Sentences with phrase «of haunted house movies»

The mother of all haunted house movies.

As displayed in his respectable debut, «Lights Out,» Swedish filmmaker Sandberg appreciates the subtleties of haunted house movies: hearing faraway footsteps, glimpsing movement in the shadows, finding clues that everything is not as it seems.

There have been dozens of haunted house movies released, though not all of them have been scary or even entertaining.

[the house's] structure reflects that of the film - a creaky accumulation of tropes from all manner of haunted house movies, stitched together into an impressive if ungainly edifice.

Not exact matches

They showed her horror movies, walked her through haunted houses and exposed her to all kinds of other situations that the average person would consider frightening.

I've always hated horror movies, avoid haunted houses like the plague, and derive no pleasure from being scared out of my whits.

Burn these places into your brain as bad date spots and never, ever make the mistake of taking a woman to any of these places on a first date: X-rated movies, an overnight trip, your mother's house, any place where there is even a 1 percent chance you will run into your ex, a haunted house, a keg party, a strip club or another country.

Find an event like a haunted house, ghost tour, scary movie sessions, and, of course, a Halloween party (which means sexy costumes).

He has crafted some of the best haunted house movies based off of PG - 13 rating and showed what he could do with an R - rating.

As they begin to convert their modest Long Island home into a white statue - laden mansion, the first order of business is to construct a haunted house for Halloween to impress their working - class neighbors, who are portrayed by movie stars and comedians in cameo roles.

Since nobody had yet made a movie about a serious scientific investigation of a haunted house, Markway's experiment was taken at face value.

I thought haunted house movies were gone and forgotten, but here's «The Haunting», sort of a revival of the genre.

But the Jan De Bont version is, far and away, one of the worst haunted house movies ever made.

Four years later, in 1963, Robert Wise directed The Haunting, a wide - screen, black - and - white movie based on Jackson's book, with Julie Harris and Claire Bloom memorable as a pair of psychic women who visit a haunted house in New England.

But I was really looking forward to «The Haunting» for many reasons: the actors (Liam Neeson, in particular), the story (I haven't seen any of the other Hill House movies, but my dad seems to like them and the plot intrigued me), and I was hoping for a movie that would scare me by being subtle, psychological, and spontaneous, like the kind «ol Hitchcock made.

Of course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.&raquOf course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.&raquof the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.&raquof Hill House.»

One reason it's hard to believe in the Coens» characters or their surroundings is that just about everything that isn't borrowed from the original Ladykillers comes from an earlier Coen movie (except the changing expression on the painting of Munson's late husband, which can be traced back to any number of awful Hollywood haunted - house movies).

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the least.

It's the kind of house you require for a haunting movie, with lots of rooms, nooks, crannies, corridors, staircases, closets and shadows — and an attic, of course.

The Haunting of Hill House will arrive on Netflix in a 10 - episode form, written, produced, and directed by Mike Flanagan, who directed Oculus, Hush and will adapt King's Gerald's Game into a movie.

The collection contains six movies from horror master Vincent Price: «The Fall of the House of Usher,» «The Abominable Dr. Phibes,» «The Pit & the Pendulum,» «Witchfinder General,» «The Masque of the Red Death» and «The Haunted Palace.»

Originally labelled a haunted house movie set in space, it created a whole new sub-genre of science fiction horror, kickstarted the careers of Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, and introducing mainstream audiences to the fantastical works of the late surrealist sculptor and painter, HR Giger.

If you've seen either A Haunted House or those earlier Scary Movies you know what to expect: a plethora of lewd and crude renditions of popular scenes based on notable horror film releases since the last flick.

The movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's billion - dollar stage play follows a mysterious ghostly form (Gerald Butler) that haunts a Paris opera house and secretly mentors a beautiful young soprano (Emmy Rossum).

Given that neither of the A Haunted House films are better than the worst of the Scary Movie franchise, that's a gripe that is likely to fall on deaf ears.

Bringing in a new cast for the movie, The Phantom of the Opera stars Gerald Butler as the ghostly form who haunts the Paris Opera House.

I guess I have a weakness for ghosts and haunted houses, but this movie blew me away when I saw it and it is still one of my favorite haunted house movies of all time.

Featuring a rare bad performance from Jennifer Jason Leigh, Amityville: The Awakening can't decide whether it wants to be an earnest - but - clichéd haunted house movie or a Scream - style meta dissection of same and doesn't seem to particularly give a shit about either one of its competing storylines.

The movie falls just short of greatness in its final act, which is comparable to a carnival haunted house, only one you're watching as an outside participant.

It's hard to separate a sequel from its original counterpart, especially with a movie like The Conjuring, which is quite simply one of the very best haunted house movies ever — not only that, but it pretty much set the bar for all future films of its ilk; that's a hell of an accomplishment, to say the -LSB-...]

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The Witch's woodland farmhouse setting also counted as one of many backdrops of dread, pinning in the year's unluckiest of movie heroes: the quiet, empty spaces of a Manhattan mansion, where the young caretaker of Mickey Keating's Repulsion homage Darling comes violently unglued; the London haunted house of James Wan's bigger, sillier The Conjuring 2, a spring - loaded funhouse ride of a movie; and the claustrophobic underground bunker of 10 Cloverfield Lane, which proved less a sequel to its blockbuster «cousin» than a feature - length Twilight Zone episode.

With the Wayans Brothers returning to theaters this January with «A Haunted House», this is a great time to revisit this great spoofs from the creators of «Scary Movie».

The movie follows a couple who are separated by death; the deceased man haunts his lover, then, when she moves on, the future inhabitants of his house.

And the fact that «A Haunted House» (starring «Scary Movie» co-creator Marlon Wayans) spoofed many of the same films only a few short months ago makes this fifth installment even more pointless, although I'm not entirely sure that's possible.

In case you didn't notice from the mound of spooky movie reviews, Haunted House articles and Halloween - themed Sunday Sunrise topics, the spookiest day of the year is a big deal on MRFH.

Standard marital troubles between Lawrence and Bardem's characters pair with a bevy of apparent haunted house movie clichés.

At its best, the film functions as a Hitchcockian haunted house movie with a palpable air of mystery, intrigue, elegant set pieces and offers up exquisite period details.

Maureen is also a spiritual medium trying to make contact with her recently deceased twin brother in the parts of the film that resemble a haunted house movie.

We haven't heard much about this, but it looks like your standard haunted house plus one super angry ghost movie, with the increasingly common horror trope of idiot white tourists in a foreign country making a fool of themselves and provoking evil spirits.

We're still not sure if this movie is going to be a return - to - form, in terms of quality, but this trailer promises a ton of jump scares and a super creepy haunted house exploration in the movie.

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From Shirley Jackson's eerie, intellectual ghost story «The Haunting of Hill House» director Robert Wise and screenwriter Nelson Gidding weave a classic supernatural thriller, a shocker without gore, a ghost movie seemingly without ghosts.

Billed as a haunted - house horror movie, it's actually a violent R - rated romance geared toward the sensibilities of «14 - year - old bookish girls,» as director Guillermo Del Toro described it in a recent...

Once upon a time, a monster hit like The Conjuring, James Wan's dubiously fact - based but highly effective spin on the haunted - house movie, would have inspired a series of lesser sequels and nothing more.

Gil Keenan's Poltergeist remake has had an uphill battle since it was first announced, mostly because Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic of the same name is as close to perfect as a haunted house movie can get — there's virtually nothing, aside from some special effects, that would benefit from a remake.

First - time feature writer / director Todd Lincoln manages to establish a gripping atmosphere derivative of other haunted house movies.

Once the group gets locked in the hospital, the movie becomes very similar to Thirteen Ghosts or House on Haunted Hill (1999)(with the carload of joyriding punks suddenly arriving on the scene feeling as if it were lifted directly from Demons.).

13 GHOSTS (Grade: D): Producers Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver's second recent attempt to remake one of»50s director William Castle's low - budget haunted house movies — after 1999's disastrous «The House on Haunted Hill» — is another overblown, suspenseless mhaunted house movies — after 1999's disastrous «The House on Haunted Hill» — is another overblown, suspenseless mishouse movies — after 1999's disastrous «The House on Haunted Hill» — is another overblown, suspenseless misHouse on Haunted Hill» — is another overblown, suspenseless mHaunted Hill» — is another overblown, suspenseless misfire.

Film Review by Kam Williams Marlon Wayans Spoofs Romance Genre in Shocking Parody of Salacious S&M Adventure Ever since Scary Movie (2000), Marlon Wayans has carved out quite a career for himself writing and starring in a string of silly spoofs that includes Scary Movie 2 (2001), Dance Flick (2009), A Haunted House (2013), and A Haunted House 2 (2014).