Not exact matches
The appeal to the viewer is never presented within the reasonable context of calculated stewardship or responsible use of one's possessions: rather, the approach is designed to catch the viewer's attention
with a
more desperate and urgent religious
horror story.
He will want to know
more about the remarkable sailors whose
stories are included or he will have read so much of watery ordeals that sailing vessels thereafter will fill him
with horror.
And somehow, even after hearing
horror stories about hurt children, you will walk away
more deeply in love
with humanity.
It can be a daunting choice to consider,
with some people shouting the benefits of cloth diapering and insisting you are killing the environment
with your Huggies, and
with yet
more people telling
horror stories about how difficult and time consuming cloth diapering can be.
And I would bet that the hospital
horror stories are
more to do
with the womens «feelings» about her birth experience rather than the actual damaged / dead babies from the home birth
horror stories.
But as I hear
more horror stories of toddlers
with teeth so decayed that they have to be anesthetized to have their cavities filled, I began to worry.
Visualization and Surrounding myself
with Positive Birth
Stories: Our instructor explained the importance of hearing positive birthing stories, and how it can do more harm than good when people share their birthing horror s
Stories: Our instructor explained the importance of hearing positive birthing
stories, and how it can do more harm than good when people share their birthing horror s
stories, and how it can do
more harm than good when people share their birthing
horror storiesstories.
Before I Wake is a beautiful, meditative ghost
story with one of the
more rewarding
horror payoffs I've seen in years.
Driftwood is presented and promoted as a
horror movie
with psychological elements, and while this is true, it undersells what is an effective psycho thriller, less about gore and
horror,
more about
story and character.
But there's a seriousness
with which he's given this first Freak Show outing that actually piques
more of a curiosity than trotting out the expected onslaught of spooks, one - liners, and cheekiness could've possibly be done at this point in the American
Horror Story run.
It's clear almost immediately that the
horror elements within the proceedings don't fare quite as well as moments of a
more overtly dialogue - based nature, as director Karyn Kusama generally proves unable to infuse the
story's horrific moments
with any real sense of dread or terror.
«Saw» co-creator James Wan has lately been proving himself to be
more than a one - trick pony, winning over
horror fans
with the atmospheric ghost
stories «Insidious» and «The Conjuring.»
The
story itself follows a far
more linear path than what's commonly found in Japanese
horror, but the usual preoccupations
with hair, decorum, and bodily
horror still abound.
The team felt this was possible
with Silent Hill 2 as this new installment embodied much
more than just
horror or even a tragic love
story: It was conceived to shake players mentally and emotionally on many subconscious levels.
Period dramas like «Mad Men,» «Boardwalk Empire,» «Hatfields and McCoys,» «The Americans,» «Masters of Sex,» «American
Horror Story» and «Downton Abbey» leaned even
more heavily on character actors,
with their ability to transcend time.
Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see
story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one
more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a
horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope
with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).
With too many stock
horror clichés and overly - familiar
story angles, The Reaping doesn't sow enough new, interesting ideas to reap anything
more than our occasional interest.
What's
more, the game was initially designed as a spiritual sequel to the NES
horror game Sweet Home,
with the final version retaining several elements of that NES title (the mansion setting, environmental puzzles, scattered notes shedding light on the
story, limited inventory, and the iconic door loading screen).
With studios like Blumhouse (Get Out, Split, and the Insidious franchise) and A24 (The Witch, It Comes at Night) establishing distinct identities in the minds of moviegoers and television shows like American
Horror Story, Bates Motel, and even Stranger Things spreading the genre elements across the airwaves — or, more likely, your laptop — it's difficult to deny that we're in the midst of an era of horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - s
Horror Story, Bates Motel, and even Stranger Things spreading the genre elements across the airwaves — or,
more likely, your laptop — it's difficult to deny that we're in the midst of an era of
horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - s
horror filmmaking that prizes subtext, mood, and tone over gore effects, elaborate kills, and jump - scares.
Last weekend I watched Ghost
Stories, the closing title of the IMAGINE Film Festival in Amsterdam this year, and had a lot of fun
with it, as
with more horror anthologies recently.
A lot of time
with horror games you feel
more like your running through a never ending path of blood and guts and never really getting much out of the
story side of things.
The latest iteration of «American
Horror Story» is set
more than 300 years after the Salem witch trials,
with those who managed to escape the trials facing extinction.
Electric guitars chug along
with strings in a concoction
more fitting to a generic
horror flick than a
story set in 1848.
Any costume drama
with Helena Bonham Carter in a main role probably is worth at least a look for her performance, and she commands attention as the
story's most beguiling character, Miss Havisham, even though the way she's utilized feels borne
more from the tradition of Gothic
horror than customary.
The second
story feels
more like a bunch of j -
horror elements glued together and slapped
with the One Missed Call label.
Plants can not be reasoned
with, and the inexplicable supernatural
horror,
with a side of gore, makes the
story even
more terrifying.
And, if you have a few dollars to spare and the love of
story - driven
horror in your heart, you can get the demo by backing the game
with a pledge of $ 7 or
more.
It certainly shares elements
with other
horror visual novels like Zero Escape — particularly in the way its
story peels back layer by layer, slowly dissolving the painting and then the frame itself — but it ultimately has
more in common
with genre - benders like Undertale and Pony Island than its Japanese counterparts.
Now, Unraveled is
more than just a game for the joy of nostalgia, tugging on the heart strings of our inner child, and warming your heart
with a bittersweet
story and JRPG style (and the musical theme by Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana, Soul Calibur V) and musical styling of Dale North (Silent
Horror, Dragon Fantasy Book II).
With travel
horror stories like emergency medical evacuations, stranded cruise ships, and super blizzards, travelers have become
more aware of travel insurance and yet they still have a lot to learn.
Along
with the branching, player - driven
story, Until Dawn offers
more than enough suspense and survival -
horror action to keep you adrenaline junkies on the edge of your seats.
Bitter relations between tenants and landlords,
with an arms race between ever -
more ingenious strategies to force tenants out — what yesterday's article oddly described as «free - market
horror stories» — and constantly proliferating regulations designed to block those strategies?
No
more fascination
with horror stories in the media.