of the Metroid franchise, between the slaughtering
of the scientists in the space station, the corpse right before battling Kraid with little parasites feeding on it that scurry away when Samus
gets near, and the frozen aliens in Tourain with their life force sucked dry that disintegrate into dust when they're touched.