Sentences with phrase «in eerie tone»

From Jordan Raup's Sundance review found on The Film Stage: «Aster displays proficient skill in eerie tone - setting, elaborate production design, and the type of scares that will leave a pervasive imprint on the mind.»

Not exact matches

DEADFALL boasts originality, but oozes dread in much the same way as Sam Raimi's superior A SIMPLE PLAN, with the snowy location and eerie tone also suggesting they're not a million miles away from one another.

Featuring a creepy and eerie tone, at least what we can tell from the screenplay written years ago, the casting of Scarlett Johansson as the lead — a black widow - like alien who lures prey in with her sexual charms — seems like an inspired choice.

And like Spoon providing tribute to the Cramps» «TV Set» in the credits song, Kenan does a fine cover of the Steven Spielberg - produced original with updated tech work and a similarly (if much more muted) eerie tone.

Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's use of brown tones and chiaroscuro lighting is simply appropriate; interestingly, almost every moment of imagination involves the physicality of the president — sitting before Union soldiers in a manner that conjures the Lincoln Memorial, standing atop the prow of the ship in an early, eerie dream sequence, his long legs and tall hat anchoring one corner of a wide frame as he talks to his telegraph operators in the dead of night.

They're watching a sepia - toned video, in which children dance around a maypole, a spider crawls across a clown's face and eerie, ambient chanting gives way to a backward, demonic voice - over.

All have an eerie tone that is absolutely true to the novel and are making me even more eager for its release (currently not scheduled in the US, but likely to be this fall).

Eerie, dark, and unusually sensual, this mystery — love story is similar in tone to E. Lockhart's We Were Liars (2014) and will appeal especially to older readers who are looking for surprising plot twists, a creepy fairy - tale vibe, ambiguous narrators, and a world where nothing is ever really what it seems.

His tone can be monotonous and eerie and he frequently speaks with a lisp, often trailing words ending in «s,» making his speech almost reptilian in sound.

The sound itself is great, the music gives an eerie tone as you patrol the apartments and even the propaganda van which you encounter later on is as annoying as it would be in real life.

The graphics and music really do help with the eerie tone present throughout the adventure in a way that the somewhat boring music and graphics style used in many a normal Mario ghost house doesn't.

From the eerie piano piece that greets players at the title screen to the forlorn melodies that fade in and out as you explore the mansion itself, the music, while sparse, does a fantastic job of setting a somber tone.

Her paintings and drawings that contain eerie tone of Frida Kahlo's self portraits in bed and Louise Bourgeois» empowering depictions of female sexuality find the recognition they deserve with a long - due New Museum exhibition titled Antibodies.

This grouping, now bathed in warm Southern California sunshine, sets an almost eerie tone during the current catastrophic flooding in Louisiana.