Sentences with phrase «teen slasher»
Clive Barker's feature directing debut worked not only as a grisly splatterfest, but also as a welcome shift from the rash of teen slasher movies that followed the success of Halloween.
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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.
Scream is different than teen slasher films of yore because these plucky teens have a working knowledge of genre tropes and pop culture references, thanks to a genius screenplay by Kevin Williamson.
The last horrorfest from the Supermassive studio was a masterful riff on teen slasher flicks.
Making the move to Los Angeles in order to pursue an acting career full time, her previous improvisational experiences would soon come in handy as she landed her breakthrough role in the popular Scream - slanted spoof of teen slasher pics, Scary Movie.
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.»
Combining elements of Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity with the cliches of 1980s teen slasher movies,...
The Curse of Downers Grove seems to be jumping on that 1990s teen slasher bandwagon two decades too late.
Co-adapted by Bret Easton Ellis from Michael Hornburg's 2001 novel, «The Curse of Downers Grove» seems to be jumping on that 1990s teen slasher bandwagon two decades too late.
Sony won't come out and say it, but I'm positive these teasers are for Supermassive Games» long in - development teen slasher game...
Sony is making some rather bold claims about their PS4 exclusive teen slasher game Until Dawn.
At first glance, you might think, «typical teen slasher movie» right?
Continuing the string of PlayStation exclusive horror games coming up in August is the long - awaited arrival of Supermassive Games» teen slasher Until Dawn.
The movie within the movie is a terrible, inept picture, which De Palma stages as a send - up of «Halloween» and other teen slasher pics.
This film is both a refreshing and sincere way over-the-top teen slasher parody film that also draws on sci - fi and a monstrous number of other genres.
Longing to return to her childhood love of acting, Anna took a role in the run - of - the - mill teen slasher pic Lover's Lane.
The most interesting horror movie I've seen in a while - a clever premise that is fed to you in parallel with a seemingly traditional teen slasher flick.
The story is typical of 80s teen slashers, and the movie does have a strong likeness to Prom Night, Slaughter High and Return to Horror High, which isn't a bad thing.
Dark yet bawdy humor and game performances elevate this one way above teen slasher.
Screenwriter Kevin Williamson's follow - up to Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer ultimately comes off as a prototypical teen slasher that unapologetically emphasizes many of the conventions and clichés lampooned within his 1996 debut.
Over the last few weeks, Sony has been teasing a game that is almost definitely Supermassive Games» long dormant teen slasher...
Developer Supermassive Games» long in - development teen slasher inspired horror game Until Dawn might not have the legacy of similarly missing video...
I'm worried it will be too derivative of typical teen slashers nowadays, even though I think Chloe Moretz is amazing.
Tonally, Tragedy Girls is essentially Heathers meets Scream, with a dash of Mean Girls; in short, it's teen movie gold.This is a black comedy teen slasher that, much like the already mentioned Heathers, has a lot of fun with the teen's murder spree.
Tragedy Girls is tightly paced, packed with humor, and offers just enough surprises (read: unexpectedly gruesome deaths) to elevate it far above other post-Scream teen slasher entries.
Still, you could certainly do a whole lot worse in terms of a contemporary teen slasher flick; any movie that throws in both a Ferris Bueller's Day Off reference and a cameo appearance by Gary Cole (sporting a British accent, no less!)
It has a premise that might remind you of a «reality TV show» and an execution that derives from almost every dumb teen slasher movie you've seen many times before.
It's because his creation is nothing more than a bad hybrid of the overused teen slasher movie («Scream,» «Friday the 13th,» «Final Destination,» take your pick) mixed in with elements from flicks like «Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer,» «The Breakfast Club,» «Back to the Future,» «Saw» and other better cinematic endeavors.
It's got everything that I detest — teen slasher genre, gags which are excessive to the point that they stop being gags and actually become catalysts for the narrative, references to other films that I also happen to hate, and gore, plenty of gore!
Rose McGowan is the highest - profile of Weinstein's accusers, with it emerging she reportedly sued the movie producer for making advances on her during the production of the Weinstein - produced 1996 teen slasher film Scream.
Ever - shifting landscapes and overtly camp acting counter the changing physical contents of each viewing space, implementing vague auto - biographical references dispersed throughout each video, while also blending in references to teen slasher flicks, high school romantic - comedies, and the like, although loyalty to one genre or plotline rarely seems to limit the duo's linguistic scope and formal inventions in narrative, character and setting.
Making the move to Los Angeles in order to pursue an acting career full time, her previous improvisational experiences would soon come in handy as she landed her breakthrough role in the popular Scream - slanted spoof of teen slasher pics, Difficult to recognize in her natural blonde state following her turn as a raven - haired Neve Campbell knockoff in Scary Movie and it's sequel, Anna made her professional acting debut at the tender age of nine at Washington's Seattle Repertory Theater.
Its peculiar blend of New Media critique and «80s horror parody invoke a concerning similarity in both avenues — the immorality media culture pitted in one of popular culture's most pervasive moral vaccums: the 1980s teen slasher.
Hellraiser, Clive Barker's feature directing debut, worked not only as a grisly splatterfest, but also as a welcome shift from the rash of teen slasher movies that followed the success of Halloween.
No film is more responsible for the explosion of teen slashers than John Carpenter's babysitter butchering classic.
Camp Death, an improv show in the style of a teen slasher film, promises «canoeing, marshmallows around the fire, NAKED showering, and mutilated coed corpses.»
At first it seemed that my fears were going to be justified because the first act of the film resembled a teen slasher flick more than anything else, complete with semi-clad nubile teens, people being picked off one by one in dark corridors and the inevitable pre-scares and false alarms.
Unlike most other films of its subgenre, this teen slasher pic actually has an original idea and thoughtful premise.
Despite its popularity in film, the teen slasher subgenre has never made its way to games.
Given the current wave of horror films (The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, and the teen slasher genre) one understands that perhaps the studio may have wanted more horror and less ponderous sci - fi, which may have spurned Hill's departure.
Released in the U.S. under the title Strange Behavior, Michael Laughlin's bizarre amalgam combines a mad scientist flick with a teen slasher, resulting in an absolute genre blast that's got a few nice tricks up its sleeve.
I'm not sure why it now seems that teen slasher movies are the entry - point - of - choice for composers trying to make their name, but after the success of Scream, which brought Marco Beltrami to the fore, it appears to be the way to go.
Classically - trained British actress Emily Mortimer has taken on everything from screwball comedy to historical drama to teen slasher films.
This is a film that brings back the teen slasher fun of yesteryear for the social media generation.
Usually a teen slasher movie would feature a teenage girl as the prime choice of victim, Tragedy Girls spins that convention on its head, the girls being the hunters.
Thanks to films like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, the teen slasher was at its peak, which this film hoped to capitalize on.
Notable for the revitalization of the teen slasher film and the genesis of the found footage craze, the «90s horror films became a metaphor for the psychological and physical terrors that we inflict on our fellow humans (especially the vulnerable ones).
This is kind of an aspect of the film, a loose (loose) plot line that holds everything together (despite kicking in around an hour into the feature) but, as I am about to argue, Detention has so much more to offer than this intentionally basic premise, one that underscores (in one way or another) basically every teen slasher movie of the mid-90s to late - 00s.