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There's an overall sense of
dread
that's sustained throughout.
The dramatic
dread
his stories are known for has become a very dated storytelling device, but this adaptation was nicely made, and by golly, Dean Stockwell makes it worth seeing.
There is a feeling of sheer
dread
throughout, especially if you know how it's going to end.
The isolated sylvan setting projects a truly unnerving sense of
dread
and vulnerability.
The visualisation of psychological
dread
inevitably compromises the impact experienced when reading the stories, where we are allowed the slow build-up of anticipation and fear.
De Niro is initially happy to find her making new friends but this slowly turns to
dread
as he sees his own daughter turning against him and preferring to stay with Charlie himself.
And, don't we all
dread
that one neighbor who just HAS to be everyone's friend?! LOL.
Hooper's strong evocation of the bleak, dusty and desolate Texas backwoods projects a profound sense of
dread
and unease which never lets up for a minute.
What horror there is comes more from a sense of
dread
than anything that actually happens; also from the eerie feeling that certain places are unlucky, that some people are bound to die simply because of where they are.
I think the director, Paul Anderson, summed it up effectively in this quote, "We tried to put into the movie that constant sense of
dread
and foreboding.
Even though the film suffers from poor dubbing, synching (it feels like you're watching an old Hong Kong Kung Fu flick), the film has a sense of
dread
from beginning to end that grabbed me.
There are endless scenes of the characters tossing and turning while having bad dreams, and the movie completely fails to create an atmosphere of
dread.
I Loved the atmosphere of
dread
that the film portrayed in a nod to the Danish Film industry and at times you feel really uncomfortable and bewildered which is of course how you're supposed to feel as it reflects the confusion and uncertainty that the main character is feeling.
There are some very tense or creepy moments, but they are few and far between, unlike other Karloff works with a feeling of
dread
throughout.
I
dread
to think what Disney would have done with the book.
All throughout, there's this escalating
dread
that like the slow advance of these people who are not quite "there", and it just keep on tightening its noose, as if asking one to put the DVD on pause or maybe even turn it off altogether.
There is tension here provided by the
dread
that this is going to be a movie about child molestation.
Such hits like "Dawn of Dead" and "I am Legend" are great movies, but their fear comes from intensity rather than
dread.
The movie is also helped by the sense of
dread
hanging over every scene with the dog.
Still though, it has a certain creepiness and gloom about it, a sense of dread, that comes across rather well.
The beginning of the film has a great sense of
dread.
Alfred Hitchcock's the Lodger finds the master of suspense, at 27, already with an instant knack at mounting suspense and dread, often with some startling camera movements, not to mention the moments of gallows humor.
I
dread
to think what the movie would be like without the considerable talents of Margaret Rutherford and Robert Morley in the leading roles, and even with them it's pretty dire 'entertainment'.
The fear and utter
dread
continues with part 2 of the Ringu trilogy, set 1 week after the events of the first film.
The
dread
menacing atmosphere, the dark hints about something seen in the woodshed, and the general squalor of a once prosperous family gone to ruin are all conveyed in a humourous but not slapstick or farcical way.
Director/co-writer Joe D'Amato makes inspired use of the remote lush tropical setting, expertly creates and sustains a strong mood of pure flesh-crawling dread, and handles the extremely disgusting gore set pieces with lip-smacking nasty brio.
Through her skillful well-honed hand and facial expressions, she's able to project her feelings of
dread
for the horrors that are about to be unleashed upon her without so much as one spoken word.
The sense of being out in the snow, building tension and sense of
dread
was totally captured.
The cast is made up of professional actors who seem to be very close to the subject matter in real life, and as is the case with other films of Giusseppe Andrews, the fact that the entire feature is filmed with a small digital camera rather than expensive equipment adds a whole extra dimension of grittiness to the already
dread
atmosphere.
they take somewhat sillacious storylines and make them somewhat believable filled with aggreassive dark humor and independent film
dread.
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