Sentences with phrase «of suspense when»

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This research would agree, showing that people prefer stories that follow a logical manner, and that elements of suspense are most effective when established early to keep people engaged.

When you first watch the movie, it is a bit of a suspense thriller.

I'm sorry to have left you in what must have been the most suspense - filled two weeks of your life, wondering when I'll finally post another recipe -LCB- or at least I like to think that you feel this way -RCB- but life has become busy.

He was already a celebrity then, but his image grew throughout 1965 when a certain amount of suspense built as to whether he would be drafted, or whether his knee would allow him to play any football at all for Werblin's $ 400,000.

But when the only other horse in what could only loosely be described as a two - horse race doesn't feel the need to turn up — Cristiano Ronaldo had very important Copa del Rey practice — then it does rather undermine even the pretense of suspense.

Just when it seemed like Team McNichols were doing all they could to eradicate suspense at the top of the power rankings, team Hanessian came along and refused to stop winning.

There are times when the ride is steady and fairly easy, and then there are the moments of exhilaration, of suspense, of uncertainty, and of sheer fear.

The researchers tested the participants» levels of enjoyment, suspense, perceived competence and performance concerns when they duelled against a weak or a tough opponent.

During the moments of greatest suspense, activity in the frontal parietal brain regions, which are devoted to orchestrating attention, flared up in healthy participants and became increasingly intense until the end of the film, when the boy nearly hits the family maid with a real bullet.

What happens when Robin pursues her suspicions all the way to NIH and the hearing rooms of Congress is the source of the story's tightening suspense.

Here, Zemeckis labours away to build suspense — busy elevators; inconvenient security guards, a lost cable — but in truth there's no huge drama in a plot to smuggle several hundred pounds of wire cable into a building still under construction when the only life that is threatened is Petit's own.

The only potentially genuine source of suspense and conflict in this, the — thank god — final chapter of the Fifty Shades of Abuse trilogy is this: «When will Ana leave this disgusting turdbucket of a man?»

The film's plot creates unceasing amounts of sheer terror and breathtaking suspense as the ship and its crew face realistic and unknown dangers when it is continually threatened by the scientist's natural defenses while dealing with the antibodies and other factors.

What the film lacks is genuine suspense, because for all of its twists and turns, the set - up never reels us in effectively enough to bother paying attention when things become odd, and all interest is jettisoned in time for the epilogue where all is supposed to be explained.

Surprisingly, when Colonel Nelec literally comes face - to - face with the realities of the situation he is facing with in Lillian, the suspense and excitement which should be amplifying the moment is sorely lacking.

Still, this tame but fitfully funny goof on suspense cinema at least assembles an agreeable guest list — from McAdams, beamingly charming even when her character is fishing a bullet out of her husband's arm, to a hysterically deadpan Jesse Plemons, playing the awkward, heartbroken cop who lives next door.

And when it turns out that he wasn't alone on that street, and that maybe the guy he thought he killed was already dead, he finds himself lost in an ever escalating spiral of darkly comic suspense sequences, moving from mere moral corruption to unbelievably, but no less thrillingly, wild cacophonies of destruction.

«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.

But Frozen River may have enough pure suspense to break that jinx, which is strange when you consider how little money is actually at stake in the movie: Hunt really manages to inflate the value of a dollar, making you feel every nickel and dime.

(1962, Robert Aldrich) Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, rivals for most of their careers, got two of their greatest roles when they were cast by director Robert Aldrich as the house - bound Hudson sisters, Blanche (Crawford) and Baby Jane (Davis)-- two ex-film-stars turned eccentric recluses — in this mesmerizing, darkly funny, sometimes - touching suspense classic.

That heat takes a while to build up, but not in the tension - filled way that ace horror directors like to slow - burn their audience with drips of suspense before gunning everything into full - throttle when the final act comes.

The suspense was taken out of the room when unceremoniously the title of the project was announced as DO N'T BREATHE.

All of the menus are accompanied by a section of score, but as is usually the case with Ring - like movies, that score doesn't work very well when it's not coupled with suspense - filled drama and is extremely grating when left on its own to accompany a looping menu screen.

Midnight Special creates magic and suspense throughout with minimal use of visual effects — but when those effects are brought out in full — wow.

When Michael Haneke (Caché, The Piano Teacher) made the orignal Austrian version back in 1997, his point seems to have been to turn the traditional notion of a suspense thriller, with its standard formula and happy ending, on its head.

When it comes to creating tension, however, «Life» fires on all cylinders — cinematographer Seamus McGarvey («Nocturnal Animals») makes great use of the claustrophobia - inducing interiors, and editors Mary Jo Markey («Star Wars: The Force Awakens») and Frances Parker («Game of Thrones») never rely on cheap jump scares, instead tightening the vise of suspense with subtlety and effectiveness.

Credit director / co-writer Sam Raimi of Spider - Man superhero fame who proves himself a master of suspense as well by crafting a spine - tingling adventure guaranteed to elicit blood - curdling screams and to make you jump out of your seat when you least expect it.

When push comes to shove, I'm more of a suspense guy than a horror guy, but it's not always clear where one ends and the other begins.

Those books and some later titles, Tomato Red (1998) and The Death of Sweet Mister (2001), fit in with a sub-genre identified by Woodrell when he was reviewing Joe Lansdale's Mucho Mojo, calling it «country noir», stories of «dark suspense» set in «rural and small - town America» (1).

As is his trademark, Harlin (who, after successfully directing Die Hard 2, was regarded as an A-list action filmmaker) proves capable of generating high voltage suspense when the script calls for it.

Perhaps where the score succeeds most (on album at least) is when Shearmur cranks up the suspense, cleverly using electronics to capture a vague sense of unease while keeping forward motion.

What do you get when you take what is probably the greatest baseball film ever made («Eight Men Out»), a magical Irish fairytale («The Secret of Roan Inish»), a strange science fiction film about a mute, black alien who lands in Harlem («The Brother from Another Planet») and one of the best mystery / suspense films in recent years («Lone Star»)?

Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the Emmy - nominated show takes place at a time when vampires have come out of the coffin, and follows the on - and - off romance between waitress and part - faerie Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people's thoughts, and 173 - year - old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).

There is still great suspense built through the film though and its most effective, not when it's violent, but when it forges a sense of unseen, foreboding danger preparing to intrude on the characters.

A basic haunted house story that's way too scary for tots, Monster House held me almost to the end, when its need to hit all the notes of a conventional action / suspense climax finally wore me down a little.

But when they put their two Canadian heads together, the results couldn't have more musical synchronicity, as can be heard from the suspense of «Fracture» and the Gilliam-esque eccentricity of «Tideland» to their Emmy - nominated work on the majesty of «Camelot» and the oil madness of «Empire.»

This being a John Le Carré story, the air is full of suspense and intrigue from frame one, when we meet our hero during the eve of the Arab Spring in Cairo.

Each scene creates an entirely new pocket of suspense that, when combined with the film's unpredictable violent streak, holds the viewer's undivided attention for the film's entire 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Using elements of surprise, suspense, and humor works well when you want to retain a learner's attention, especially when the topic of discussion is less than interesting.

Using Acting Skills in the Classroom Students will be more engaged and behave better when educators teach with enthusiasm, using acting techniques such as physical and vocal animation, role - playing, and the use of suspense and surprise, according to the authors of a book on acting lessons for teachers.

Tartt's first novel, The Secret History, was a huge bestseller and an instant classic when it was published in 1992 — a sophisticated, erudite novel set in the ever - intriguing world of academia that blended psychological suspense with literary mastery.

When I sat down to start writing the final book in my Angels of Mercy medical suspense series, I had a play list running through my mind, filled with sad songs of goodbye, everything from Motown to Staind.

For fans of psychological suspense: Read Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman, a haunting debut that starts ominously when Nora Hamilton wakes up to find her husband dead — by his own hand, she's told.

Elements of the Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense and / or Crime Fiction Genres - structural expectations of readers when reading certain genres, includes some more definitions and resources.

When I checked profiles, I looked for people who either (a) had reviewed a lot of books (many had reviewed hundreds) or (b) had reviewed at least 6 or 7 audiobooks that fell within the supernatural thriller, suspense, horror, or occult genres within the last year or so.

She is co-author, with her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, of three suspense novels Deck the Halls (2000), He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001) and The Christmas Thief (2004).

For fans of psychological suspense: Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy Family secrets and suburban facades crumble in 1958 Detroit when the neighbors of Alder Avenue suspect that the disappearance of mentally disabled Elizabeth may be connected to the death of a black woman at the factory.

When she's not writing her contemporary romance and romantic suspense bestsellers, Kimberly is most likely cuddled up reading one of her favourite authors, or cooking up a storm in her kitchen, or downward dogging and other Yoga poses.

What do you get when you mix the claustrophobia of Room with the psychological suspense of Before I Go to Sleep and a dash of The Road?

«Robinson's prose is beautiful, shimmering and precise; the revelations are subtle but never muted when they come, and the careful telling carries the breath of suspense....