In a scene that looked to be straight
out of a horror movie with a much larger budget, viewers were treated to an abundance of gore, creative zombie killings and gruesome deaths (both zombie and human) that pleased even the most veteran genre fans.
Not exact matches
I remember getting real cross
with my little sister when she told me that she went
out to see the
movie The Exorcism
of Emily Rose, but when she started asking me questions about God and all that, I was kind
of thinking, «You know Olga, maybe this is a good thing that Hollywood is spending some money on making
horror movies.»
Easy going down to earth big bear here, green eyes, salt and pepper hair, love
horror movies and all type
of music, love to cook, dine in or
out, would love to share many more interests
with the right guy.
What #
Horror never quite figures
out is if it's trying to be an allegory for the dangers
of social media, an actual
horror film, or a lesson on why pre teen girls are **** Those themes never mix
with each other in a cohesive way and instead battle each other throughout the whole
movie.
There are a couple
of original shots and some funny moments, and in the gross -
out, sadistic violence and celebration
of crudity, it successfully does the
horror movie as a Looney Tunes farce, although Joe Dante and George Miller have done that
with finesse.
If, for some reason, decades» worth
of horror movies on the subject have yet to convince you that going
out into an isolated area
with no cellphone service alone and unarmed is a recipe for brutal murder, Australian writer - director Damien Power's Killing Ground might be the deciding factor.
You know one
of the biggest problems
with horror movies is nowadays, and perhaps this has even gone farther than, say, the last 5 years, and that is the fact that some
of these
movies do not have enough interesting material in the script to fill
out one hour
of screen time, much less 90 minutes
of it.
You don't have to be a
horror -
movie scholar to know that nothing significant is going to happen in any
movie with «2» in the title; the creature has to stay around long enough at least to complete a trilogy and fill
out a nice boxed set
of DVD's.
I was able to sit down
with Alvarez after my second viewing and like many
of the directors responsible for the most gruesome
of horror movies, he turned
out to be thoughtful, funny, and full
of great stories.
While the theme may be one we see lazily churned
out Halloween after Halloween, critics across the board are agreeing that this movie is a mustwatch — with Time Out New York calling it «One of the most genuinely unnerving horror films in recent memory.&raq
out Halloween after Halloween, critics across the board are agreeing that this
movie is a mustwatch —
with Time
Out New York calling it «One of the most genuinely unnerving horror films in recent memory.&raq
Out New York calling it «One
of the most genuinely unnerving
horror films in recent memory.»
There was no more perfect
movie for this year than Jordan Peele's «Get
Out,»
with its uncanny mix
of horror and comedy, and the way it eviscerated the complicit (white liberals) rather than more obvious targets.
my only beef
with this (and other
horror movies) is this: if it was me, i'd have gotten the hell
out of there!!!
Jordan Peele gives the acceptance speech after winning the scifi /
horror movie award for his film, «Get
Out,»
with members
of the cast and crew standing behind him, at the Critics Choice Awards.
On The Official LCJ Report Card, «Fury» gets a B. For once, I suggest you leave the theater when the closing credits begin because they feature a series
of grim, bizarre images
of the war, in blood - red,
with music
out of a
horror movie.
Todd McFarlane, creator
of Image Comics» flagship character Spawn, has announced he's partnering
with Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions — the company that produced Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed
horror - suspense
movie Get
Out — to bring the character back to the big screen.
Shrieking strings jump
out with a slight cheapness in a couple
of instances, ones that could certainly do without the PG - 13
horror -
movie - level jump scare.
«So many
horror movies start
out with a nifty premise only to back themselves into a conceptual corner, but Grant and Kovac figure
out a way to pay off their conceit, and leave us wondering how they did it... and how much
of it was real in the first place» — Norm Wilner, NOW
Horror movies often play
with the contrast between deathly silence and deafening cacophony, one puncturing the other to shred nerves and send asses
out of seats.
Heading to the woods for a weekend
of inspiration, they eventually devise the idea
of a Blair Witch docu -
horror movie about an intruder
with a bag over his head — which turns
out to be both the laziest imaginable conceit and ironically effective as a scare machine, onscreen and off.
As keeping
with horror remake month and the rules set
out by the Insomniac
Movie Theater blog that all
movies must be on Netflix Instant, late - night television, or from my personal collection, I got to rewatch one
of the all - time great
horror movies on a technicality.
It took all
of my strength to get my ass to the theatre to watch Get
Out because I hate
horror movies and I spent half
of the
movie with my face buried in my friend Brian's shoulder.
Writer / director Michael Dougherty has given
movie buffs everywhere a gift, not just in terms
of crafting an excellent film (one that's assuredly destined for cult classic status), but in granting us the opportunity to surprise the hell
out of all
of our friends on Halloween night
with a trippy little
horror flick that they know nothing about.
As it turns
out, Fox has neither the acting chops nor the
movie star charisma to elevate the disorganized tornado
of horror movie clichés and leaden one - liners whirling around her, and
with no real base to support the film, Jennifer's Body quickly careens into an incoherent exercise in high production values glossing over an utter lack
of imagination.
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With Knock Knock, the newest film from
horror genre director, Eli Roth (Cabin Fever; Hostel), I'm forced to guess what his end game is.
Thor: Ragnarok 2017 showed that there's more than one way to challenge genre conventions - redefining the superhero
movie with the indie feel
of Logan and the empowerment
of Wonder Woman, to pushing psychological tension
with horrors Get
Out and mother!
After checking
out the box office, he takes a look at home cinema releases
with a spotlight on the solid
horror movie The Autopsy
of Jane Doe.
Sort
of a Mumblecore
horror flick, this
movie starts
out with some promise before becoming overly familiar by the third act, but in a week like this, it's the most viable option for those looking to pick something up.
This year's best picture Oscar, after all, went for the first time to a science - fiction film
of sorts, Guillermo del Toro's adoring monster -
movie homage The Shape
of Water — beating, among others, Get
Out, Jordan Peele's wickedly playful collision
of old - school
horror with brisk, bracing racial politics.
2014 didn't have a cult film in the making like What We Do in the Shadows, or a true sleeper like Straight Outta Compton (or Spy, for that matter), or a blockbuster hitting the sweet spot for audiences and critics alike like Mad Max has done, or a traditional standalone nonfranchise blockbuster like The Martian, or an animated film
with the acclaim
of Inside
Out, or a little
horror movie that could like It Follows, or an unexpected independent drama that ran forever like Room....2015 was a year like 1999 or 1994.
In cutting from the clanging bazaars
of Iraq to the quiet streets
of Georgetown, in blending dizzying dream sequences
with starkly believable human drama, Friedkin created a
horror movie like no other — both brutal and beautiful, artful and exploitative, exploring wacked -
out religious concepts
with the clinical precision
of an agnostic scientist.
He doesn't skimp on his hard - R,
horror movie instincts and lets blood spill where it must — sorry cat lovers, not all felines make it
out of the
movie with their heads in tact — which is what makes this love story so uniquely del Toroian.
In honor
of Halloween get the creeps
with horror movies directed by women, weigh in on what age children should see
horror movies and find
out the scary new project for «Girls Trip» co-writer Tracy Oliver
The Grey is a simple tale, stretched
out from an original short story,
with a
horror movie backbone, but succeeds in drawing
out suspense and the semblance
of depth thanks to director Joe Carnahan's (Smokin» Aces, Narc) existential and psychologically motivated telling.
And then there's the flick
movie fans
of all stripes still can't get enough
of: February's Get
Out, Jordan Peele's genuinely frightening
horror tale infused
with savage, no - holds - barred social commentary and doused in dark comedy.
Unless you're just looking for that flick to get your date to hold you tighter and hide her face against you whenever it looks like something particularly nasty is about to jump
out, The Quiet Ones is not much more than a dreadfully routine
horror flick
with credible actors and a decent sense
of period to keep it from completely freefalling into the bad
movie abyss during the unsatisfying and lackluster finale.
A couple
of its more peripheral niche sections — Midnight Madness (genre
movies from
horror to martial arts, presented
with plenty
of showmanship) and Wavelengths (experimental film, meticulously presented
with care and respect)-- have carved
out strong identities and audience followings for themselves.
Everything about it screams «niche,» from the budget ($ 4.5 million, which is what its studio, Universal, spent to make approximately two - and - a-half minutes
of The Fate
of the Furious), to the first - time director - writer, Jordan Peele, a cable - TV star whose show ended and who was looking to branch
out, to the complete lack
of movie stars (although now, Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams are nicely on their way), to the genre:
horror cut
with more than a dash
of comedy and
of pointed sociopolitical commentary.
The opening scene, in which Sadie (Brianna Hildebrand) and McKayla (Alexandra Shipp) try to catch the killer's attention
with the bait
of a teenage make -
out session in a car, plays like a
horror movie.
The original provided Jamie Lee Curtis
with a gateway
out of the
horror -
movie ghetto — will the remake do the same for Snow?
Where last time we had a
horror movie, Cameron's masterpiece is an all -
out action - packed rocket - launcher
of a film,
with Ripley and pals battling tooth and nail against a seemingly endless stream
of snarling space beasties.
At the film's recent press day, Speedman spoke about his creative collaboration
with Egoyan
with whom he worked previously on Adoration, how Egoyan wrote the role specifically
with him in mind, why he was drawn to the complicated character and enjoyed the challenge
of an enigmatic story, the backstory he created for his character, his research
with the Kitchener - Waterloo detectives, working
with Reynolds and Dawson, how they had fun while doing serious work on a dark
movie, and his upcoming films: October Gale, a romantic thriller
with Patricia Clarkson, and
Out of the Dark, a
horror - thriller
with Julia Stiles.
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Additionally, players will encounter an enigmatic DJ in the theme park, portrayed
with voice and likeness by David Hasselhoff (Knight Rider, Baywatch), who will be an invaluable resource as they try to get
out of this
horror movie alive.
With said implements
of destruction you'll go
out on a B -
movie style, sci - fi
horror, time traveling, dead people killing rampage; finding yourself dismembering bad guys and racking up massive combos as you go.
As Warren's suit was applied to his body
with what looked like something
out of a
horror movie.
This interactive
horror movie is heaps
of fun and packed
with moments that'll have you and anyone watching jumping
out of their skin.
The teen
horror movie vibe works wonderfully
with the game and it's a lot
of fun, especially when it makes you jump
out of your skin.
With remediation specialists in airtight suits transporting materials in special containers, the scene looked like something
out of a
horror movie.
If you're a big fan
of horror movies blended
with supernatural happenings in homes, you may also want to check
out Poltergeist (1982), a home built on ancient burial ground,
with spirits awakened by TV signals, then wreaking ghostly hijacks worse than opening and seeing your monthly cable bill.