Sentences with phrase «slasher films»

Kasper's compulsion to put herself on display extends not only to living sculptures but photography as well; theatrically staging compositions of her death inspired by slasher films and Weegee-esque murder scenes.

I'm not really interested in slasher films.

One of the biggest draws to horror and slasher films is the fear of not knowing where the killer is or who will still be alive by the time the credits roll.

This is the premise of so many slasher films, although it might be at a log cabin by a lake, or a haunted mansion.

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.

Do you like 80s slasher films?

Vacancy (Screen Gems, April 20) Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry Director: Nimród Antal Rating: NR The Pitch: After their car breaks down, a married couple (Wilson and Beckinsale) wind up in an isolated motel, where their evening of watching low - budget slasher films is ruined by the discovery that said films were all made in their room.

Far and away the best movie ever made about a sentient, psychokinetic, serial killing tire, «Rubber» brilliantly satirizes slasher films, road movies, and filmmaking in general.

A special episode of «Sneak Previews» with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel devoted entirely to slasher films is featured, wherein Siskel theorizes that the genre's misogyny is a reaction to the Women's Movement.

The episode parodies popular»90s slasher films of its time including «Scream» and «I Know What You Did Last Summer.»

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?

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is a horror film that dares to reveal the ancient underpinnings of slasher films, the unexpected benefits of smoking weed, and true nature of unicorns.

Ryan Murphy's campy Scream Queens premieres tonight, and it pays heavy tribute to the legacy of slasher films.

Whatever the case is, the movie still sounds like it'll be a fantastic continuation for one of the most memorable slasher films in existence.

Although John Carpenter's 1978 film, Halloween, is widely called by many people the first of the true modern slasher films, many genre enthusiasts point to this little Canadian shocker, released four years earlier, as the one that set the blueprint.

I freely admit that I'm not a fan of slasher films, and I am among the minority of critics that don't revere Halloween for revolutionizing the way horror films are presented (if you believe that it simultaneously rips off Psycho and Black Christmas, how can you still claim it is revolutionary?).

In slasher films they suffer less, and they die quicker.

When horror fans talk about the greatest slasher films ever made, John Carpenter's Halloween usually tops the list.

On choosing roles: «When slasher films and teen comedies came along, I said no... You have to maintain your dignity.»

Evening What's the difference between slasher films and chick flicks?

Black Christmas was even more groundbreaking as one of the earliest examples of what would become known as slasher films.

The new film from director Tyler MacIntyre (Patchwork), Tragedy Girls, is a savage and cynical satire full of colorful off - color status quo commentary doubling as a paeon to slasher films and teen exploitation fare, particularly Michael Lehmann's 1988 cult classic, Heathers.

Many remakes of slasher films — like A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)-- have fared poorly at the box office.

At first glance, they appear to be nasty slasher films.

At second glance, they appear to be nasty slasher films taking place in the very same room where Amy and David are staying.

It's a tribute to 80's Neo-Noir, the French New Wave era, and even Slasher films.

It's been more than two decades since Scream built a quadrilogy around the idea that everyone had long absorbed the rules of slasher films.

After all, this film from Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones), is a crude combination of that beloved Bill Murray satire, Tina Fey's hit teen film Mean Girls and any of the various slasher films from 1974 onward, particularly Black Christmas.

Just as misogyny - branded slasher films usually end with Final Girls, 300 II works like it does because the people its predominantly - male audience end up rooting for are its wronged women.

The Drownsman (Blu - ray) Details: 2014, Anchor Bay Entertainment Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A thriller that is a throwback to the slasher films of 1980s centers on a young woman who almost drowned in a lake accident and, in its wake, develops a fear of water.

Much like their attempt at spoofing slasher films in the 2004 misfire, «Club Dread,» using the restaurant industry as the backdrop for their latest comedy wasn't exactly a novel idea.

Max Cartwright (Taissa Farmiga) is a young woman whose late mother, Amanda (Malin Åkerman), was a Jamie Lee Curtis - like scream queen actress, pigeonholed into slasher films, and a minor cult icon.

Yeah, there'd already been a bevy of run - after slasher films with beastly boogeyman - like brutes such as Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974), and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), but even those formidable spine - chillers weren't quite like this nimbly sophisticated fright flick.

Slasher films traditionally exploit Freudian schema, whether they're aware of it or not, so it makes sense that a film thumbing its nose, would reiterate so glib a glorification.

Aside from Hotline Miami 2's over-arching theme involving slasher films and VHS — which is more a device to cement the game's time period — there is a more appropriate comparison: Pulp Fiction.

Due to the repetitive nature of the horror / slasher films, it feels like every time a new film is released there is an expectation that it will take the genre to new heights.

Most of your typical slasher films released these days are boring paint - by - numbers gore fests.

Classically - trained British actress Emily Mortimer has taken on everything from screwball comedy to historical drama to teen slasher films.

It's that it doesn't recognize that slasher films already walk a thin line between existential horror and absurdist comedy.

«In between Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street, there were so many slasher films where it was just some whacko with a knife, and in those films there's a kind of ugliness in a way.

At first blush, Until Dawn looks like a generic horror game, full of tropes stolen from years of slasher films and...

I think fans of the 80s slasher films will absolutely love this film and I think many will be shocked with how well the mother / daughter story works and the amount of heart it brings to the film.

The occult is slowly making a comeback after decades of subservience to slasher films, jump scares and torture porn, with The Witch leading the way.

The granddaddy of all slasher films and psycho - thrillers will never have the same impact as it did on first release.

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

What I saw was a very funny comedy that has a good take on the tropes of slasher films, but also a movie that has a really effective core about dealing with difficult family trauma.

Dead of Summer starts out feeling like an homage to»80s slasher films with a dash of «Beverly Hills 90210» here and a sprinkling of «Heathers» there.

RogerEbert.com: The Showgirls of post-Scream slasher films: it's now not campy nor emotionally involving sufficient to be greater than the sum of its ungainly portions.

However, despite sounding like a set - up for a stereotypical Sasquatch creature feature, Primal Rage takes more of its influences from modern slasher films.

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.