Sentences with word «slasher»

Several characters die gruesomely inventive deaths typical of slasher films (where inventive «kills» are everything).

Psychopaths aren't just the villains in slasher movies and Wall Street morality tales.

If you're a fan of slasher flicks, then Killing Floor 2 is what you should play.

While classification freed directors to use explicit language in marvelous films like Platoon and Something Wild and has allowed films like Out of Africa and Children of a Lesser God to explore the complex nature of human sexuality, it has also given us a series of slasher films — Friday the 13th, with its many parts; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, parts one and two — and films like Brian DePalma's artistically significant but deplorably explicit Body Double.

Kill Me Please is «partly inspired by the 1980s teen slasher genre» and is described as a «disturbing and funny dive into teenage sexuality, spirituality, loneliness and fragility.»

Boss battles are an iconic video game archetype, as synonymous with gaming as a chase scene in slasher movie.

A parody of teen slasher films like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, it features a load of gross - out gags featuring genitalia and bodily fluids, and stars Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie and former Baywatch star Carmen Electra.

Universal Pictures UK will be releasing director Christopher Landon's mystery slasher horror flick Happy Death Day on DVD and Blu - Ray come next month.

Although even I, a devoted horror fan, recognize the faint praise of championing any film as ascendent in such a flawed sub-genre as slasher movies.

Classic slasher film in which a group of sorority sisters are stalked by an unwelcome guest during the Christmas break.

A drama of upper - middle - class menace that can't quite bring itself to be a full - on slasher movie, this has a few too many clichés but offers some creepiness and decent performances.

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The Invitation, on the other hand, which reunites an estranged couple for an intimate dinner party with friends, is miles away in tone and substance from slasher classics like Friday the 13th, and orbits more sophisticated fare like Rosemary's Baby.

From the music, the mask to Michael Myers, everyone has their own take on Halloween, and why it is the blueprint for slasher horror and in our humble opinion, has never been bettered.

I half expected this game to have the same color - swapped ninja appear throughout the game, and yet Draw Slasher impresses with an army of uniquely designed enemies.

The new new new Jason Vorhees, played by Derek Mears in this Michael Bay - produced homage / update of the»80s slasher franchise, is a bit of a fox.

• «HONEYSPIDER gives us the movie within a movie «Sleepover Slaughterhouse Part 3, ″ which is probably the best parody of the 80s slasher genre I've ever seen.»

The original movie shot this extra dose of adrenaline into slasher flicks, bringing a new found interest when most were beginning to think it was a tired genre.

Developed by Bread Team, Phantom Trigger is a «hardcore neon slasher with RPG and Roguelike elements,» according to the game's Steam page.

Sony is making some rather bold claims about their PS4 exclusive teen slasher game Until Dawn.

Using iconic slasher films as examples, experts say that the feeling viewers get is no different from the emotions on screen.

On the gameplay front what we've got is a pretty standard side - scrolling hack «n slasher with a dash of two - player local co-op for good measure which is, unsurprisingly, where the game really shines, although the lack of online co-op is a massive missed opportunity..

Just when you think it's your typical slasher flick, it takes a complete left turn down «What the hell?»

This Halloween knockoff is fairly forgettable, even by slasher flick standards, but it does feature some early work from character actors like Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club) and James Rebhorn (Carlito's Way), plus it offers the silver screen debut of Mr. Tom Hanks, here playing (what else?)

Until Dawn is all about that teen slasher style and runs the genre's favourite tropes through a Heavy Rain filter with those all - important player choices affecting multiple lead characters who can die permanently.

His #epichorrorbattles series pits iconic slasher villains in death matches against one another.

Granted, it's probably like pointing out that most American slasher films follow the same formula, but still, what's the point in remaking a movie we've already seen?

«I was late, I grabbed a mask at the store, it said Mike Meyers on it, and I said, «I don't remember this character that Mike Myers did,» Then I walked around and everyone said it was Michael Meyers who killed everyone [in the Halloween slasher movies].»

The final section in a medical compound — reportedly reshot at great cost — is tense and well - edited, and there are some terrifically creepy shots of individual zombies (a bug - eyed woman who looks like a walking shrunken head, a cawing - clucking - clacking former scientist who looks like Steve Buscemi with gangrene), but the premise for the sequence is as dumb as anything in a Grade Z slasher picture.

«The Strangers: Prey at Night» Inspired by the 2008 movie «The Strangers,» this horror film brings back the masked villains and adds elements of the»80s slasher genre, while following a family's struggle to survive when they're attacked on vacation.

And let's not forget the low - budget slasher Happy Death Day, which pulled in an impressive $ 26.5 million at the domestic opening weekend box office.

Is there room for score - first slashers who soak up high volumes without the associated efficiency we now demand?

The only thing that sets Venom apart from the other slasher movie franchises (and this one is so very clearly trying to be a franchise of its own) is the Louisiana backdrop and voodoo underpinnings.

An intentionally standard slasher flick with the very expected archetypes, and a sub-story about making a movie for a very

There's a good film here, one that is very underrated and is actually one of the better Slasher films of the early 80's.

Hider in the House is a well - made and produced but ultimately unsatisfying and formulaic slasher thriller.

Silent Night, Deadly Night inspired a horde of sequels, as most slasher films do, but please, ignore all of them.

Cubers is an exciting arena brawler and a twin stick slasher where you have to defeat a master of gladiators to reclaim your freedom.

Rounding out the disc: forced trailers for.45 (decidedly unappetizing and NOT a remake of Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45) and The Zodiac (NOT the David Fincher film) and an optional one for Going to Pieces; and a special message from film historian Adam Rockoff, who wrote the book Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of Slasher Film and enthusiastically endorses this adaptation.

What starts off as a poorly made slasher film is all a ruse.

It may look like just your average slasher flick on paper, but the movie has a few tricks up its sleeves.

«Like Father, Like Daughter» played like a 1980s slasher film at quarter speed.

The Halloween Surprise adds a spooky hearse and a monstrous hot rod to the vehicles available for purchase, new holiday - appropriate masks and makeup, and an eight - player Slasher adversary mode.

We even started seeing slasher flicks with a PG - 13 rating.

Friday The 13th: The Game is a video - game addition to the excellent slasher series, Friday The 13th.

He established innumerable elements of the modern slasher genre, created a legendary soundtrack for a beloved franchise, and — perhaps most important — he created a silver screen icon in the form of the cold, calculating, and terrifying Michael Myers.

A traditional slasher set - up enlivened by the snowy setting.

Peeping Tom is considered the first slasher film in movie history and introduced the convention of seeing the murder through the killer's point of view.