Sentences with phrase «psychological terror»

Then a tragic accident throws the couples into a nightmare and a reign of psychological terror begins.

It is human nature to want to push the boundaries of fear, and it is refreshing to see psychological terror returning to video games.

Aside from that, however, Estranged is a nice little surprise that delves into psychological terror with slow - burning poise and an absolutely terrific performance from Amy Manson.

And now comes Split, a remarkably weird and wonderful exercise in psychological terror featuring a virtuoso performance by Scottish actor James McAvoy (X-Men) as a deranged killer named Kevin who is at turns terrifying, grotesque, pitiful, lovable, brilliant, confident, pathetic, happy, sad, mad, and glad.

Horror movies are relying less on cheap scares and gore and more on psychological terror.

In «Howard», elements from each of the previous two tracks combine but there's an added element now, after some misleading initial warmth comes a real sense of fear, a distant female vocal adding to the effect; then there's the calm before the storm in «A Bright Red Flash» before the storm itself arrives in «At the Door», powerful and door - rattling brass and percussion opening things up before more psychological terror comes from the strings.

It does have some horrific moments, but for the most part, the story walks a fine line between psychological terror and very dark comedy, injecting bits of romance, mystery, sci - fi, and suspense at various points.

Director Zemeckis takes this one through the Hitchcockian route, trying to play up macabre psychological terror while liberally lifting key plot devices from Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo and Suspicion.

While dark humour ran through the veins of the original, it never surfaced enough to undermine the sheer psychological terror the film successfully suffocated its startled audience with.

Black magic, Communist Bulgaria, ghosts, Provence and psychological terror make this memoir one of the scariest tales of the year.

The Evil Within is a brand new horror franchise with psychological terror instead of zombies.

If you read my review for Dead Space 3, you'll know that the dementia and psychological terror elements were notoriously absent from the main game, so it's refreshing to hear that the DLC may have redeeming qualities as Isaac loses control of his own mind again.

Inquirer movie reviewer Tirdad Derakhshani called the film a «remarkably weird and wonderful exercise in psychological terror.»

This is not your typical Hollywood movie — a feature marginally in the horror genre with emphasis on psychological terror.

«After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and a haunting voice, Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) find that their remote getaway becomes a night of psychological terror as three masked strangers invade.

Not since James Cameron's underrated 1989 gem The Abyss has a failed marriage become a microcosm of psychological terror in which each character's capacity for good and evil is tested.

Saw creator James Wan directs in fine fashion, relying less on gimmicks that have been part of his prior films, though there are still a handful of standard cheap scares that do seem out of place in this more psychological terror - driven story.

The psychological terror of the people was already well established,» Anaya stated.

Featuring Howard Shore's hair - raising debut film score, this deeply personal take on the trials of parenthood and the trauma of divorce — which Cronenberg described as his version of Kramer vs. Kramer — establishes the mix of body horror and psychological terror that would soon become the director's trademark.

It felt more real and grounded to me than many other horror games do, which helped the psychological terror dig into me.

In some ways yes, although it's far less violent, relying more on spooks and psychological terror than ridiculous - looking tentacle monsters.

Certainly, his latest film exhibits many of his most characteristic features: an early static shot of a concert audience once again emphasises spectatorship as a primary concern; we meet, as so often, a bourgeois family about to experience severe suffering; Emmanuelle Riva follows Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche and Naomi Watts in giving an extraordinary performance in response to psychological terror; and violence, with its attendant guilt, comes as a shocking intrusion into this world.

looks to delve back into the psychological terror that was at the heart of Aronofsky 2010 hit, Black Swan.

The jump scares are fairly mild, but the psychological terror sticks with you.

It features a few briefly sketched but still sympathetic characters who we feel a tinge of grief when they're snuffed, but the film's obvious and frivolous attempts to turn the original's psychological terror into a series of well - executed but hollow set pieces for mass consumption is unfortunate.

It's a short leap from the socially conscious sketch comedy of Key & Peele to the psychological terror (and resulting laughs) of Get Out.

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and a haunting voice, Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler, The Leftovers) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman, Underworld) find that their remote getaway becomes a night of psychological terror as three masked strangers invade.

This is what makes his first and only feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene, such a brilliant exercise in psychological terror, and despite the fact that it's neither a horror film nor much of a thriller, it generates a more foreboding sense of dread than a majority of the most recent entries in either of those genres.

Don't go expecting an overabundance of trademark Smith quips or puns — the focus is on psychological terror.

But this latest sequel Shrek the Third abandons kids altogether to invent a marginally paranoid but enjoyable comedy rooted in the psychological terror associated with entering adulthood.

The film resembles Marnie in its Freudian hang - ups and Frenzy in its relative grittiness, and although it's far bleaker and bloodier than Hitch had the ability to be in his time, something tells me that fans of his distinct brand of psychological terror would be tickled by this one - of - a-kind experience.

I fell in love with the darkness and the psychological terror of this film.

It is obvious the author is an expert in the field of abduction and the psychological terrors suffered by victims.

We've seen a swelling of combat - free first - person horror experiences, psychological terrors that tackle existential themes, and multiplayer horror influenced by slasher films.

Taking a page out of Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Stephen King, Alan Wake pays homage to classic kitsch horror, while also serving up its own blend of psychological terror.

In some ways yes, although it's far less violent, relying more on spooks and psychological terror than ridiculous - looking tentacle monsters.

They started by showing a brand new story trailer that dived into the psychological terror thread and featured actress Angela Bassett.

In fact, the hallmarks of that particular Konami horror series (with its focus on psychological terror that traditional zombie chases) and the brief way it was recreated in Hideo Kojima's cult darling PT are all over the footage Capcom showed off on the Sony stage.