Sentences with phrase «straight horror»
If you look at straight zombie movies or even straight horror movies, the successful ones tend to do business in North America but never travel outside of North America.
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Tonally, the film doesn't work as straight horror, as one can sense Korine smirking behind the lens at his freakshow, afraid to take a leap into real psychological horror.
Lest we forget this is a movie about witches, events take a turn toward straight horror, with an evil spirit threatening the life of Gillian and everyone and everything around her.
Aja, generally known for more straight horror fare, shows real versatility with this team and has created his most appealing film to date.
Housebound isn't so much of a straight horror.
I'm going to venture that Bug is going to have a small, loyal audience, as it is a strange film, with a sense of gruesome atmosphere that will most likely turn off mainstream viewers, particularly those who fall for the studio's marketing of it as a straight horror flick.
I think because we're not a straight horror movie or a zombie movie, and we've had this sci - fi thriller edge, it has allowed us to play so big outside of North America.
I think there was, like, maybe one joke on the page, but the rest is straight horror.
That genre confusion has probably helped sell the movie to Academy members; after almost a century, some Oscar voters still have an aversion to what they consider a straight horror movie.
The final third of the film sees a scare movie unhinged, and contains a plethora of references to well - known horror staples, though Goddard seems to think that merely referencing the films that horror fans enjoy will be enough to please them; without being in on the joke, there's not as much entertainment if watching this as a straight horror - comedy.
Hiddleston's followers will no doubt fill any loss of interest due to Cumberbatch's departure (though, as mentioned before, the two actors seem to share a collective fanbase), but even without either actor this return to straight horror will definitely be worth watching to find out if del Toro still has the talent for the genre that he displayed in his early years.
But while they were shooting the thing, lead actor Robert Quarry, who played the titular vampire, convinced Kelljan and the producers at AIP that the movie could work as a straight horror flick for the drive - in circuit.
Personal Shopper is one of those films that repays repeated viewing and will doubtless divide audiences, especially those looking for straight horror or pure European art movie, but it is definitely worth the price of admission whatever genre it fits.
This is kind of a horror drama, more than straight horror, as it's set in a time «after» the zombie apocalypse hits and they've invented a cure.
Key and Peele alum Jordan Peele has described his directorial debut, Get Out, as a straight horror film about «the fears of being a black man today» — and boy, he wasn't kidding.
But if you go expecting a straight horror movie, it's more atmospheric than it is purely scary.