Sentences with phrase «horror of this thriller»

There's not enough insight to the social phenomenon presented onscreen, but that doesn't make the utterly human horror of this thriller any less unsettling.

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In speaking of horror films, I referred specifically to supernatural thrillers, drawing a bright line between the depiction of human evil and supernatural evil.
An alleged prequel to the sci - fi / horror / thriller classic Alien (1979), the director Scott was always hesitant to speak of it in such prequel terms, and instead spoke of it in larger and vaguer terms — and....
Jordan Peele's social thriller about the literal horrors of bodily racism is still one of 2017's most unforgettable films.
I went through a phase of life where I was entranced by horror, thriller, suspense movies.
Film genres included «horror» such as The Exorcism of Emily Rose and What Lies Beneath, and thrillers, such as Pulp Fiction, The Departed, and Black Swan.
A tragically beautiful horror film that works not only as a supernatural thriller but also as a commentary on the failure of man.
Sometimes the foreboding mansion can be the backdrop for the subtext of the entire film — the setting for films ranging from Hitchcock's thrillers to Kubrick's horrors.
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Anderson's horror feature Session 9 hit cinemas that same year; a supernatural thriller, it weaves the tale of a cleaning crew commissioned to clear the asbestos from an abandoned mental hospital, who find their sanity crumbling when faced with the gothic atmosphere.
Iron Maiden front - man Bruce Dickinson collaborates with veteran second - unit Monty Python director Julian Doyle to craft this horror - flavored supernatural thriller concerning the reincarnation of the occultist once dubbed «the most evil man in Britain.»
«World War Z» isn't your typical zombie movie, but rather a globe - trotting socio - political thriller that treats the zombies more like a viral disease than something out of a horror film.
The story itself uses the parody of horror cliches to its advantage to create a plot that is classic suspense / thriller inspired alongside comedic elements that don't interrupt the plot but rather compliment it.
Argo trots out every thriller / horror movie convention one can cite in its pursuit of a «nick of time» escape story.
Critics Consensus: Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher's teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars.
The music is superb, the Simon Boswell piano theme is well suited and also suits for the horror genre, I don't really find this as a standard black comedy thriller, it is something like it is ripped off from Coen Brother's Blood Simple, with more of less funny dialogue but I find this a perfect thriller and quite known for its time and still is today because of Channel 4 which is now a popular channel with many sub-channels.
Although the problems appear to have had an impact on the final product, especially in the uneven tone of the comparatively smaller - scale finale and the unsatisfying epilogue, it's a bit of a pleasant surprise that the movie manages to hold together even through some turbulent patches to be worthwhile viewing for anyone not expecting much more than a grandiose, set - piece dominated horror - thriller.
If you like horror / thrillers with plenty of cartoonish blood and gore, this will hit the spot.
The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.
Critic Consensus: Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher's teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars.
An excellent blend of comedy and thriller The Cabin in the Woods has redefined the horror film genre.
This was an awesome compilation of great horror movies as well as some other added clips from sci - fi's and thrillers.
Silence was a superior thriller that veered into horror territory through its representations of mutilation murders and torture, and it won a bushel of Academy Awards.
The horror - thriller takes place in the small village of New Bethlehem, a devout community kept under the tight reins of the town's vigilant Elders.
Now with «Beast,» a well - developed thriller with some horror undertones, Pearce emerges as a fellow to watch, since he keeps the audience with an uneasy feeling throughout while trying to guess the identity of a serial killer and wondering whether the woman on whom he focuses so much attention is in danger of being murdered.
This apocalyptic horror thriller is a movie that will appeal less to fans of the genre than to technophobic grumps who reckon mobile phones turn people into mindless zombies.
There's no more treacherous horror subgenre than the rape - revenge thriller, because the worst examples confuse exploitation for empowerment, answering graphic scenes of sexual assault with a gruesome parade of righteous kills.
Under the Dome is the TV equivalent [of a ham sandwich], with all the fixings: a goofy, sometimes creepy, thriller from horror maestro Stephen King about a town trapped under a large invisible barrier.
New Line Cinema's horror thriller «IT,» directed by Andy Muschietti («Mama»), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
Simultaneously trying to be science fiction, satire, body horror and a psychological thriller, ANTIVIRAL has a lot of moving parts that don't always mesh together; its wickedly interesting ideas and an excess of style help smooth over the many rough patches, though.
This wannabe highbrow horror - thriller is a graceless, unfocused piece of work with a central narrative as tonally schizophrenic and wayward as its lead.
This horror thriller is based upon the final chapter of the Bible and centers upon Abby Quinn, a pregnant woman living in Venice, California who leases her garage apartment to mysterious David, who seems to be trying to claim the soul and the life of her unborn child.
A thriller that tries aggressively, but not entirely successfully, to deliver the goods of three genres — suspense, supernatural and horror.
By the time this film was over, I couldn't help thinking that if it were made today, using modern technology and special effects, «Dementia 13» might be one of the all time great horror and psychological thrillers.
REC 4 won't win any points for being scary or terribly original, as this is more of an action thriller than horror, but it is mostly successful due to the fact that it drops the slapstick comedy of REC 3 and goes for a more serious tone, and the setting make this stand out in the zombie genre.
Sean Harris is known for creating intense, offbeat characters in an eclectic range of films, such as Rowan Joffre's BRIGHTON ROCK, HARRY BROWN, THE RED RIDING trilogy, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, and the 2005, award - winning horror thriller ISOLATION, OUTLAW AND CREEP.
It's a point of pride with any horror film, or any thriller verging on horror: Used correctly, a perfectly innocent song suddenly sounds like the scariest bleep in the world.
Rather than a sequel or spin - off, this is a spiritual successor to 2008's Cloverfield, a terrifically tense thriller that builds a genuine sense of horror.
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The sequel also saw the return of Director James Wan, who returned to his horror / thriller roots, after the massive success of Furious 7.
Robert Kurtzman, the creator of «From Dusk Till Dawn,» co-produced the horror thriller.
Comedy, sci - fi, horror, romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other film, even if it is an homage film at its core.
The producers of Liam Neeson thriller Non-Stop are developing an updated version of the classic supernatural horror film
Jon Watts, the mad man behind last year's fantastic thriller Cop Car, will finally see the release of his indie horror movie here in the States.
The distributors of The Silence of the Lambs, too, had marketed it as a thriller rather than as horror.
And one of those great horror movies was Fede Alvarez «s Don't Breathe, a vicious, hard - hearted thriller about a the criminals who break into the home of a secluded blind man and learn the hard way that he's not someone to be underestimated.
After I realized how this movie massages nuanced social commentary (about fetishization of the african american body, caucasian self - image, etc.) into a film «genre» that does not neatly fit into any particular category (it's neither thriller, nor horror, nor comedy, but a taste of all three), I was absolutely impressed.
The film left me craving more and was a unique blend of comedy, thriller, and horror.
With so many teen thrillers taking the route of bad, sensationalist horror, it's nice to see a standard suspense vehicle come out once in a while, with better characterizations and fright earned through putting characters in potential jeopardy, rather than just cheap jump - scares and shrill music.
Is this horror / thriller an original movie or is it just a blatant ripoff of past movies like Flatliners and Pet Cemetery?
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