Sentences with phrase «of macabre humor»

Exceptional... While the plot hurtles along at a rapid pace, leading inexorably to the heart - pounding final conflict, Kidd injects ample doses of macabre humor and lyrical description in this memorable story from a strange, bold new voice.»

The film bears Garrone's signature mix of macabre humor and cold violence, but never quite finds a creative way to channel all that style.

Beyond that, this master filmmaker also manages to infuse his intensely realistic sci - fi adventure with a thread of macabre humor that makes «The Martian» a sophisticated delight.

Not exact matches

The Son of such a God must pay a price for his Father's macabre sense of humor.

Serge Bozon's sharply political comedy — a giddily imaginative reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale — stars Isabelle Huppert, who revels in its sly blend of dissonant humor, intellectual fervor, and macabre violence.

You'll be a lot happier too, especially if you appreciate Burton's macabre Zen of humor (watch out for that Joker handshake), the superb visual effects of Derek Meddings and John Evans, the Gothic - futuristic sets of Anton Furst and Gothic - rhapsodic score by Danny Elfman — with perky Prince songs on the side.

Coco is deftly written by Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich, with plenty of gently macabre humor, as well as sweetly tender moments.

«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.

Don't Starve: Giant Edition — Klei Entertainment's macabre humor - laden survival sim bundled with its Reign of Giants expansion — will launch for PlayStation Vita on Sept. 2, the developer announced today in a post on the PlayStation Blog.

That alone is enough for many to rush out and rent this gorehound import, but there's more: this is terrific, a dryly hilarious horror comedy with a macabre sense of splatter humor a la Evil Dead 2 (complete with zombie hunters armed with chainsaws and other deep woods implements of destruction) but minus the self - conscious wisecracking of the genre.

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.

And the humor as well feels kind of like that film [The Trouble With Harry], one of his more humorous, if still macabre, movies.

The humor in Run Sausage Run is not for the faint of heart, as unlike Super Meat Boy, the game is not about the macabre, but about the visceral made hilarious.

«Sega Genesis fans no doubt remember EA's cult classic Mutant League Football, a title that blends well - crafted football game with macabre monsters, booby - trapped fields, a satirical sense of humor, and comic violence.

Harsh and rough with heightened expressive power in material and theme, de Jong's figures embody a grotesque horror and macabre humor reminiscent of the work of the 20th century European artists Georges Grosz and James Ensor.

Her macabre works are black - humored investigations of the links between transformation, myth, and kitsch.

Bringing together Oursler's ongoing interest in mysticism, psychedelia, popular culture, and media history, the work employs macabre humor and theatrical surrealism to reflect on the irrational relationship between belief systems and the authenticity of images.

Blending fact and fiction, self - reflective, playful and bold - a macabre sense of humor punctuates her work with deeper psychoanalytic readings that tie into our subconscious thoughts.

Attracted by the mysteries are the dark and unusual, Danny creates a world full of macabre and disturbing imagery that retains a sense of humor about itself.

De Jong's figures embody a grotesque horror and macabre humor that is reminiscent of the work of the 20th century European artists Georges Grosz and James Ensor.