Sentences with phrase «in psychological terror»

But this latest sequel Shrek the Third abandons kids altogether to invent a marginally paranoid but enjoyable comedy rooted in the psychological terror associated with entering adulthood.

This is what makes his first and only feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene, such a brilliant exercise in psychological terror, and despite the fact that it's neither a horror film nor much of a thriller, it generates a more foreboding sense of dread than a majority of the most recent entries in either of those genres.

And now comes Split, a remarkably weird and wonderful exercise in psychological terror featuring a virtuoso performance by Scottish actor James McAvoy (X-Men) as a deranged killer named Kevin who is at turns terrifying, grotesque, pitiful, lovable, brilliant, confident, pathetic, happy, sad, mad, and glad.

Inquirer movie reviewer Tirdad Derakhshani called the film a «remarkably weird and wonderful exercise in psychological terror.»

Not exact matches

But the diagnosis of PTSD didn't get its start with the warfare of terror; it came to light after the terror of war — being added to the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980, after it was clear that many Vietnam War veterans were suffering from a constellation of psychological troubles.

But all varieties of horror flick are easily identifiable at this point, whether they're spooky, low - budget films (numerous); viscera - stained slasher movies (more numerous); quick - cut zombie flicks (even more numerous); macabre sci - fi, floating - in - space efforts (somewhat less numerous than they should be); sexualized vampiric tales (I trip over one of these whenever I get the newspaper); films of the more critically favored retro - mashup variety (Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Death Proof plus Planet Terror feature Grindhouse); or foreign entries of the psychological horror variety (the works of Dario Argento, of course; Alexandre Aja's films, which have their defenders; and Juan Antonio Bayona's El Orfanato, which only someone who truly dislikes cinema can dismiss).

The CIA manual Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare, which encouraged the contras to assassinate «government officials and sympathizers,» may have been produced in order to encourage the contras to shift from the phase of warfare conducted through generalized terror into a new phase of targeted terror against civilians who were committed to the revolutionary process.

In trying to reach a truly actual depiction of the horror of the subject, the painters imparted a sense of despair, or expectation of terror, which became a common psychological coin.

Roman Polanski's recent film Death and the Maiden is a psychological thriller made all the more frightening by the knowledge that it is based upon the political tactic of terror employed by many dictatorships in South America.

While the 1963 film used sound and psychological suggestion to promote a feeling of terror, the newer version quickly abandons this in favor of an all - out CGI - effects-fest that, instead of being scary, look pretty cheesy and silly instead.

In «Howard», elements from each of the previous two tracks combine but there's an added element now, after some misleading initial warmth comes a real sense of fear, a distant female vocal adding to the effect; then there's the calm before the storm in «A Bright Red Flash» before the storm itself arrives in «At the Door», powerful and door - rattling brass and percussion opening things up before more psychological terror comes from the stringIn «Howard», elements from each of the previous two tracks combine but there's an added element now, after some misleading initial warmth comes a real sense of fear, a distant female vocal adding to the effect; then there's the calm before the storm in «A Bright Red Flash» before the storm itself arrives in «At the Door», powerful and door - rattling brass and percussion opening things up before more psychological terror comes from the stringin «A Bright Red Flash» before the storm itself arrives in «At the Door», powerful and door - rattling brass and percussion opening things up before more psychological terror comes from the stringin «At the Door», powerful and door - rattling brass and percussion opening things up before more psychological terror comes from the strings.

Saw creator James Wan directs in fine fashion, relying less on gimmicks that have been part of his prior films, though there are still a handful of standard cheap scares that do seem out of place in this more psychological terror - driven story.

Up - and - coming filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his acclaimed debut film Krisha with It Comes At Night, a psychological horror thriller centering on a teenage boy (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) as he faces mounting terrors — both external and internal — in the aftermath of an unnamed apocalypse.

(In French with subtitles) ATM (R for violence and terror) Psychological thriller about three co-workers (Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve and Josh Peck) who end up in a desperate fight for their lives after being barricaded in a bank vestibule by a creep with an unknown agendIn French with subtitles) ATM (R for violence and terror) Psychological thriller about three co-workers (Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve and Josh Peck) who end up in a desperate fight for their lives after being barricaded in a bank vestibule by a creep with an unknown agendin a desperate fight for their lives after being barricaded in a bank vestibule by a creep with an unknown agendin a bank vestibule by a creep with an unknown agenda.

This is not your typical Hollywood movie — a feature marginally in the horror genre with emphasis on psychological terror.

Certainly, his latest film exhibits many of his most characteristic features: an early static shot of a concert audience once again emphasises spectatorship as a primary concern; we meet, as so often, a bourgeois family about to experience severe suffering; Emmanuelle Riva follows Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche and Naomi Watts in giving an extraordinary performance in response to psychological terror; and violence, with its attendant guilt, comes as a shocking intrusion into this world.

But Zombie betrays this from frame one, instead offering a psychological breakdown that explains Michael Myers» insanity and in so doing eliminates virtually all of the mystique and terror that once elevated this movie monster from alliteratively - named villain to the once and future «The Shape.»

Its incredibly imaginative and highly unsettling characters and environments make it the ideal fit for our event where the property can continue its reign of terror and fully immerse guests in its psychological horror,» said John Murdy, Creative Director for Universal Studios Hollywood.

Not since James Cameron's underrated 1989 gem The Abyss has a failed marriage become a microcosm of psychological terror in which each character's capacity for good and evil is tested.

This frightening psychological thriller may be writer / director Aronofsky's most fully realized work to date, combining the intense terrors of his stylistic and shocking Requiem For A Dream with his more intimate, empathetic approach in The Wrestler.

The Terror The surviving crew members are forced to make life - or - death decisions as this psychological horror - drama about an ill - fated 19th century expedition in the Arctic airs its final episode.

I fell in love with the darkness and the psychological terror of this film.

In this unforgettable novel he weaves a tale of madness, suspense, love, and terror from a startling and true - life psychological condition so close to home it will stun even his most seasoned readers: autophobia — fear of oneself.

It is obvious the author is an expert in the field of abduction and the psychological terrors suffered by victims.

Psychologist - detective Dr. Alex Delaware finds terror in the heart of paradise in this relentlessly sinister novel by America's premier writer of psychological suspense, the author of ten successive New York Times bestsellers.

In some ways yes, although it's far less violent, relying more on spooks and psychological terror than ridiculous - looking tentacle monsters.

In fact, the hallmarks of that particular Konami horror series (with its focus on psychological terror that traditional zombie chases) and the brief way it was recreated in Hideo Kojima's cult darling PT are all over the footage Capcom showed off on the Sony stagIn fact, the hallmarks of that particular Konami horror series (with its focus on psychological terror that traditional zombie chases) and the brief way it was recreated in Hideo Kojima's cult darling PT are all over the footage Capcom showed off on the Sony stagin Hideo Kojima's cult darling PT are all over the footage Capcom showed off on the Sony stage.

Silent Hill 2 succeeds in creating an atmosphere of pure terror by focusing more on the psychological and thematic elements of horror rather than simply battling against big scary monsters.

Including Pilar Albarracin, Karen Finley, Pearl C. Hsiung, Glenn Kaino, Mike Kelley, Martin Kersels, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Rodney McMillian, and Robin Rhode, these artists reference subjects such as war and terror, social and racial tension, urban and environmental disaster, psychological break - down, and criminal behavior in a range of mixed media and video installations.

The French / American artist Louise Bourgeois has also used the «cage» as a psychological metaphor for the terrors dormant in the family home — in Cell (Choisy)(1990 — 93), the first of her series of large cages, she placed a model of her childhood home in a metal chain - link cage with a threatening guillotine suspended above the entrance.

In 1936, upon hearing the news of García Lorca's assassination amidst the terror of the Spanish Civil War, Matta penned a film script composed of 162 intense, rapid scenes ripe with imagery of death, chaos, and psychological hysterics.

Terror - management theory proposes that humans face a unique psychological conflict: we desire to live but realize the inevitability of death, which induces terror that we alleviate by ensuring immortality through cultural (e.g. belief in an afterlife) and biological (e.g. reproducing) means Terror - management theory proposes that humans face a unique psychological conflict: we desire to live but realize the inevitability of death, which induces terror that we alleviate by ensuring immortality through cultural (e.g. belief in an afterlife) and biological (e.g. reproducing) means terror that we alleviate by ensuring immortality through cultural (e.g. belief in an afterlife) and biological (e.g. reproducing) means [5,6].