Sentences with phrase «macabre when»

One detail which Andersen ominously left out is how exactly he acquired the skull (probably best not to ask too many questions in that regard), though he did get a little macabre when he mentioned how the process of drawing sound reverberations through the skull eventually caused all of its teeth to fall out.

Mundy (Chris O'Dowd) is the funny one, macabre when called for.

I told my husband that I want to be buried in it, which is a little macabre when I type that out.

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My heart dropped further when I thought about the growing macabre club of families in Las Vegas and Orlando and Charleston and Newtown, who have to relive their own day of horror every time another mass killing occurs.

At a time when America was gripped with fear of violent crime, this macabre event established Clinton's tough - on - crime bona fides — and diverted talk from a nascent sex scandal.

When Harry, Ron and Hermione insinuate themselves into Gringotts bank, the effect is bizarre, surreal and macabre: drawing upon the influence of Lewis Carroll and Terry Gilliam.

A thoughtful, emotive, occasionally macabre comedy - drama about such issues as life, death, knowing when to hold on and knowing when to let go.

Though it terrified me as an eight - year - old when I first went on it, as an adult it's a wonderful mix of silliness and the macabre.

«Body» finds a trio of young women panicking when their pranksome holiday hijinks result in an accidental death — a premise that, while unoriginal, could have resulted in some suspense, narrative twists and macabre humor.

Their daddy, put to death, leaves the children fatherless, their mother, little more than a shadow, all but abandons the siblings until the day when Reverend Harry Powell ---- a macabre Robert Mitchum in what would become perhaps his most recognizable role ---- a false prophet and shyster, arrives.

When I bought Silent Hill 2, I expected to be scared, to see some incredible, macabre visuals, to hear some wonderful music, and to have a damn good time.

(2015) dir Matteo Garrone w / Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson [133 min; DCP] Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th - century folklorist Giambattista Basile, TALE OF TALES unleashes a barrage of mind - bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis) adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none - too - bright monarch (Jones) marries off his daughter to a brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and, the sex - obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems.

When Alex's young daughter, Sally (Bailee Madison, Brothers), comes to stay, she soon discovers the mansion's macabre past and goes about unleashing a terrifying set of events.

Blending the macabre with a wicked sense of humor, director John Landis (National Lampoon's Animal House) delivers a contemporary take on the classic werewolf tale in this story of two American tourists who, while traveling in London, find their lives changed forever when a vicious wolf attacks them during a full moon.

Sent into this maelstrom of macabre mortality is Detective Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy), a face to show the public at a time when the police secretly have no idea how to catch their serial slasher.

The movie's combination of the macabre and the heartfelt is what made Burton seem like an original when his career began.

The Countess is also insatiable when it comes to love and sex, which sets up a macabre love triangle between her, the similarly blood - hungry Donovan (Matt Bomer) and the newly turned male model Tristan (Finn Wittrock).

Even when scenes of macabre and extreme racial bigotry cause whiplash, the next quiet moment inside an earthy landscape brings it back to a place of warm escapism.

The first few books I wrote had a large comedy element, but when a reviewer brought to my attention that my books also have a dark, macabre undercurrent, I realised, in one of those light bulb moments, that what I really enjoy writing is noir — and it's what I love reading as well.

That came later, when it emerged that animal hairs, scraps of skin, and unidentifiable tracks had been found around the bodies, along with evidence of some kind of macabre purification rite.

Now, Davis turns his attention to the macabre in the all - new «A Good and Useful Hurt,» in which tattoo artist Mike's life is torn apart when a supernatural, psychopathic killer targets him and those he loves.

But when two joggers are found slain in a manner that suggests a macabre ritual, he has to reconsider.

Excerpt: The Darkness Within Him (Amazon Kindle Worlds) When a startling vision triggered a memory Bram Cross thought he'd buried, an icy shard carved through his body The macabre and haunting face of his mother lurched from the pitch - black of his mind — her eyes, what she did.

Macabre Horror Stories That Will Taunt Your Dreams: The True Tales... Get Your FREE BONUSES When You Grab This Book!Scotland as a country has more than its fair share of ghost stories.

Anyone who doesn't get hit with nostalgia when entering a safe room and hearing the plinky plonky macabre music has no soul!

He enjoyed success from the 1960s, when he began producing images that oscillate between the macabre and surreal, and which use American icons and mythology as a vehicle for his cruel but ironic social criticism.