Sentences with phrase «quality horror films»

Despite the fact that indie horror films like House of the Devil seem to be catching on in the VOD market, there's something depressing about genre fans in rural and suburban areas not being given the opportunity to see these quality horror films in their local theaters.

There have been plenty of mediocre films and a hefty collection of turds, but horror fans were shortchanged this year when it came to high - quality horror films.

The cost of making quality horror films has never been high, so a more modest box office is acceptable if you're still pulling in ten bucks for every dollar spent.

Not exact matches

More an action blockbuster than a horror squelcher, it contains spectacular crowd scenes that have an Hieronymus Bosch quality, but the film lacks strong meat — of the emotional and bloody zombie - cannibal sort.

(It also helps that the only men in the film are relegated quite conspicuously to the sidelines, reduced despite their bravado to the role of bit players; one of the film's most interesting qualities is that it is, in a way, a feminist horror film.)

And so we're tweaking our «Best of the 21st Century» formula (check out our Horror Films, Animated and Music Documentary features) to look instead at the top - grossing films of the century to date, and seeing how, in this season of bottom lines and billions and box office bombs, the 25 reigning champions of the century stack up against each other in terms of quality.

We devour film after film, most of them admittedly poor in quality, in the hopes of finding the diamond in the horror rough — the one film that manages to...

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Larry Fessenden's Wendigo is the third in the New York filmmaker's trilogy of intimate horror films and his most emotionally affecting by far — judging by the quality of his other work, that's a statement dangerously approaching hyperbole.

While the film quality isn't the greatest due to the use of digital film, the lack of stars and its classic throwback to the early zombie movies creates a great genre film for both horror fans and those looking for something different.

Final Verdict: Darknet is essentially several short horror films given an excuse to be lumped together into a series, but the quality is consistent enough to applaud.

In a year made of horror films that have delivered more unintentional laughter than genuine scares, As Above, So Below fits the bill as exactly the kind of low - budget, lower - quality flick you'd see released on the big screen for the Labor Day weekend.

Overall, it seems as if HELLBENDERS bites off a little bit more than it can chew with a poor quality EXPENDABLES-esque Horror - Comedy, that is intended capitalise on current, modern trends in the film industry.

But it's an objectionable turn of phrase, implying a certain intrinsically lowly or shameful status to genre film - making in itself: there are good horror movies and bad ones, smart horror movies and stupid ones, and the critical distinction seems clear enough without needing to delineate and elevate a separate subgenre on the basis of class and quality alone.

Radius and Dimension must have a bit of all of those qualities, because they're expanding «It Follows,» their well - reviewed teen horror film, into 1,605 theaters for this weekend, its fourth in release.

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That it succeeds in capturing the essence of the hokey adventure and horror films of the 1930s, I'll grant you, so long as you grant me the fact that its source material isn't exactly quality filmmaking either.

Thomas also enjoys discovering unsettling horror films with deeply personal values or humanizing qualities, while also being a sucker for martial arts epics and engrossing scores.

That's partly because the film stars actual teenagers, most of them wearing fashions that probably came right off the rack at Kmart, and not only do they make Sleepaway Camp largely unique in the annals of summer - camp horror (which normally focuses exclusively on the older, more nubile camp counsellors), they give the proceedings an almost Lord of the Flies quality that sells the concept.

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This unnerving compendium has made the transition from a successful international stage show (whose fanbase includes the director John Landis) to the big screen and draws inspiration from a rich history of horror, recalling the chilling and nightmarish quality of films including the Amicus anthologies and 1945 portmanteau, Dead of Night.

Horror films, specifically found - footage films, have excelled at their low budget qualities but this one just feels like it is trying to be Hollywood and isn't.

While Ginger Snaps is too uneven to be described as a good film on the whole, those who enjoy teen horror of today (The Faculty, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the aforementioned Buffy), will probably take readily to this lesser known flick in the mini-genre, mostly because it sports more quality in terms of acting, directing and writing.

Frenetic, darkly hilarious and surprisingly simple, this is in my opinion another win for A24 entertainment as they continue to produce quality films in every genre from horror to comedy and everything in between.

I must admit, I'm not a huge fan of horror films, mostly because I find many of them lacking in suspense and good stories, and Ginger Snaps isn't really an exception despite the fine qualities.

Horror has experienced a massive surge in quality recently, and these 10 films embody the resurgence of the genre.

Horror fans struggle enough to find effective, quality stand - alone films and that possibility suffers even more with sequels, so to be gifted with both is a rare, rare treat we've come to expect from producers Jason Blum, Oren Peli, and James Wan (keep an eye out for his cameo as the director for whom Quinn auditions!).

The quality of the voice work varies greatly, with many peripheral characters playing to the camera like exaggerated horror film stereotypes but Crane's solid vocal performance and the high quality of the soundtrack and the environmental sounds more than makes up for this minor niggle.

This exhibition will be a critical deconstruction of the monstrous characters seen in horror movies, as well as dive into the mysterious qualities to these films.