Not exact matches
All the statistics about attendees indicate that
horror films are still solid date movies» and, in an American society where an ever - increasing percentage of young men and women
are staying unmarried longer and having children
later, the appeal of thrills that entertain without forcing one to think too hard
is expanded to a larger market.
Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused
horror films in vogue of
late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a
film series that
is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster
horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.
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.
While best known for appearing in such
horror films as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Last Man on Earth, the
late actor Vincent Price
was also a world - class gourmet.
There
is some very good news for Gooners if the
latest Arsenal transfer rumour turns out to
be true, and boy do we need it after the
horror film that
was our first home game of the Premier League season.
Marshall, son of the
late actor E. G. Marshall,
is changing that — and at the same time, he hopes, the tarantula's image as the bloodthirsty villain of grade B
horror films.
A
late -
film bit of business featuring Trintignant catching and freeing a pigeon flying loose in the apartment has
been criticized for its heavy - handedness, but the problem with this expertly directed scene has more to do with whether such a gesture feels tonally earned after so much
horror.
The
latest film to depict the heroics and
horrors that occurred in the Holocaust, The Zookeeper's Wife
is ultimately a mixed bag, but
is nonetheless able to capitalize on the inherent power of its story through strong performances and honest emotion.
Whilst
filming their
latest horror masterpiece, a group of young filmmakers unwittingly open a portal to an alternative dimension that happens to
be occupied by hordes of angry, and very hungry, zombies
Coming off the success of the
horror film It Follows, writer - director David Robert Mitchell shifts into noir with his
latest feature, but the results appear to
be much less favorable.
For some reason, the last week in August
is becoming the go to release date for
horror films as of
late.
Over the last several years, Indonesian
horror has
been on the rise, but
later this month, local moviegoers will
be able to see a
film with particularly high promise.
Over at ShockYa, for my
latest Blu - ray / DVD column, I take a gander at Tim Burton and Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas, a bunch of
horror flicks, a pair of documentaries on men that could scarcely
be more different (New York Times society photographer Bill Cunningham and schlock - meister Herschell Gordon Lewis), and the
film that inspired Austin Powers «machine - gun - breasted fembots.
The first act
is painfully slow and unlike the director's
later film ALUCARDA, the
film doesn't kick off with bizarre visuals and
horror elements.
Larry Fessenden) There
is a cutaway to a cooing baby
late in the myth - laced
horror drama Wendigo that shatters any hope we have of escaping the
film's emotional grip.
Enter the world of Hammer
Horror with our exlusive interview with Aidan Gillen about his latest feature «Wake Wood» (in cinemas this Friday), the first Hammer horror film to be shot in Ir
Horror with our exlusive interview with Aidan Gillen about his
latest feature «Wake Wood» (in cinemas this Friday), the first Hammer
horror film to be shot in Ir
horror film to
be shot in Ireland.
's
latest film into a finite box then it would
be fair to call it a queer apocalyptic stoner religious cult
horror comedy.
If one had to put Gregg Araki's
latest film into a finite box then it would
be fair to call it a queer apocalyptic stoner religious cult
horror comedy.
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell may
be best known for kicking off the long - running (and phenomenally successful) Saw franchise, but the pair's
latest film is arguably their first attempt at pure
horror.
WHY: 2016
was a great year for
horror, and Korean director Yeon Sang - ho's
latest film «Train to Busan»
is right up there among the best.
Is the latest found - footage horror movie, «Apollo 18» (this time in space) as entertaining as similar films, «Paranormal Activity» and «The Blair Witch Project,» or is this genre finally played - ou
Is the
latest found - footage
horror movie, «Apollo 18» (this time in space) as entertaining as similar
films, «Paranormal Activity» and «The Blair Witch Project,» or
is this genre finally played - ou
is this genre finally played - out?
When Max (Taissa Farmiga) and her friends reluctantly attend a anniversary screening of Camp Bloodbath, the infamous 80s
horror film that starred Max's
late mother (Malin Akerman), they
are mysteriously sucked into the silver screen.
The early 1970s to the
late 1980s
was a unique moment in Australian cinema history; a time when censorship
was reigned in and home - grown production flourished, resulting in a flurry of exploitation
films — sex comedies,
horror movies and action thrillers — that pushed buttons and boundaries, trampled over taste and decency, but also offered artistry within their escapism, giving audiences sights and sounds unlike anything they had seen in Australia before.
Craven has never made anything so disturbing since, and it
's hard to imagine this
film being made today (all the ultra-violent
horrors seem to come from the
late 70s and early 80s, think The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Friday the 13th).
Will the
film buck the trend of disappointing game - inspired
horror films (Blumhouse's own Ouija, for example) or
be the
latest one to fall prey to it?
Being dull as dishwater
is only the first crime of Ulli Lommel's The Boogeyman (1980), a pass by a Fassbinder protégé at American slasher flicks of the
late»70s (Halloween especially, but also The Amityville
Horror, Carrie, and The Omen) that produces predictably pretentious results without the pang of brilliance accompanying many of the
films of Lommel's betters.
«Set in 1976: Gilderoy
is hired to orchestrate the sound mix for the
latest film by Italian
horror maestro, Santini.
Already leading an impressive career highlighted by his seemingly effortless ability to hopscotch between genres — from crime caper («Trainspotting») to
horror («28 Days
Later») to family
film («Millions»)-- it wasn't at all impractical to think that Boyle could
be the one responsible for delivering this generation's «2001: A Space Odyssey.»
Watching these talented principals take on Shelton's improv - based material shall
be a pleasure in the midst of awards seasons and the glut of
horror films in
late October.
The
latest offering from Blum and co.
is the movie Jessabelle, which - judging from the trailer above - looks like a composite of so many
horror films that have come before, presented in a darkly lavish cinematic style.
Teenager Max (Taissa Farmiga, «Anna») happens to
be the daughter of the
late scream queen Amanda Cartwright (Malin Akerman, «Rock of Ages»), who
's best remembered for her role in the seminal low - budget 1980
's horror film «Camp Bloodbath.»
At the SXSW Q&A, Austin - based director Michael Tully jokingly described his
latest effort Don't Leave Home as «Hereditary for old people», which may
be an apt comparison but it belies the true spooky power of a more delicate
horror film.
Remaking hit Japanese
horror movies (a la «The Ring»)
is Hollywood's
latest plan to rake in big bucks without actually having to
be creative or original — and while «The Grudge»
is nothing more than a cultural twist on the standard - issue haunted house movie, I will give credit to director Takashi Shimizu (remaking his own
film «Ju - On») for giving me goosebumps.
Franck Khalhoun's (P2)
latest film — a French / American co-production made all the more obvious by a technical snafu that saw the movie play with French subtitles for some 15 minutes — does some things very well, but
being a remake of William Lustig's 1980
horror classic, also titled Maniac, isn't exactly one of them.
The character
is getting his own standalone
film later this year, and it
is helmed by James Wan who
is otherwise known for his
horror films like The Conjuring franchise.
According to Rob Zombie's
latest poster for his upcoming
horror film, «The Lords
Are Coming» but not soon enough if you ask me.
The
horror -
film tropes resurface only intermittently in their
later films: a hand bursting out of the ground, recalling the final shot of Carrie, during the prison break in 1987's Raising Arizona (a shot also used in The Evil Dead); the wood chipper that in Fargo (1996)
is put to the grisly use that Marty had intended for his incinerator; Anton Chigurh's slasher murders in No Country for Old Men (2007); and, most acutely of all, in Barton Fink (1991), a
film about a writer's worst nightmare, writer's block, complete with sweating wallpaper, expanding plumes of blood, and a hellfire climax.
The
latest film to fit under this stunning
horror umbrella
is Trey Edward Shults» It Comes at Night, a paranoiac epic that delivers bone - chilling
horror of the deeply personal kind.
«Set in 1976: Gilderoy (Jones)
is hired to orchestrate the sound mix for the
latest film by Italian
horror maestro, Santini.
Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson's
latest horror film Sinister
is set to arrive in theaters on October 12 which
is just around the corner.
Many of you
are probably familiar with Tommy Wirkola's
latest film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters which found surprising success at the box - office, but what he
was mostly known for before this years hit
was the blood soaked Nazi zombie
horror flick Dead Snow.
There
are elements of traditional
horror in the
latest film from Alex Garland (Ex Machina), which
is based not very closely on the Jeff VanderMeer novel of the same name.
Halloween
Horror Nights fans may howl at the
latest news: A haunted house at this year's event will
be based on the 1981
film «An American Werewolf in London,» Universal Orlando announced early this morning.
While it
was the
latest YA novel adaptation at a time when they seemed to
be arriving on a regularly scheduled basis, having a
film so stripped down and primal made it more worthwhile as an action -
horror hybrid than a world - building first chapter of a more extensive series.
Not because it
's bad per se, but because back in March, artist Jay Shaw created a hauntingly gorgeous print for the
film that, some seven months
later, remains as one of the best
horror posters of the year.
The
film tosses in a
late - developing twist, which may genuinely pique the interest of those who haven't given up on caring about these characters, but it
's merely there in order to try to have some sort of ironic ending to what amounts to a nearly two - hour long episode of a TV
horror anthology.
On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy
are joined by guest Brad McHargue of Dread Central / Screen Invasion and the Telluride
Horror Show
film festival to go over their
latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu - ray releases and much more.
I LOVE
horror films, so it
was refreshing to see James Wan's
latest completely hit it out of the ballpark.
With It Comes at Night — the
latest film from Krisha director Trey Edward Shults — in theaters and jangling the nerves of audiences nationwide, we thought this would
be the perfect time to check in on the great
horror movies of the current decade.
Their
latest film is titled «Rogue River» and
is a excellent entry to the
horror genre.