Sentences with phrase «so than horror»

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They're a resilient community, but they're facing so much right now that I think it's really important now more than ever to know that Christians around the world are standing with them in this hour of horror and of tragedy.

It is an alternative from which bad Christians and agnostics alike have begun to shrink in horror, for even if the Church had no more within her to give the modern age, even so would she be a better light to men than the black slavery of the spirit which has arisen out of the East, and stands upon the shores of the West.

Ann Widdecombe briefly acknowledged the pain and horror of recent scandals, conceded historic failures and then pointed out that the Church is so much more than its sexual teaching.

The modern age has seen more than its share of horrors, but none so stupefying as the spectacle of Christ re-crucified in our divisions.

It's more than just a coincidence that so many horror movies specifically reference Christianity.

It's hard to think about anything other than the current political climate and all of the horror that is being inflicted upon people, from this ban to the struggle of so many other people in this country, but it's important to rest and stay focused and spend some time re-energizing yourself.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

«Every day seems to bring a new horror story from the subways and, so far at least, New Yorkers pin the blame more on Gov. Andrew Cuomo than Mayor Bill de Blasio,» said Maurice Carroll, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, which released the new study Thursday.

I certainly never told any patients that it could be like a horror show and you might never be able come off of a psychiatric medication if you're taking it for longer than a year or so.

The fact is that horror stories sell so the papers and television reports will only ever tell you that the kind of women who try to meet men online are unsuccessful and less than attractive women who have no other choice than to hide behind a veil of misconception.

Ladies in Lavender oscillates between scenes so relentlessly nice they make you want to scream and others - particularly those depicting the crush Dench develops on her new housemate - creepier than anything in «The Amityville Horror.»

So I will be disappointed it's obvious... Watch the canal, great horror movie and way better than the childish badadook...

So we did sort of dial it slightly towards more psychological drama and horror than the monster movie homage that was in the original movie.

With so many teen thrillers taking the route of bad, sensationalist horror, it's nice to see a standard suspense vehicle come out once in a while, with better characterizations and fright earned through putting characters in potential jeopardy, rather than just cheap jump - scares and shrill music.

I can't really advise about DSII, i picked up DSIII on sale a month before BB was on plus, enjoyed what i played but it's slower paced than BB and doesn't have the same gothic - horror vibe that BB has — and i just kept thinking about BB while playing it, so i jumped back into that.

Horror seems so much more prone to remakes than other types of movies.

While Warwick Davis is one of our absolute favorites, and one can't help but be impressed that he has held on for so long to this steadfast addition to the horror franchise collective, Davis» Irish accent leaves one less than impressed.

Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the director of the film that originated the franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?

I will give it credit that while it's not so great, it makes a much better moviegoing experience than some of the horror garbage that came out last year.

Other than one scene of brutal, physical violence, Shyamalan unfolds his story without delving into the horror and gore of so many scary scripts.

A large part of Maschietti making his horror so much more than a Friday Night spooky story were the incredibly deep performances from the child actors.

This is more abstract experimental filmmaking than traditional horror, so choose your viewing partner accordingly.

While it was the latest YA novel adaptation at a time when they seemed to be arriving on a regularly scheduled basis, having a film so stripped down and primal made it more worthwhile as an action - horror hybrid than a world - building first chapter of a more extensive series.

This wouldn't be a problem if there was more to Shattered Memories than this so - called adaptable horror.

And more than ever, horror films represent a safe bet compared to expensive action flicks, so many of which flopped this summer in what has become a feast - or - famine business.

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.

It's become widely accepted in the movie industry that the weakest weekend of the year is always that of Labor Day and one needs to look no further for evidence of that than the fact that this year's one new wide release on Friday was the dismal found - footage horror flick As Above, So Below (the almost equally subpar November Man got a jump on proceedings by releasing two days prior though that didn't help it any).

This is why it's so unfortunate that his sophomore effort as director, Jack Goes Home, seems to draw its inspiration more from the disjointed, multi-story American Horror Story than from any of the classics.

The most repetitive of horror franchises is back again: each new episode brings so few twists to the ghoulish formula that it's less of a sequel than a remake of the first one.

This actually doesn't look so bad, more of a drama than a horror, but it looks to get into some werewolf action by the end.

Unlike so many of its Academy - approved horror predecessors, it came from an original screenplay; Shyamalan's delicate, muted treatment of the relationship between the child and Bruce Willis's mournful psychologist also made it seem more like a drama than a traditionally terrifying supernatural tale.

Soavi doesn't get as much love as some of the other Italian horror legends but he more than holds his own, so the more of his work readily available, the better.

Kyle's Review: More so than any other film in the Nightmare series, just edging out New Nightmare, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors stands out as an impressive and worthy addition to the accumulated collection of True Horror Classics.

His film career so far includes the better - than - you - remember DC Comics action / horror «Constantine» and the Will Smith «I Am Legend,» which has a solid hour before falling apart.

I like it better than any of the official horror films so far this year.

Thanks to the evil magic of a Satan genie in the L.A. costume and horror - themed novelty store where Max works, Evelyn claws her way out of her grave and, despite her body decomposing, she's friskier than ever and wants to zombify him so they can be together forever.

Devilishly crafty and expertly focused, it fell in with the usual suspects of found footage horror, even though it was so much more than just another point and shoot, «gotcha!»

WHY: It's no secret that Guillermo del Toro has a slightly deranged imagination, but there's a beauty to his madness that flows through all of his movies, none more so than «Crimson Peak,» which delivers a different kind of horror from the typical haunted house story.

The horror genre is capable of so much more than that, and sometimes it can be easy to forget its true potential.

THE FACULTY Aliens take over demoralized high school teachers with apparent ease in this sly and savvy exercise in sci - fi horror, but they bite off more than they can chew, so to speak, when they set their sights on the students, too.

Almost all of the characters are dumber than they should be, examples; a doctor ends up committing one of horrors most offending rules, a young cop who is completely unconvincing, and one of the sisters that wants to make an escape but never tries very hard to do so.

So no one is more surprised than I am at the artistic success of «Annabelle: Creation,» one of the most accomplished horror films of 2017.

It is why James Wan put so much faith in him as a horror lead; he never felt he was bigger than the story, like De Niro and Hawke could be argued to have done with their horrors.

He brings so much more to the material than other directors would have, giving it the tension and character so often missing from PG - 13 horror.

The Halloween franchise has been rebooted so often that many hardcore horror fans would rather jab butcher knives through their skulls than watch another.

While there are some laughs to be had, Club Dread just doesn't really have what it takes to be anything more than an ambitious misfire, taking itself a bit too seriously for long stretches as so many horror spoofs have done in the past.

The bar for modern horror has been set so low that by now any movie better than terrible seems worthy of praise.

This one's strictly for the splatter - house crowd, or people who love horror for shock value over suspense, so if repulsive imagery and acts of terror turn you on, you'll get more than your money's worth.

Get Out turns out to be more fun, and more provocative, than it is scary, at least in the traditional midnight - movie sense: The film works so well as a gauntlet of social horror that Peele almost didn't need the more traditional thriller elements he introduces in the third act, when a carefully calibrated build in just - because - you're - paranoid dread gives way to some disappointingly conventional survival games.

Like so many of Rumley's previous films including Red, White & Blue, The Living and the Dead (2006) and his donations to the horror anthologies Little Deaths (2011) and The ABCs of Death (2012), Fashionista's punch stems from the intensity of its moods and tones more than anything else.