No, the truly original and interesting
horror films come from the indie world, the world of the film festival; it is here that I think horror's future lies.
If we're watching Hockey Night in Canada and a commercial for
a horror film comes on (seriously, HNIC, why do you do this?
It's never a good sign when a sequel to
a horror film comes out a whopping six years after the original installment.
Like The Blair Witch Project ten years before it, the shoestring - budgeted 2009 found footage
horror film came just at the right time, captured the public's attention, and delivered an ungodly profit - to - cost ratio.
In the psychological
horror film It Comes at Night, Director Trey Edward Shults thrusts viewers into a situation without explanation, but enough facts become clear as the story moves on.
Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak is a rare breed of
horror film coming our way later this year — rare in that it's a big budget Hollywood picture dripping with classical gothic horror, and to much surprise has been given the R - rated treatment with an A-list cast backing it all up.
The upcoming found - footage
horror film comes from the man...
It quickly raised some eyebrows because it was
a horror film coming from an unlikely source in Barry Levinson.
The low - budget
horror film It Comes at Night finished in sixth - place bringing in $ 6 million which, while still a profit above the film's less - than $ 5 million production budget was still shy of the expected $ 10 million opening.
Tons of
horror films coming to home entertainment.
Saw a great trailer this morning for a foreign
horror film coming — suss out CUB
More graphic means less creepy, as the original film at least had a surreal subtext that stayed with you after the movie ended, but this remake will be easily forgotten once the next
horror film comes out, which in 2005 means the following week, if current patterns hold.
Not exact matches
With those two
films showing potential weaknesses, there is room for a surprise winner like Get Out, the
horror film about racism, or the
coming - of - age LGBTQ romance Call Me By Your Name, among others.
Other
horror films, like The Exorcist,
come at this point from a different angle, demonstrating that purely scientific means are not adequate to explain spiritual events.
That sounds like an intro to a
horror film, but think about it: a whole human being is
coming out of her body.
As 2017
comes to a close, I've been looking back at the year in the way the last person alive in a
horror film occasionally checks over their shoulder while running at full pelt to see if the crazed killer is still behind them.
I love good music & enjoy going to see live bands & going to festivals I also enjoy art & urban exploring just to learn the history of a place but that
comes about from watching to meany booth brothers documentaries of the unknown I also enjoy
horror films And Dumfries is in Scotland
Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science - fiction /
horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing
films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you make a successful sequel to a
film in which much of the suspense
comes from learning about the mysterious monster?
His acting break
came playing the role of Liam in the 2006
horror film TURISTAS.
If they
come out with more
films, i would definitely go see them and i advise anyone that enjoys effective
horror to do so as well.
For over a decade, sold out audiences have enjoyed Rocky
Horror - like participation consisting of hilarious traditions such as screen - shouting, football playing, throwing spoons at the screen, rooting on the shockingly long establishing pans of San Francisco, and generally laughing hysterically at the
film's clunky pseudo-Tennessee Williams dialogue, confused performances, and bizarre plot twists, like the mother - in - law character whose breast cancer ought to play like it matters a great deal, but really
comes off as a non-sequitur.
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».
Each show is a bloody anthology of short
horror films created by talented, up and
coming filmmakers.
And also the funniest
horror film to
come out of New Zealand since Braindead.
Once again the most prolific distributor of the year, IFC maintained a more - than - one -
film - per - week pace throughout 2013, with releases in multiple genres
coming through a variety of sub-brands, including the artier Sundance Selects and the
horror - oriented IFC Midnight.
Coming off the success of the
horror film It Follows, writer - director David Robert Mitchell shifts into noir with his latest feature, but the results appear to be much less favorable.
This is one of the few
horror films I've seen that I would describe as beautiful and it's no wonder
coming from Herzog.
At least I now know what my tolerance level will be like for the eventual European
coming - of - age
horror film set at a waxing station.
Director Johannes Roberts begins the
film with a synth - infused version of Kim Wilde's «Kids in America» and retro title styling, letting the audience know what decade of
horror we're in for, even if the characters are blissfully unaware of what's
coming.
Gallic,
coming - of - age
horror pic is too arty to be considered merely an exploitation
film — but it's close.
From Rodney Ascher, the director of Room 237,
comes a documentary -
horror film exploring the phenomenon of Sleep Paralysis through the eyes of eight very different people.
Every
horror film that
comes out this year, and probably next year, will have to compared with The Blair Witch Project (and every pseudo-documentary, for that matter — see Drop Dead Gorgeous).
From that moment when the kidnappers drop off their first victim and we realise what
horrors Scott Frank is willing to show in this
film, we are kept on a knife's edge when it
comes to tension.
Horror still reigns in Park City Extending a tradition that's already stretched from The Babadook and The Witch to Get Out, Sundance proved a dependable launching pad for standout horror: This year's Hereditary — a nightmarish supernatural grief drama starring an unhinged Toni Collette — was the one film that came closest to a consensus favorite (if by favorite, we mean a movie that thoroughly traumatized all audie
Horror still reigns in Park City Extending a tradition that's already stretched from The Babadook and The Witch to Get Out, Sundance proved a dependable launching pad for standout
horror: This year's Hereditary — a nightmarish supernatural grief drama starring an unhinged Toni Collette — was the one film that came closest to a consensus favorite (if by favorite, we mean a movie that thoroughly traumatized all audie
horror: This year's Hereditary — a nightmarish supernatural grief drama starring an unhinged Toni Collette — was the one
film that
came closest to a consensus favorite (if by favorite, we mean a movie that thoroughly traumatized all audiences).
Writer - director Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron, The Night Before), who had just
come off of a similar survivalist
horror tale, Sole Survivor, imbues his
film with a tongue planted firmly in his cheek, and a genuine love for the various B - movie genres that gives the
film the necessary sense of fun needed in order to not get bogged down in deadly seriousness that would have done the
film in for sure.
Simple, effective, and it gives very little away — this poster for It
Comes at Night is a masterclass in
horror film promo, from the white dog contrasting against the darkness to the staggered font.
So when a
film like The Witch
comes along — a story with such palpable
horror and brutality — it's a big deal.
With its combination of psychological and body
horror, The Brood laid the groundwork for many of the director's
films to
come, but it stands on its own as a personal, singularly scary vision.
Even more impressive, however, is Fessenden's ability to mix the objective with the subjective in the narrative, presenting his
horror film as a very literal expression of a child
coming to terms with the ugliness of adulthood.
If you feel like the
horror genre has been ho - hum lately, rest assured as The Conjuring is one of the best
horror films that has
come across the screen in the last decade.
He's playing with so many interesting ideas when it
comes to race that I wish the
film felt a bit more satisfying in its payoff, even if that disappointment is amply offset by the pure intensity of the final scenes, during which Peele displays a skill with
horror action that I didn't know he had.
While It
Comes At Night is without question a
horror film, its
horrors are more cerebral and internalized than your standard jump - scare laden scary movie.
A24 has revealed the first teaser trailer for an eerie
horror - thriller titled It
Comes at Night, the second feature
film from Trey Edward Shults, the director of last year's Krisha.
Last year, we at Bloody Good
Horror polled our reviewers to come up with a list of the best horror films of the last d
Horror polled our reviewers to
come up with a list of the best
horror films of the last d
horror films of the last decade.
It
Comes at Night: Director Trey Edward Schults follows his acclaimed drama «Krisha» with a
horror film about an isolated family battling an unnatural force.
Unlike many of the slasher / zombie / out and out
horror films, FAULTS relies on its fear
coming from the audience's involvement and its ability to provoke thoughts.
Content to merely spend time with its characters as they chat, bicker and strategize, the
film comes off as a lackadaisical throwback oater until it reaches its climax, at which point Bone Tomahawk veers suddenly, shockingly into outright
horror, replete with what may be the most chilling, unforgettable death scene of the year.
A24 has revealed a third trailer for post-apocalyptic
horror thriller
film It
Comes at Night, the second feature
film from Trey Edward Shults, the director of last year's Krisha.
Now
comes the news that Taissa Farmiga («American
Horror Story») has joined Ethan Hawke and John Travolta in the cast of the
film being produced by Jason Blum and West collaborators Jacob Jaffke and Peter Phok.
XYZ Films (The Raid, The Raid 2, Killers) has partnered with Demarest Films and A24 on Kevin Smith's epic new
horror film, Tusk,
coming aboard to handle all international sales rights, Bloody Disgusting has learned.