Sentences with phrase «horror films in particular»

As you might expect, our focus was on horror films in particular, but a few non-genre films managed to sneak their way in there.

Not exact matches

There are some gruesomely well - orchestrated scenes of body horror (one particular dissection is nightmarishly staged) and Garland's knack for gonzo imagery ensures that many scenes in the film will make a lasting impression.

Additionally, in no particular order, there were vocal supporters of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted score from Fred Myrow and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling of Bernard Herrmann for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled music for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's score for Romero's anthology film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s score for the original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent example in Climax Golden Twins» music for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's classic church organ scares in «Carnival of Souls ``; and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky original music by Libra for his final film «Shock.»

Fans of well - acted period dramas and good gothic mysteries should consider tuning in but the film will be of particular interest to anyone curious about the origins of modern British horror cinema.

Director Jonathan Liebesman background in horror films shines through in some genuinely tense moments, and one or two of the action sequences are well executed (a massive shoot - out on a freeway overpass is a particular highlight), but the potential of this movie is both wasted by a lack of general coherence, and then destroyed by dialogue that swings wildly from cheesy patriotic to unintentionally hilarious.

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.

It seems like back then, the horror genre in particular inspired composers to really try to write something interesting and different, which makes it all the more ironic that today it's the one genre where film music has truly reached an all - time - high of genericism.

One scene in particular was very cleverly done and was a refreshing change from the brain donor behavior seen in most horror films.

We don't watch horror or experimental films for finely drawn character studies but for their particular attention to what film theorists call «excess,» the stuff (color, music) that goes beyond the imperatives of most cinema, whether it's the excess that takes monstrous or supernatural shape in horror, or the material, structural, and textural excess of experimental films.

Distributor A24 has taken that particular element of the film, which bowed at Sundance and is set for a summer release, to some pretty wild ends, sending out creepy dolls to various audience members after they take in the chilling horror feature.

The horror of this film isn't about the name of the person behind the mask or why he stalks anyone in particular, but rather it explores the fears of the unknown assailant or more broadly, the «other.»

In particular the creepy shocker of an ending elevates the film, making it one of 2017's best horrors.

They were going to make a whodunnit slasher with a new villain (Ghostface) who preys on a group of teenagers and Neve Campbell in particular, but they were going to do it with one significant twist — as in reality, many of the characters would know horror films and the cliches and «rules» that came with them.

As with horror and comedy, those who are resistant to this kind of film will definitely resist this one in particular.

This film shares elements of story and tone with numerous members of the sci - fi / horror / alien genre, including two in particular (an all - time classic, and a recent Oscar winner).

Each of the films feels closer to a conventional Hollywood horror film than the one that came before, to the point where I wonder if there's a point in working in this particular genre other than commercial attraction.

Since then we've seen Argento's films in particular and Italian horror more broadly become regular features in art galleries, museums, and other highbrow cultural institutions.

Richardson is fascinated by the ways we connect with landscape; within her deeply layered practice, she draws on narrative devices used in science fiction and B - movie horror films, as well as nineteenth - century landscape painting, with particular interest in the apocalyptic conjurings of John Martin (British, 1789 - 1854).

Gethin Wyn Jones» film, FEAR, uses the vocabulary of cinema, in particular the genre of horror, to create a state of anticipation.