The film started with a bigger budget than most
horror films made in the studio system these days.
I liked KRAMPUS, though I ended up having to comfort my girlfriend, who didn't like the film at all, mostly for how it ends (she generally doesn't like
horror films made after 1999).
If one were to ignore the global box office and consider undisclosed marketing costs, two of the biggest hits of the year — Get Out and It — signal a growing hunger for smart, stylish
horror films made on a modest budget.
I like some of the sci fi and
horror films made today but too many of them rely on digital effects, even when they're not really called for.
Feast is a cynically funny, self - aware
horror film made for horror fans.
The 2 - hour, 10 - minute action /
horror film made $ 300 million worldwide, but a sequel was not pursued.
Rock Paper Dead is the new
horror film made by Tom Holland, director of the original Fright Night, Child's Play and Thinner.
Heading into All Hallow's Eve the obligatory
horror film made an appearance in the form of SINISTER.
Outside of «The Cabin in the Woods» (which is tough to even peg into this genre), it has been nearly 20 years since
a horror film made my top ten list.
The horror maestro behind Blumhouse Productions and films as varied as «Insidious» and «The Purge» talks about the importance of casting, why not
all horror films make money, and why it was time to end the «Paranormal Activity» franchise.
Since then, Flanagan has been hard at work, and he now has not one, not two, but three films slated to come out this year: his passion project Before I Wake, the sequel to the 2014 genre hit Ouija, and Hush, a slick, low - budget
horror film he made in secret.
Not exact matches
Romero maintained that he wouldn't
make horror films if he couldn't fill them with political statements.
The Weinstein Co's sale documents need to
make clear the bankrupt
film studio will defend Lionsgate Entertainment Corp in intellectual property disputes stemming from two
horror movies, Lionsgate said on Thursday in court papers.
David Goldman tries to explain the growth in the American
horror -
film genre while
making the assumption that
horror is bad in and of itself, with which I disagree.
Though Chaplin later said that, had he known the actual
horrors of the German concentration camps, he could not have
made the
film, the truth and hope of the
film were no less important or authentic.
Recent and upcoming releases include the romance -
horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe,
filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous
film ever
made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.
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.
If you haven't tried one yourself, you've surely seen them all over Instagram: those white or animal - printed masks that
make the wearer look like the villain in a
horror film.
John Krasinski directs a spooky stunt of a
horror film about alien beasties who will only attack you if you
make a sound.
So, when we were in New Orleans you better believe we
made our way over to where American
Horror Story: Coven was
filmed!
Trying to get away from the
horror genre, he tried to
make a few
films with no success.
For someone to have such a strict upbringing and to go on to work for 40 years
making horror films is just inspiring.
Despite all the cliches, it's a pretty hilarious
film filled with good humor, mixed with gloomy atmosphere,
making fun and at the same time adhering to the cliches of the Universal
horror classic.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is, without a doubt, one of the best
horror films ever
made.
The idea is to
make you feel like a character trapped in a
horror film.
The cost of
making quality
horror films has never been high, so a more modest box office is acceptable if you're still pulling in ten bucks for every dollar spent.
John Krasinski directs a spooky stunt of a
horror film about alien beasties who will only attack you if you
make a sound.
Another
film that went on to have it's own franchise pushed the boundaries of
horror,
made on a shoestring budget and executed in the most simplest of terms was Saw.
While it
makes the
film a touch more bearable, it doesn't do much for the
horror.
One of the few last successful
horror franchises in modern history would have to be the Paranormal Activity flicks where it goes to show, that a
film that
makes noises in another room can scare the living hell out of millions of people.
Let's compare dating mistakes to the mistakes characters
make in
horror films.
Any
horror movie fan can see that this
film has been
made with a gleeful love of the genre, flaws and all, and the final half - hour delivers one of the greatest visually spectacular finales I have seen all year (even compared to that of another Joss Whedon project, The Avengers).
This combination of classic
horror action and satire
make The Cabin in the Woods unique and a
film that is sure not to disappoint fans of campy gore and violence.
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?
It has a great screenplay and it actually works with tons of
horror film stereotypes which
make it even better.
A lot of people have a phobia about these creepy crawlies and of course it
makes for engaging
horror films.
The fifth in the apparently never - ending series of
horror films actually has the highest Metascore of any
film in the franchise, which doesn't
make it good, per se; just not bad.
One of the greatest and funniest
horror films ever
made, it has a great story and a powerful scenes with great visuals and exquisite acting, I am a big
horror fan, this one is good, it is really good, although I was barging for something smaller and simpler, but it turned out to be way too different than expected!
When I first saw the trailer for this movie I thought it was good to be another awful
horror film, but the twist led by the characters played by Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins
makes this one of the most inventive
horror films I've seen in a while.
But, as frustrating and bewildering as Under The Skin is, it swims with moments of beauty and
horror, and few
films make you think so much.
I mean, I love Rob Zombie as a filmmaker, and he has
made one of the best
horror films of the last ten years, The Devil's Rejects.
An intelligent and scary
horror film that
makes a more than welcome commentary on the
horrors of war and gender oppression in Iran, using a lot of symbolism and keeping us in an increasing state of anxiety as it moves in a deliberate, slow - burning pace towards a terrifying climax.
Quite possibly the goriest
film ever
made by a Hollywood studio, Evil Dead is a new
Horror classic, a
film that accomplishes the nearly impossible task of staying true to the original's roots while standing firmly on its own.
Spiders
make for an interesting topic for a
horror film.
When a typical
horror film is
made, they complain and when a fresh and original idea is penned into a
film, they still complain.
One of the greatest and funniest
horror films ever
made, it has a great story and a powerful scenes with great visuals and exquisite acting, I am a big
horror fan, this one is good, it is really good, although I was barging for something
Annihilation does offer enough surreal
horror within its visual spectacle to
make it worth recommending to sci - fi fans, but for all the different interpretations the
film is being afforded by other writers, I can't help but feel that it is fairly empty thematically.
The way they appear and vanish is almost supernatural, and it deliberately mimics the way
horror movies toy with their audiences; there's a bit in the first
film where Speedman is desperately rifling through his car and a finger menacingly
makes its way into the frame to tap him on the shoulder, barely a half step away from having someone actually jump out and yell, «Boo!»
The performances of the cast
make this
film something truly special, and though it's not a perfect
film, Fallen is still a top - notch psychological
horror film with plenty to offer.
It changes it up and shows you behind the scenes of every cheesy cliche
horror film ever
made, and it does it very well.