Sentences with phrase «made horror thriller»

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He explained, «When you make a horror or a thriller, you say, «You're supposed to be scared here.

A poor screenplay and some dubious acting in subsidiary roles make for a misguided horror thriller.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

By the time this film was over, I couldn't help thinking that if it were made today, using modern technology and special effects, «Dementia 13» might be one of the all time great horror and psychological thrillers.

REC 4 won't win any points for being scary or terribly original, as this is more of an action thriller than horror, but it is mostly successful due to the fact that it drops the slapstick comedy of REC 3 and goes for a more serious tone, and the setting make this stand out in the zombie genre.

There's not enough insight to the social phenomenon presented onscreen, but that doesn't make the utterly human horror of this thriller any less unsettling.

Comedy, sci - fi, horror, romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other film, even if it is an homage film at its core.

«The Purge,» a futuristic horror thriller starring Ethan Hawke that was released by Universal Pictures, cost just $ 3 million to make.

Fabien M. tipped us off to the English - language trailer for Jorge Dorado's Spanish - made thriller Mindscape, starring «American Horror Story» fav Taissa...

He's made an endearing, engaging horror thriller that can be enjoyed by different audiences, and it's real thrill.

Of half a handful of new release movies in China this weekend, only Chinese romantic fantasy «How Long Will I Love U» and American horror thriller «A Quiet Place» made any noise behind still dominant «Avengers: Infinity War.»

Adapted from the short film by director David F. Sandberg and adapted by horror - centric screenwriter Eric Heiserrer, Lights Out may be a quick, simple, and slightly familiar piece of PG -13-level horror, but it's also a well - made and unexpectedly engaging thriller as well — with an ending that's sure to generate at least a small amount of debate among horror fans.

I will say the script doesn't utilize its supporting players nearly as well I personally wanted it to, and the lapses into horror convention, especially near the end, aren't nearly as successful as the psychologically unbalanced elements that make up the majority of the thriller's 97 minute running time.

Dario Argento's Suspiria is one of the best horror films ever made, a hyper - stylized thriller about a dancer who discovers her ballet school in Germany is actually a coven of evil witches.

ParaNorman «s use of stop motion animation is admittedly nothing new and comparisons have already been made to Henry Selick's stunning 2009 Oscar - nominated Coraline, but behind - the - scenes reports and on - the - set commentaries indicate that Chris Butler and Sam Fell's collaborative comedy / horror / thriller is perhaps the most impressive production of the year.

Yet, the film plays out with little sense of requisite suspense that made the first Psycho such a great film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.

I had a window before I promote Green Inferno, and I wanted to make a movie like Roman Polanski or Paul Verhoeven made when they were young, a classic psychosexual thriller that's not a horror movie, but would have everyone on the edge of their seats.

Like Paul Greengrass's United 93, whose purpose was to stylishly simulate rather than make sense of the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11, The Impossible uses the tropes of countless horror films and thrillers before it to craft a this - is - what - it - was - like theme - park attraction.

The spirit of a vicious child serial killer resurfaces in the nightmares of teens in modern - day and is responsible for their subsequent and shocking deaths in this tense, spooky thriller from who else, but Wes Craven (I'm actually not that familiar at all with his style, but since this is a horror film for the ages I figured I'd best get ahead and jump on the bandwagon as quick as possible to make up for lost time).

Cleverly combining elements of domestic drama, hitman thriller and pure genre horror, Wheatley's vivid and visceral second offering makes a shockingly bold statement whilst asking audiences to piece together a puzzle of potent and powerful proportions.

It's a moment, really the only one in the entire film, that does what horror thrillers are supposed to do: It makes you feel as if the universe is stacked against you.

(In horror thrillers, jolly assistants are preferred, because they make the best victims.)

Carpenter's 1982 remake of The Thing from Another Planet is a pulse - racing, terrifying, claustrophobic horror - thriller that featured (quite literally) out of this world make - up and visual effects that remain as gruesomely effective today as they were then.

In 2015, he began an upswing with the fun mockumentary horror film «The Visit,» made on a low budget with the reigning champ of small profitable thrillers, producer Jason Blum.

Joe Begos, one of the truly talented filmmakers rising through the genre, follows up his throwback indie debut (Almost Human) with The Mind's Eye, another thriller flowing with old school flair — it's a pattern that makes Begos» style so unique and one that's inspired by the days of synthwave horror.

Refuse to play...» Universal has released the first official trailer for a new horror thriller movie titled Truth Or Dare, one of the latest features made by the highly successful horror studio Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, Split, Happy Death Day, The Gift), directed by the same guy who made Kick - Ass 2.

Relying on the spook house horrors that made William Friedkin's The Exorcist a household name in terror and the stylistic nuances of such recent thrillers as Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield, Daniel Stamm's dramatic plunge into the world of demons is sure to send you back to class with sweaty armpits.

Emma Thompson is teaming with Bad Wolf to finally produce Harrow's Alley, a period horror thriller written way back in the 1960's by Walter Newman (Ace in the Hole, Cat Ballou), but never actually made.

A psychological thriller with a horror bent, Still / Born trots through familiar territory, yet mostly succeeds at making its own way through a well - worn genre landscape populated by superior fare.

The SXSW hit horror - thriller makes quick work of setting the sotto voce stage.

The three minutes or so, comprised of 52 cuts shot with 78 set - ups, that make up the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror thriller Psycho.

The theatrical trailer and TV spots for The Missing made the film look like a psychological thriller and perhaps even a supernatural horror movie.

The first «Purge» movie was an incredibly stupid horror - thriller dragged down by its comically far - fetched concept, cardboard villains and idiotic characters, but it also made a lot of money on a micro-sized budget, so it was hardly a surprise when Universal greenlit another installment.

She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went on to have a supporting role in the independent coming - of - age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since starred in the horror remake A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), the biographical drama The Social Network (2010), the thriller remake The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and the romantic drama Carol (2015).

The musical score combined with the familiar songs topped with amazingly subtle (and some not so subtle) effects makes this best described as an artsy horror film meshed with a crackling psychological thriller held together by nightmarish melodrama.

Newly and officially un-retired, Steven Soderbergh makes his fledgling foray into psychological horror with this thriller about a woman (The Crown's Claire Foy) who believes she's being stalked — an anxiety that's thrown into question when she awakes to find herself committed to a mental institution.

I don't think anyone expected «Let Me In,» the remake of the Swedish winter - dark vampire thriller «Let the Right One In,» to show up this year, being both a remake and a horror film, but this perfectly - realized film surely deserves a nod as much as (if not more than) most films that made the cut.

With a stunning cast made up of many of Japans leading actors including Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi (Ring) and Teruyuki Kagawa (Tokyo Sonata, Rurouni Kenshin), Creepy expertly mixes the genre conventions of the American thriller and Japanese horror to create this breath taking thriller.

The weekend's big flop was A Cure For Wellness, as the gothic medical horror thriller, largely lambasted by critics, saw audiences stay away, making just $ 4.2 million to start out in 10th place.

Palmer and Riemelt deliver impressive performances — their initial chemistry is what makes the eventual dread so unnerving, and the director expertly weaves romance and horror together to delve into a more intricate thriller narrative.

«If I don't make it to the hills, you're all I've got...» Netflix has released another, additional US trailer for the horror thriller Cargo, from directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke.

Director Brett Leonard keeps his filmography consistent by making another cheap looking horror thriller coated with ugliness from the repugnant special effects and moronic characterizations.

Marcus has worked in visual effects before, and also made the short The Flying Man, and is currently set to direct the horror thriller Snowblind starring Karl Urban.

Vicious Circle Comic book author Mike Carey's latest supernatural thriller featuring his wise - ass exorcist - for - hire hero Felix Castor will make for one heck of a horror movie in the Hellblazer mode...

There is some creative gene - splicing inside and outside «Morgan,» the science fiction horror thriller about a deadly lab - made girl who wants to be human.

Given that horror thriller The Last Exorcism made $ 62.5 million worldwide from a thrifty budget of $ 1.6 million, it's not really a surprise to report that a sequel is now in the works.

It may not make the masterpiece cut, but this taut horror thriller is enormously entertaining, because it's organized around a terrific idea — the necessity of absolute silence.

Tod Browning's controversial revenge thriller is a horror film that could never be made, remade, or even replicated these days without all sorts of people getting really angry.

As usual Sharni Vinson (You're Next) makes for a highly capable horror anti-hero, and it's her performance, plus a handful of clever twists, that keep this crime - thriller - turned - carnage-fest, about a group of ill - fated criminals bickering over what to do with the (plainly and perhaps supernaturally evil) young woman they've abducted, cooking.

David Robert Mitchell, director of 2014's horror hit It Follows, made this list last year with this same feature and though we still don't have much details outside of the cast (Riley Keough, Andrew Garfield, Topher Grace) this looks to shift his focus from social horror to crime thriller.