Sentences with phrase «horror film because»

A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski, is a superlative horror film because it does all the little things right.

A rating is everything in a horror film because it determines a lot of what we'll actually see on screen.

But behind the gathering storm is the sense of humanity being lost, a tragedy in three acts, the vanishing connection tethering two men to society; perhaps it plays like a horror film because it's almost like a vampire picture without vampires.

Some people might argue that it isn't a horror film because nothing even bordering on the supernatural occurs.

Like many horror fans, The Shining is one of my favorite horror films because what's not to like about it?

XX stands apart from other horror films because it invites its audience to feel a range of emotions aside from just fright.

Not exact matches

I tell you all of this not so that you can understand horror films better, but because it makes a great analogy for a spinal cord injury.

So throw a towel down if you want to protect your sheets, but don't expect a scene from a horror film, because period sex can certainly get pretty erotic!

Because we watch horror films, some people see us as these dark twisted people that go and worship satan, and murder cats.

And while the film is at times scarily atmospheric — a hunt in the cramped sewers under Baltimore, a horse chase through a foggy wood — it too often abandons the stony, old - timey horror that should be its main motif, because despite all the nonsense it works, in favor of slow - motion bullets and a super villain-esque masked crusader who is capable of impossible feats of speed and marksmanship.

I went in this movie expecting a cheap slasher horror film, but I was having high expectations, because it has been announced in development since 2009, what I got was way too more in depth than I was barging for, this movie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS MOVIE.

I enjoyed the film as a horror / comedy, but I can't give it one of my TOP ratings simply because I was in the mood to get scared tonight - and there's nothing particularly scary about this film.

This is not a perfect film by any means, but its's exciting because it ventures so far off the map for your typical horror film.

[img] http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif [/ img] The Pact feels as if it's been constructed from an infinite number of inspirations stretching from classic ghost story horror cinema to the recent wave of found footage films but at the same time because of such great execution you could never actually call it generic.

Obviously I'm conflicted here, because it does some things better than Craven's, yet it fails to achieve the same sort of impact and misses the point when it comes to putting the horror in «horror film».

Either because they were being compared to some of the classics in the horror / comedy genre or, as the consensus on here states, there's not a good enough of either comedy or horror in the film.

It's supposed to be all «cool» because this film is taking the piss out of your standard predictable horror film.

The lack of a convoluted motivation felt that much more terrifying, a tactic also used in 2006's Them and 2016's Hush, maybe because the indiscriminate nature of the violence makes us all feel unsafe and maybe because, as many classic horror films have shown, the less we know, the more terrifying it can all seem.

Entertainment One earned less money in 2013 despite releasing more films than in 2012, possibly because those films weren't all that good; only one, horror thriller We Are What We Are, managed to collect positive reviews.

I feel overall, the film should be rated a bit higher (3/4 stars), because it is a superb horror film and even if it was an experiment to show how simply the viewer can be manipulated through horror if done right - it deserves recognition for breaking that ground as well as for its technical mastery.

I only saw this movie because we couldn't get into Blair Witch and we were all psyched to see a horror film.

This is what makes the film better than other low budget horror's because of Johnson's brilliant makeup wizardry and freaky imagination with his monsters.

The original sci - fi, horror, macho action bonanza PREDATOR is one of my top films of all time, its gory as f*ck sequel PREDATOR 2 has grown on me with age (maybe because today's movies are more often than none sub par and castrated hence it glows in comparison).

The 1978 film was successful because of an adherence to old - style horror that mystified, scared and repulsed the audience.

Even though this film isn't necessarily a horror film, it might be one of the most terrifying films screened at SXSW because the subject matter is all too real.

I didn't see 2015's The Visit because generally I can not handle horror, but I know that it was the first time in thirteen years where a film of his wasn't critically panned.

Body horror film The Void actually had a raft of brilliant posters (that proved better than the actual film) but we're big fans of this deceptively simplistic one, not least because it's reminiscent of the iconic artwork for Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.

The obvious comparison for horror film fans is William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973), not only because of the subject matter of demonic possession but also because of what can only be described as its maximalist style.

There are some horror films that require patience because they like the slow burn.

Partially because it's his first horror film (if you can call it horror) and partially because I wanted to see what death - defying stunt Cruise was going to perform next.

Filmmakers, especially those operating in the indie horror space, love these non-endings because they make viewers think about the film and draw their own conclusions.

«Mary Reilly» is in some ways more faithful to the spirit of Robert Lewis Stevenson's original story than any of the earlier films based on it, because it's true to the underlying horror.

I think it's because they wanted / expected an effects - laden horror film with jump scares and couldn't handle it when they got a movie that relied on great storytelling and acting to deliver the frights.

When it's quiet, I get a rush because I start wondering what's about to happen, like in a horror film.

For it almost seems as if the heroic individuals the film portrays have become close to ghosts themselves because of the terrible price they continue to pay for exposing Islamic State's horrors to the world.

It's also hard to call this a zombie film because the monsters in this movie aren't really zombies, but Doyle truly reinvents the horror genre with this intellectually political and intensely horrifying film.

My favorite horror film is the exorcism of Emily Rose because it's based on a true story and it just creeps me out!!!

Favorite horror film is The Terminator... I actually hated Terminator 2, because it was too much of a kids» movie... Rather than a horror, like the original.

Because it's a great (and very dark) horror film, with a great adaptation and story, with a stellar cast, and there hasn't been any other horror film since, that entails exorcism that has come even remotely close to the brilliance that is The Exorcist (1973)!

My favorite horror film is The Ring because I was legitimately very scared when I was watching it for the first time in a movie theater.

Your film is one of the more original takes on the horror genre I've seen recently, mainly because of its focus on form which tends to be rare with horror films today.

Even when I'm not crazy about a particular film of his — or, say, anything he's done since 1995 — I just can't put him down too harshly, because he has the energetic and fun spirit of a guy who genuinely likes entertaining horror flicks.

I've been keeping a close eye on this one around these parts because Derrickson proved with Sinister that he knows how to scare an audience with slow, grueling tension and any horror film with his name on it is certainly worth paying attention to.

There are some jump scares because for some unknown reason, no modern day horror film can leave them out but luckily more of the film relies on the atmosphere and concept to deliver the suspense.

I know I just sound like an annoying contrarian, because the films you mentioned are generally beloved by horror fans, but I can't stand them.

sticks out from today's oversaturated horror market simply because it harkens back to a group of films that haven't been touched by anyone else in the last several years.

The film is good to excellent in every way except morally, and there it's questionable more often than it should be, not because it's an evil film, or because the filmmaker or actors are bad people, but because the interplay of means and ends has been under - thought or misjudged, to the point where the film becomes a catalog of obscenities: a horror thrill - ride drawn from life, a thing for viewers to test themselves against while feeling just awful about Agu and his country, whatever its name is.

Firstly because the trailers and marketing are MASSIVELY misleading — it isn't a horror film or a riff on Rosemary's Baby.

But horror films last because they are made so well by such talented artists.

It will probably flat - line next weekend because sequels and horror films tend to have a large second week drop — although having said that, there's already word that Milla Jovovich will be kicking zombie butt on the big screen again.