Sentences with phrase «psychological horror film does»

Known more for sexually charged films like Lolita and Indecent Proposal, director Adrian Lyne's psychological horror film doesn't quite play out like a traditional horror film, nor does it play like a standard psychological thriller either.

Not exact matches

A Quiet Place doesn't have the pin - you - to - your - seat originality of «Get Out,» or the psychological depth and pure scare impact of «Lights Out» or the wall - to - wall intensity of «Don't Breathe,» but it is one of the smarter and more involving horror films of the last few years.

This isn't the first time he's slammed the critically acclaimed psychological horror film that stars Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, but he does add some new clarity.

Unfortunately, as a plausible psychological horror film, it just doesn't make a great deal of sense.

If you're worried about this film being touted as a «psychological thriller» and not a full - blown horror film, well, boy oh boy, don't you worry.

question is a rich cinematic tradition and the backbone of so much good psychological horror, so I'm excited to see what a filmmaker like Soderbergh can do with the concept — especially when he's mixing it up even further by filming the whole damn thing on a smartphone.

My take: Personally, I don't gravitate toward school - shooting movies, but everything I've heard about this one says that it's far from your typical take on the genre, instead focusing on the parents in a way that almost turns the film into psychological horror.

And what he did was reinvent the horror film, by producing eerie, suspenseful «fantasy» and psychological stories, where the violence, if any, takes place off - screen.

Initially, it's left up to us to decide whether Jack's visions are mental delusions, or actual evidence of the afterlife, although the other characters, including Jack's sister (Lily Cole) and psychiatrist (Joely Richardson), are understandably sceptical — after all, they don't know they're in a «psychological thriller», or whatever nomenclature supernatural horror films currently go by when they're aimed at the mainstream.

It's a tough watch, but for fans that love challenging psychological horror films, you can» y do much better than this.