Sentences with phrase «horror subgenre»

At its core, the game is best described as an action adventure in the survival horror subgenre but with a twist.

«Torture porn» may be the better description, a horror subgenre that came into prominence after the sleeper hit known as Saw, which emphasized (and exploited) both the emotional and physical agony of its characters to manipulate audience reaction.

It would be a wild exaggeration to suggest that «Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones» breathes new life into the increasingly fumes - fueled found - footage horror subgenre, but it certainly represents a shot in the arm for this series after 2012's poorly regarded «Paranormal Activity 4.»

Tied to the creatures of the id - horror subgenre (the best example of which is probably Neil Jordan's psychosexual A Company of Wolves), a recent glut of lycanthropic fare (Ginger Snaps, Dog Soldiers) holds a curious candle to the idea that, despite Arab belief to the contrary, Western civilization seems to be regressing into a puritanical sexual hysteria that proves fertile ground for horror films about the cycle of sexual repression / aggression.

The evolution of found footage from creative device to horror subgenre has robbed the design of almost all its luster and originality.

As that appellation suggests, this is an aquatic thriller, joining the horror subgenre that began with and is still best represented by Jaws.

The Midnight Madness section's strongest entries included Afflicted, the latest iteration of the found - footage horror subgenre, in which writer - directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse play Canadian students Derek and Clif, whose video documents a not - so - excellent European vacation, and Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson's playful pastiche All Cheerleaders Die, in which the tangled intrigue around a high - school cheer squad turns lethal — call it When Witchcraft - Resurrected, Life - Force - Sucking Mean Girls Attack.

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.

The references have ranged from thematic to blatant — as in, literal writing on the wall — and they span several horror subgenres, from old slasher movies and Japanese horror to mid-aughts-style torture porn.

To give the film some credit, I appreciate when anyone — even unintentionally — pokes fun at society's reality TV obsession, but in this case the mashing of two well - worn horror subgenres only makes it twice as annoying that the film couldn't do either of them well.

Not exact matches

In truth, the factors that motivated the successes of these horror - subgenre entries into the marketplace could be applied to another dominant form of visual entertainment focused on suspense, moodiness, thinly veiled sexual references, and the darkest side of human nature; I'm speaking, of course, of the soap opera.

By the same token, there is a radical difference between the apocalyptic literature cited by Robert Kinkela and the corresponding subgenre of horror films.

The infamous series Hellraiser is the perfect archetypal example of the body horror genre, and it has set the standard for the entire future of the subgenre.

A «creepypasta» is a short piece of horror Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death

The eerie early scenes fade into standard space horror panic and given how crowded that particular subgenre is, The Cloverfield Paradox emerges as a pale imitation.

While this is a film that pays tribute to some classic films, it also manages to stand on its own by adding some new wrinkles to a worn - out subgenre of horror.

The thing about horror is that there are tons of different subgenres, each offering amazing, quality entries.

In the subgenre of mother horror, The Babadook deserves mention among the likes of Rosemary's Baby, Dark Water and The Conjuring.

I was never a very big fan of this one, despite my love for the subgenre, but it holds a special place in history, and has thusly been given a gorgeous transfer and bonus - laden treatment by the heroes of Scream Factory, the best Blu - ray house in history for horror fans.

The master of the specific subgenre called body horror and the man who put out such classics as Dead Ringers and Videodrome, the Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg seemingly stepped out of his (dis) comfort zone and delivered one of the best movies of the first decade of this century when he made the film cleverly and multilayeredly called A History of Violence.

«The Invitation» might be labeled as a horror film, but it far better fits the prodigious «mindfuck film» subgenre label, following the likes of «The One I Love» and «The Gift» in recent years.

It comes as a bit of a surprise that, with so many recent horror films aping off of different subgenres from the past, no one has really attempted to tackle the creature feature.

The killer doll subgenre of horror cinema may not be the most respected corner of the genre, but it has its moments.

Fans of the exorcism subgenre of horror will no doubt get what they came for in the film's conclusion, one of the most overblown, silliest exorcism scenes in movies, but the derivative cheap thrills leading up to it barely warrant the wait.

An iconic use of the haunted - doll trope, this Alberto Cavalcanti - directed tale of a ventriloquist and his seemingly sentient (and malevolent) dummy has stood as a touchstone of the subgenre — everything from the Anthony Hopkins - starring Magic to recent offerings like Annabelle owe the British horror sequence a debt.

The 1996 zombie game Resident Evil was the foundation of the «survival horror» subgenre.

The film falls into the subgenre Folk Horror, a largely British off - shoot of the horror genre exploring the urban inhabitant's unease about the countryside, where spiteful and superstitious bumpkins are still in the thrall of demonic fHorror, a largely British off - shoot of the horror genre exploring the urban inhabitant's unease about the countryside, where spiteful and superstitious bumpkins are still in the thrall of demonic fhorror genre exploring the urban inhabitant's unease about the countryside, where spiteful and superstitious bumpkins are still in the thrall of demonic forces.

Better Watch Out Chris Peckover, USA / Australia, 2016, 89m Encompassing three great traditions of horror — the Christmas, home - invasion, and babysitting subgenres — Better Watch Out is a twisted and twisty mash - up of dark delights as filtered through the lens of an»80s teen comedy.

The film features winks to other zombie titles whilst remaining thoroughly original amongst the subgenre of films (it's certainly no horror film, that's for sure) plus multiple Twin Peaks references and one particularly wonderful nod to St Elmo's Fire.

For one, it saw the release of Night of the Living Dead, George Romero's low - budget, immensely influential zombie thriller, which essentially birthed an entire subgenre of horror films.

But it's an objectionable turn of phrase, implying a certain intrinsically lowly or shameful status to genre film - making in itself: there are good horror movies and bad ones, smart horror movies and stupid ones, and the critical distinction seems clear enough without needing to delineate and elevate a separate subgenre on the basis of class and quality alone.

Still, the hardcore horror nuts may be turned off by the lack of violence and gore typically shrouding the zombie subgenre...»

Swanberg's inclusion is a notable one, as the film has been referred to as helping to establish a new (and somewhat on the nose) subgenre that mixes the low budget and improvisational style of mumblecore with the horror setting («mumblegore» if you will), and the conversations here take on a casual, loosely scripted feel that would not seem out of place in a film like Computer Chess or The Puffy Chair.

It's gotten a new generation of young viewers interested in horror and helped give vampirism back it's bite after the neutering effect Twilight had on the subgenre.

Audition held a key place of influence upon the decade that would follow, occupying (and varying) the vanguard of J - horror, while anticipating (and also outclassing) the whole «torture porn» subgenre (significantly, director Takashi Miike cameos in Hostel).

Over the course of a career that spans three decades Frank Henelotter has made his bones in the exploitation subgenre of horror films.

Made on the wonderful jungle sets of King Kong while that epic's special effects were being finished, this is one of the great action - horror films and has provided a template for many «rich sicko» melodramas — the entire «torture porn» subgenre springs from the obsessions of its villain, Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks).

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.

A while back, at the height of the quagmire in Iraq, it was the so - called «torture porn» subgenre of horror, kicked off by «Saw» and brought to its gruesome, bloody pinnacle with Eli Roth's «Hostel» series.

You're deciding what movie to see on a Saturday night and wonder: What if someone took the suburban spookiness of many a Steven Spielberg or J.J. Abrams movie and combined it with the captive - prisoner subgenre of the modern horror film.

Some of these I would not even consider to be in the horror genre... not even a subgenre.

Ostensibly a horror film of the «girls trapped in a basement by a madman» subgenre, like last year's 10 Cloverfield Lane, it somehow ends up being a rape - revenge superhero movie, like a DC Comics version of Elle.

Like Happy Death Day, many of the year's highlights, which toyed with or injected life into often - tired subgenres, came in smaller packages, such as the home - invasion thrillers Better Watch Out, The Babysitter (another Netflix original), and Jackals; the clever zombie - in - the - desert flick It Stains the Sands Red (much better than the silly cannibal - in - the - desert - flick The Bad Batch); the flesh - eating family drama Raw; the blood - sucking confused - teen drama The Transfiguration; the sci - fi / fantasy / horror hybrids The Void, The Untamed, and The Lure, which also had elements of the musical; and the ultra-disturbing tale of youth Super Dark Times, about the unraveling of a group of friends after the accidental killing of a classmate, which offers a significantly more satisfying experience than It.

Horror movies have experienced an insane renaissance over the course of the last few years, but the slasher subgenre has fallen oddly silent.

Fargeat's debut feature is an incredibly stylish exercise in horror filmmaking that runs at one of the nastiest and toughest exploitation subgenres — the rape - revenge drama — and gamely tries to update it for the 21st century.

That particular subgenre has been a boon for horror fans who have been treated to gems like You're Next,...

They publish six imprints which include Dahlia (Romance, and various romance subgenres), Stargazer (fantasy, steampunk), Nightshade (horror), Casablanca (mystery), Thistle (middle school, YA, New Adult), and Deja Vu (reprints for all genres).

Their lists are divided into subgenres of fiction, including: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Inspirational, Kids, Literary, Mystery / Thriller, Science - Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult (YA).

Dark Fantasy — traditionally this subgenre combined elements of fantasy with horror, but more recently it also includes fantasy with darker themes.

I suspect it was the book that launched the recent «George Romero dead rise» subgenre in horror fiction, but I still haven't read better.