Sentences with phrase «scene in a horror film»

After all, for centuries, people around the globe have considered cockroaches to be the lowliest of vermin, engendering an entire industry of bug exterminators and being the subject of countless scenes in horror films.

You're on a movie set playing out a scene in a horror film.

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Some of this ground - breaking horror film's most famous scenes were filmed in Seneca State Park, Maryland — a totally not creepy place to take a run or go hiking.

A late - film bit of business featuring Trintignant catching and freeing a pigeon flying loose in the apartment has been criticized for its heavy - handedness, but the problem with this expertly directed scene has more to do with whether such a gesture feels tonally earned after so much horror.

There should be a little more horror than a couple of shots in the first hour and then a few poorly filmed kill scenes at the end.

Glazer puts all this into scenes that play out like a classier version of a science - fiction / horror film — one of those cheesy ones about a monster in human form.

There are some gruesomely well - orchestrated scenes of body horror (one particular dissection is nightmarishly staged) and Garland's knack for gonzo imagery ensures that many scenes in the film will make a lasting impression.

He's playing with so many interesting ideas when it comes to race that I wish the film felt a bit more satisfying in its payoff, even if that disappointment is amply offset by the pure intensity of the final scenes, during which Peele displays a skill with horror action that I didn't know he had.

With its cleaver - wielding dwarf and a sex scene that raised questions over whether it was real, Nicolas Roeg's atmospheric horror film Don't Look Now earned its place in cinematic history.

The ghosts, nightmares and creepy noises (horror elements) are not as disturbing as the two extremely violent scenes in the film, one at the beginning, one at the end.

In one of the film's funniest scenes, Chewbacca forgoes eating a roasted Porg when a bunch of other Porgs stare at him with horror.

I'm rather jaded when it comes to horror - movie beats, but in addition to being an incredibly well - crafted little shocker, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's film manages to include multiple scenes of horrifically compelling imagery that caused me to avert my eyes in discomfort.

In the early 1970s, cult filmmaker Jess Franco inspired by the Hammer horror films being made in the UK revisited the iconic monsters of yesteryear, placing them in the castles and crypts of the Spanish countryside, and bracketing the thrills with scenes of frank eroticisIn the early 1970s, cult filmmaker Jess Franco inspired by the Hammer horror films being made in the UK revisited the iconic monsters of yesteryear, placing them in the castles and crypts of the Spanish countryside, and bracketing the thrills with scenes of frank eroticisin the UK revisited the iconic monsters of yesteryear, placing them in the castles and crypts of the Spanish countryside, and bracketing the thrills with scenes of frank eroticisin the castles and crypts of the Spanish countryside, and bracketing the thrills with scenes of frank eroticism.

Features both the American and British versions of the film, commentary track by creator / actor Richard O'Brien and co-star Patricia Quinn, an audience participation picture - in - picture track with a live version of the show and a «callback» subtitle track that cues viewers to classic audience responses, featurettes, two deleted musical scenes, outtakes, alternate opening and ending, and other celebrations of the culture of «Rocky Horror.»

Despite devoting roughly half its running time to Ian and Sofi's relationship, I Origins is ultimately not a romance, or at least, not only a romance: As the plot advances, Cahill's film reveals new incarnations of itself in a variety of genre trappings — sci - fi parable, grisly medical drama, globe - trotting thriller, and even, in one bizarre and possibly genius scene, a Saw-esque horror flick.

Stuart Richards focuses on the legacy of «grossness» in the films of John Waters on contemporary queer cinema, and James Aston provides an overview of the current hardcore horror scene in the United States.

There are two decent Amityville Horror movies: the 1979 original starring Margot Kidder and James Brolin, released when some still believed the book it was based on was a true story; and 2016's The Conjuring 2, which features a big scene in the infamous eye - window house, and is technically not part of the 18 - film...

This is less dark looking than his films usually are and it has this lovely way of mixing horror thriller and comic moments, sometimes in the same scene.

Yet, the film plays out with little sense of requisite suspense that made the first Psycho such a great film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.

Avengers: Infinity War co-director Anthony Russo just revealed that Vision's scenes in the film were structured «like a horror film.»

He fills the gloomy town with colorfully abstract peasants and hard - bitten villagers, films the Talbot Manor like a haunted house, pumps fog through every nighttime scene, silhouettes his figures in the night with carefully calibrated backlights and sweeps through every transition with striking images that look more like TV commercials than portents of horror.

John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Jamie Lee Curtis made Halloween a classic, but it was Curtis» closing scene in the film that changed the way audiences reacted to horror.

Sadly, dear readers, things are looking less positive for the Toronto horror scene in this installment, as all four films have their drawbacks, some minor and some major.

The tsunami sequence is a remarkable technical achievement that perfectly captures the danger and desperation of being caught in the storm, and the scenes that follow are every bit as harrowing and intense as any horror film.

Here, BIOGRAPHYTM goes behind the scenes of Halloween to interview the stars of the film and the crew who turned a lowbudget horror film into one of the most famous movies in the horror genre.

In addition to the eerie apparitions, the story, based on a Korean horror film, includes scenes of intoxicated teens and the depiction of sexual sounds and activities between teen and adult couples.

Fans of the exorcism subgenre of horror will no doubt get what they came for in the film's conclusion, one of the most overblown, silliest exorcism scenes in movies, but the derivative cheap thrills leading up to it barely warrant the wait.

One scene in particular was very cleverly done and was a refreshing change from the brain donor behavior seen in most horror films.

The Norwegian writer / director blazed into the genre scene with his 2009 insta - cult hit, Dead Snow, a film whose basis cries out to be loved by horror fans «in the know.»

His startling «We Are Still Here» announced a director who was willing to do things a little differently from the rest of the indie horror scene, and this film really makes his unique voice clear in that it doesn't feel like anything else that came out last year.

In her scenes with McAvoy, Buckley displays a warmth that's unlike anything in most modern horror films, her Dr. Fletcher becoming the film's heroine and a timely reminder of how important it is to care for the wellbeing of those around uIn her scenes with McAvoy, Buckley displays a warmth that's unlike anything in most modern horror films, her Dr. Fletcher becoming the film's heroine and a timely reminder of how important it is to care for the wellbeing of those around uin most modern horror films, her Dr. Fletcher becoming the film's heroine and a timely reminder of how important it is to care for the wellbeing of those around us.

Given that there are multiple scenes in which you could cut the tension with a knife, it actually might be best to think of the film as a thriller with horror elements rather than as pure horror.

But this Frankenstein of a film is a behind - the - scenes horror story, and you can see it in the totally disjointed final product.

Director Ridley Scott includes that de-earing scene, of course, approaching it with the same finely honed horror sensibility seen in films such as the Alien franchise.

Giallo - like in its plot convolutions as well as its stark, shadowy visual style, this rare foray into strict horror by dark crime thriller master J. Lee Thompson is perhaps best known for its infamous shish - kebab murder scene, but the underappreciated slasher film has much more to offer, with a whole slew of show - stopping death set pieces and a stellar supporting cast, including Glenn Ford as Virginia's doctor.

Avengers: Infinity War co-director Anthony Russo revealed that Vision's scenes in the film were structured «like a horror film.»

But despite the source material and Winterbottom's attempts to ape the look of classic film noir, the final results are closer to a Rob Zombie - style horror film that seeks to shove the audience's face in scenes of abhorrent violence.

The «Game of Thrones» star confronts Lily James» Elizabeth Bennet in a scene from the upcoming action - horror film.

Family films and mild horror can coexist (Arachnophobia and Gremlins come to mind), but by stuffing cloying scenes of adorably smart canine activities (the dog plays Scrabble, types with a pencil in its mouth, and barks his answers — one bark for yes, two for no) in the middle of some adult horror (eye gougings, decapitations, and grisly scenes of bloodshed throughout), the two elements seem to work at odds to one another.

The secrets of Rings will be revealed when the oft - delayed film finally hits theaters, but in the meantime audiences can get a nice healthy taste of the horror to come via an extended look at the movie's pulse - pounding opening scene.

A hardcore punk - rocker turned self - described «filmmaker, absentee father,» Jeremy Saulnier emerged on the independent film scene in 2007 with Murder Party, a low - budget horror - comedy infusion that flew under the radar.

It plays more like a dark - comedy than a horror flick simply because despite the random disturbing scenes thrown in here and there, they never really get under your skin the way you hope a horror film will.

«Before I Wake» (September 25): Mike Flanigan is a quickly rising talent in the horror studio scene, having made mirrors scarier than long stares at one's self with his film «Oculus.»

The film eventually abandons the experiential horror of the early scenes in favor of agonizing over funeral plans, references to the King Arthur stories (the Broadway hit «Camelot» gets not one, but two airings), and one too many speeches about legacy, as Jackie works out her fears and anxieties in conversation with a priest (John Hurt, exceptional), an anguished Bobby Kennedy (Peter Sarsgaard), and a loyal confidante (Greta Gerwig).

Restraint is what defines the society at the center of Sebastián Lelio's new film Disobedience: When Ronit absentmindedly moves to hug a man in one scene, he flinches in horror, forcing her to stop short.

They go deep on the shocking nature of killing your star in the opening scene, the rules and tropes of horror film, and the killers» ridiculous plan to stab each other at the end.

Paths Of Glory — One of my favorite, and one of the least misanthropist, of all of Stanley Kubrick's films is this courtroom drama in which Kirk Douglas tries to save three men from being executed for cowardice in the wake of a disastrous and idiotic offensive during World War I. Kubrick directs in a crisp, deep focus black and white, and his depiction of the battle, a long tracking shot of the horrors of trench warfare, is one of the most powerful scenes he ever shot.

It felt a lot heavier as he stood in the frigid air, looking down at a scene from a horror film, watching the first onlookers move up to the casualty.

But for this post, we'd like to zoom in a bit, identifying a theme threaded throughout an extremely diverse list of projects that tackle everything from horror films to Houston's art scene to David Hammons.

It was quite a scene: Standing in a dark basement filled with shattered religious statuary, I felt like I was on the set of a horror film.