Sentences with phrase «horror film works on»

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At the time, O'Connell was working on a poster for a science - fiction and horror film festival featuring John Carpenter's 1988 cult classic «They Live» about aliens living incognito among humans.

A tragically beautiful horror film that works not only as a supernatural thriller but also as a commentary on the failure of man.

Generally his film work less successful than this TV work, which features the fantastic Salem's Lot adaptation as well as work on Masters of Horror.

For someone to have such a strict upbringing and to go on to work for 40 years making horror films is just inspiring.

Toby Jones stars as a sound engineer who travels to Rome in 1976 to work on the post-production sound mix of The Equestrian Vortex, a horror film about witchcraft set in an all - girl riding academy.

As a horror film it works, but it is a «self referential» commentary on the genre itself.

Take a look at a clip of Rob Zombie on the set of his next horror film 31, discussing his work with talents Malcolm McDowell and...

For example, prior to digital distribution, horror films from filmmakers working in countries like Japan, Spain, and Italy were traded on VHS and DVDs by American fans of the genre, including movies that never saw an official theatrical release in the United States.

AVC: One of the interesting things about horror as a genre is that it's possible to work on a micro-budget and still make an effective film.

(Reuters)-- Sitting in a palm - tree lined cemetery in Hollywood promoting her latest film, «Bates Motel» actress Olivia Cooke says the impact of working in the horror genre has left her emotions on edge.

A profoundly unsettling work from the great American director Todd Haynes, Safe functions on multiple levels: as a prescient commentary on self - help culture, as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what you can not see.

Tokyo Sonata, at first glance, plays less like the work of Kurosawa than like that of Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao - hsien, but as the story of downsized executive Ryuhei (Teruyuki Kagawa) unfolds, following roughly the same blueprint as Laurent Cantet's Time Out as Ryuhei conceals his unemployment from his wife and two sons, it comes clear that Kurosawa's brilliant, refined take on mass hysteria in his horror films has been translated intact.

Within a very few years, artists like John Carpenter, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Sam Raimi, Brian DePalma, Bob Clark, Dan O'Bannon, Sean S. Cunningham, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, Stan Winston, Larry Cohen, and on and on and so on, were working in and reinvigorating the horror genre — many under the tutelage of Roger Corman, still others the initial products of formal film school training, almost all the consequence of a particular movie geekism that would lead inevitably to the first rumblings of jokiness and self - referentiality - as - homage that reached its simultaneous pinnacle and nadir with Craven's Scream.

Promisingly, the film is being produced by Jordan Peele and the prolific horror impresario Jason Blum, who worked together on last year's Get Out.

He will be reuniting with director Andy Muschietti, who he worked with on the upcoming horror film, for the pilot episode.

A pair of filmmakers try to work with director Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust, House on the Edge of the Park) to pull off a horror film based on realism.

Landis reportedly came up with the concept for this still - effective blend of comedy and horror while working in Yugoslavia on the film «Kelly's Heroes,» but recognition of his writing and directing all too often take a backseat to the startlingly effective makeup by FX legend Rick Baker.

She is currently working on books including 1000 Women in Horror, a book on art and intertextuality in giallo cinema, and co-editing a collection about the film work of Elaine May for Edinburgh University Press's ReFocus series.

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.

Special Features: • Brand new 2K transfer from the original camera negative • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with co-writer and producer Mardi Rustam, make - up artist Craig Reardon and stars Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards • New introduction to the film by director Tobe Hooper • Brand new interview with Hooper • My Name is Buck: Star Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and posters

Absolutely loved it, no horror film has ever actually scared me because I know the in and outs of how most of them are based but this film started like I would not have expected, it works based on the primal fears of people and it's so simple but Wan works with that and terrifies you.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

Prior to Burke and Hare, Landis had contributed a couple of segments to Masters of Horror and worked on some other television, but hadn't actually directed a film since 1998, so it's great to hear he has something new in the works already (even if he doesn't explicitly say he'll be behind the camera).

The greatest surprise is that this horror film works deeply as both a scary tale and a coming of age journey for characters on the cusp of adulthood.

Filmmaker Jennifer Kent was honored with the Breakthrough Artist award for her work on the horror film «The Babadook,» which also won four awards at Austin's Fantastic Fest earlier this year.

The writer and director, as on the original Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), is James Gunn, who comes from an exploitation background at Troma Entertainment, and worked his way to the «A» list through subversive horror films (Slither) and subversive superhero films (Super).

Composer Michael Giacchino wins two awards — Film Music Composition of the Year and Best Original Score for a Fantasy / Science Fiction / Horror Film — both for his work on the third film in the blockbuster Planet of the Apes trilogy, «War for the Planet of the Apes».

Baker protégé Rob Bottin's work on that film was arguably equal to that of his mentor (who left Bottin in charge of The Howling «s effects after he exited the project for the bigger - budget American Werewolf), and yet the Academy couldn't even be bothered to nominate him (or, perhaps more likely, its members simply couldn't bring themselves to watch a low - budget horror movie not put out by a major studio).

But right now, she's consumed by her work in Berlin on Gore Verbinski's new horror film, A Cure for Wellness, alongside American actor Dane DeHaan, who has quickly gained accolades of his own for playing iconoclasts (James Dean in Life and Lucien Carr in Kill Your Darlings).

Its origins, however, were modest: While working on his epochal 2006 eco - horror / giant - monster movie hit The Host (the highest grossing South Korean film to date), Bong happened to wander into his favorite comic book store in Seoul.

One of the reasons Evil Dead works as well as it does is that there is already a «cabin horror» shorthand we all know, based on the array of stellar existing films.

While working on «Split,» Shyamalan and Blum reassembled their core team from «The Visit,» which was the highest grossing horror film of 2015.

If the premise makes it sound like Glazer's sold out and made a commercial horror / sci - fi genre picture, you couldn't be more wrong — this is the filmmaker at his most experimental and unfiltered, with stunning images that of all three of his films to date, is most reminiscent of his unforgettable commercials work (more on this below).

The film's opening, with the bandmates waking up in a field in their beater of a van, instantly evokes The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and speaks to archetypal dread: the feeling of a boat adrift on a limitless sea that these backwoods horrors, when they work, suggest.

Barely a week after his new horror flick dropped, John Krasinski is already working on another project with the film's producers entitled «Life On Mars»on another project with the film's producers entitled «Life On Mars»On Mars».

Jordan Peele's «Get Out» is, again, a work of savvy craft that pulls an unsuspecting (white) viewer into a Sunken Place that other moviegoers know all too well; the movie works as a horror film, as a goof on horror films, as a working street - map of African - American anxieties, and, for a white liberal audience, as an endlessly reflective hall of mirrors that urges a hard, necessary look at oneself.

While most automatically assumed that the new script would be some sort of horror - comedy, based on Green and McBride's inclination to aim for laughs in their works, the latter tells Cinema Blend that the new film will carry the same frightening tone as the original «Halloween» films.

But what makes it a classic is that, like «Get Out,» a body - snatching movie about racism, or «The Babadook,» a supernatural horror film about childhood fears, it also works so well on so many other levels.

This is the type of horror film that's only going to work on those that aren't familiar with the genre.

The performances are uniformly exceptional, Noonan's verging on astonishing at points (watch his eyes during the kitchen scene), and the aggregate of the ensemble's work leads to that ineffable feeling of sadness that infuses the very best horror films.

«While it may work on the average folk who have never seen a horror film in their life, it won't fool a hardcore fan by a long shot.

For six years Cary Fukunaga worked on this adaptation of the Stephen King child - killing clown horror; he's still on board but Andrés Muschietti, the Argentine film - maker behind genuinely spooky Mama is directing.

Beltrami's career began with the soundtrack of the thriller Death Match in 1994, and he gained renown for his work on horror films such as Mimic (1997), The Woman in Black (2012), and all four films in the Scream series (1995 — 2011).

Among other things, the actress discussed how the horror thriller «Fear,» and the horror genre in general, influenced her decision to take on the role of Sylvia; how forming close working relationships with both Johnston and Bota while filming helped develop her character; and how she has already been receiving positive feedback from fans who have seen the movie.

Brigadoon Documentaries will weigh heavily in the Brigadoon sections, with films such as Sangue Marginal - Relatos de cinema e vídeo underground, dedicated to Brazilian fantastique and horror film; Eurociné 33 Champs Élysées, focused on the iconic French production company Eurociné; or The Outsider - Il cinema di Antonio Margheriti, an overview of the works of the Italian director Antonio Margheriti.

He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror movies.

The club in the film that Christina Hendricks» character goes to work at is based on that club, which was like the birthplace of horror, you know?

Directed by Alfonso Gomez - Rejon, who worked under Martin Scorsese for a few films, shooting second unit stuff occasionally, and also collaborated semi-extensively with Ryan Murphy on his shows Glee and American Horror Story.

Are there moments, when working on a horror film like this, that you've got to try and prevent yourself from bursting into laughter or accidentally smiling.

Seeing, or rather hearing, William Friedkin is a rare treat for horror fans and cinephiles, given that the celebrated director is best known for his work on behind the camera on films like The French Connection, which won him an Academy Award for Best Director.