Sentences with phrase «nightmarish stories»

How would me telling a gruesome, nightmarish story of a god who intentionally hurts children to five and six year olds serve a «good purpose»?

But rather because of how well it succeeds in telling a genuinely nightmarish story.

On the graphics side it might be terribly dated, but the story is indeed interesting, and the nightmarish story it tells will stick with you.

Shot in black and white, this is a nightmarish story about a struggle for survival.

Not exact matches

Despite the nightmarish subject matter of a disappearing child, the execution here doesn't get too disturbing or emotional (compared with the TV miniseries «I Know My First Name Is Steven,» which had stuck with me for a long time not only because of its being based on a true story but also because its narrative actually depicted the horrors the vanished child was going through while his parents helplessly searched for him - this story doesn't follow Oliver after he's gone.)

The film's nightmarish, appropriately trippy visuals (particularly in Renton's «cold turkey» montage), a memorable rock and dance - tinged soundtrack and Boyle's undeniable ability to maintaining the story's momentum and manic energy seals Trainspotting's position as a striking, emotional and affecting viewing experience.

Relatability is certainly a key component of Knocked Up «s inherent appeal, as it plunders for humor that most nightmarish of singles» fears, unwanted pregnancy, via the story of Alison (Katherine Heigl) and Ben (Seth Rogen), a mismatched twosome whose polar - opposite lives are accidentally entwined by a drunken one - night stand that, due to miscommunication over use of a condom (the momentous phrase in question being «Just do it already!»)

The death of a loved one is always a nightmarish prospect, but that fear is given a particularly horrifying edge in this humanist story, told with fantastical flourishes.

The dark city of Terminal certainly seems like a nightmarish criminal underworld, a fanciful updating of classic crime story conventions: the grimy motel, the seedy strip club, and so on.

But the film's most powerful angle is its story of a young boy's rather nightmarish coming of age.

Rose McGowan's nightmarish encounter with Weinstein took place in a hotel room during the Sundance Film Festival in 1997, and McGowan bravely coming forward with her story has allowed others to tell their own stories.

Based on a nightmarish true story, this Australian drama starts in a squalid home and descends into pure horror.

But a play based on nightmarish images, carnage, and the story of Saw, would make for an entertaining time at the theatre.

The concept of a wrap - around story explaining the existence of the shorts is essentially abandoned here, allowing us to just enjoy some damn fine shorts that include magic, portals to other dimensions and a nightmarish trip into Mexico.

Drama based on a true story, starring Danny Glover as Vietnam veteran Jake Neeley, who escapes nightmarish memories of the war by secluding himself in a remote cabin in the woods.

Director / writer Jeff Nichols, whose debut film Shotgun Stories also starred Shannon in an emotionally intense and conflicted role, takes us through Curtis» nightmarish visions but keeps his story and his ordeal rooted in the real world.

It tells the true story of a 14 - year - old boy overcoming nightmarish molestation initiated by his parents.

The story tells of a journalist selling his soul and an actual human life for a good story, and in the process creating a nightmarish media circus.

The film follows the story of a widower (Hinds) who is haunted by nightmarish visions.

Over seven films the story has grown increasingly gloomy but, despite the relentless anxiety, this chapter has an insistent pace, which is helpful since pretty nightmarish things are happening.

Director Alexandros Avranas films «Dark Crimes» in stark, hellish tones, accurately reflecting the nightmarish world of this story.

With an ever - changing but always fascinating story that burns slowly with flashes of nightmarish darkness, surreal imagery that will haunt you for days and a tender and engaging lead performance from Tim Robbins, Jacob's Ladder might not be for everyone but this is easily one of the finest psychological horrors out there.

One subtlety that comes to mind is the sense of traversal Villeneuve creates to immerse us in the story's nightmarish setting.

The story of an innocent girl (Marie Liljedahl of Inga fame) seduced into a dreamy / nightmarish world of eros and perversion by a decadent couple (Jack Taylor and Maria Rohm), it co-stars Christopher Lee as the sinister Dolmance, master of the island.

«The story is a horror tale (or a quartet of connected horror tales) with a nightmarish villain and danger and action... but at its center is this wise - cracking, plucky, sexy, unflappable heroine.

Working conditions at many traditional game studios are already bad enough, with nightmarish crunch - time stories and frequent overtime, often without additional pay.

The story of Murasaki Baby sees the lead character that is abstractly referred to as Baby rather than a distinctive name; being lost in a nightmarish world full of her worst fears as she explores various moods in an attempt to find a way back into the safety and comfort of her mother's arms.

It helps to give a sense of scale to the game and tell the story that Baby is not the only person who has found themselves in this nightmarish world; which in itself provides the feeling of hope that it may be possible to find a way back to reality.

Omen is inspired by the game's world and story and «depicts a nightmarish «omen» for Noctis» father King Regis — a catastrophic future that must be avoided.»

And while the clues do tell an intriguing story once you've pieced them together, trying to find all these little knickknacks is nightmarish.

The monstrous and bizarre story of Russian ultranationalists invading the US and then turning their feverish gaze toward Western Europe is essentially a re-reading of the «reds under the beds» sci - fi of the 50s — except here, the aliens actually are Reds, though they operate like nightmarish terrorists and they have the limitless technological armadas that HG Wells imagined for his Martian warlords.

Inspired by the world and story of FINAL FANTASY XV, the trailer depicts a nightmarish «omen» for Noctis» father King Regis, of a catastrophic future that must be avoided.

A number of artists replaced or altered its contents: Fred Tomaselli's ongoing series of reworked illustrations lend a vivid nightmarish quality to news stories about Hurricane Katrina and the Bernard Ebbers WorldCom fraud scandal.

When fairy tales meet reality in Paula's world, it is definitely the nightmarish versions of favourite bedtime stories that she conjures up.

After he co-founded L'Association in 1990, he began using the pseudonym David B. and specialized in short black - and - white stories, detailing nightmarish dreams, collected in the album «Le Cheval Blême» in 1992.

Usually, it's because they already know how cumbersome the process is, or they've heard stories of how nightmarish the process can be.