Their isolated and mysterious nature makes lighthouses a frequent setting of horror and suspense films, as well as adventure video games.

Lovecraft's short story " The Rats in the Walls " makes reference to Trimalchio, reading, " There was a vision of a Roman feast like that of Trimalchio, with a horror in a covered platter.

As Marc prays for his sister he makes the sign of the cross and the lurking demons cringe in horror.

It is a subject which makes me sick with horror, so I will not say another word about it, else I shall not sleep to-night.

" Future noir films often intermingle elements of the gothic thriller genre, such as Minority Report, which makes references to occult practices, and Alien, with its tagline ‘ In space, no one can hear you scream ’, and a space vessel, Nostromo, “ that hark back to images of the haunted house in the gothic horror tradition .” Bin Aziz states that films such as James Cameron ’ s The Terminator are a sub-genre of ‘ techno noir ’ that create "... an atmospheric feast of noir darkness and a double-edged world that is not what it seems.

also makes reference to two horror films: Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ) and Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ).

Roger Zelazny ( or possibly one of his doppelgängers ) makes a cameo in his own novel as " Roger " — a cadaverous, grinning, pipe-smoking guard in Amber's dungeon who is presently writing a " philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity.

In 2004, Jim Emerson wrote that Prince of Darkness was an undervalued horror film: " What makes me goose-pimply about Prince of Darkness is its goofy-but-ingenious central conceit and its truly Surrealistic imagery, some of which could have sprouted out of Buñuel and Dali's Un Chien Andalou.

For example, Call of Cthulhu's foremost concern is recreating the mood of brooding horror and cosmic insignificance of the Cthulhu Mythos, and makes heavy use of illusionism to craft grisly fates for the players ' characters, thereby maintaining consistency with the source material.

Harris's own directorial debut is the horror comedy Among Friends, in which she also makes an appearance.

The show makes reference to horror film The Shining in an episode when he enters a bar announcing " Heeeeerrreeee's Johnny!

According to two Buffy essayists, part of the horror stemming from the arrival of The Gentlemen is the silence that makes the people of Sunnydale helpless, easy victims.

The series makes allusions to various genres of science fiction and fantasy ; apparent influences include Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel R. Delany, and cyberpunk for thematic content, and a wide range of work for the visual aspects, from old horror comics and simple line cartoons to the science fiction work of Mœbius.

* Spanish Movie is also a parody movie that makes spoofs of several successful Spanish horror / drama films in the box, The Others being the main parodied alongside The Orphanage, Pan's Labyrinth, REC, and many others.

In the following chapter, " The Horror Movie as Junk Food " King begins by making the statement: “ I am no apologist for bad filmmaking, but once you've spent twenty years or so going to horror movies, searching for diamonds in the dreck of the B-pics … you begin to seek the patterns and appreciate them when you find them, you begin to get a taste for really shitty movies .” He makes the point that his agent Kirby McCauley had selected the obscure 1977 film Rituals as his favorite, while King himself chose 1979's Tourist Trap as one that “ wields an eerie spooky power.

This is also a twist on horror movies as it reimagines classic monsters unleashed in a 1980s setting, and the film also makes a barb at incessant horror sequels when a " film within a film " is questioned as to how many times can a serial killer come back from the grave.

Following the inquest, Brock destroys all of Jill's records and makes a final visit to the room where he discovers, to his horror, that the stone tape has made a new recording – that of Jill screaming his name as she dies.

She lets him choose for her, and so to protect his nation and his queen he announces at a banquet that Yuna's growth is due to him and to Yuna's surprise and horror, makes a wedding announcement: His and Yuna's.

The Ripper makes appearances throughout the science fiction and horror genres and is internationally recognised as an evil character.

He makes one more attempt to get the money and is killed by Doc in a elevator when Doc shoots the cables, sending the elevator plummeting down to ground level and crashing it hard, much to the horror of Fran.

The band also makes use of sampling, mainly from grindhouse horror films and criminal documentaries.

With Martha's Vineyard on one side and the open sea on the other, it makes an excellent trip of about three hours.

Rain water makes excellent soft washwater, but needs antibacterial treatment.

The preface makes it clear that Ceolwulf had requested the earlier copy, and Bede had asked for Ceolwulf's approval ; this correspondence with the king indicates that Bede's monastery had excellent connections among the Northumbrian nobility.

This, combined with their excellent power consumption and heat dissipation properties, makes them very suitable for embedded computers.

It exhibits no offset voltage at zero drain current and hence makes an excellent signal chopper.

While the crowd was rioting in the streets, Justinian considered fleeing the capital, but he remained in the city on the stirring words of Theodora ( according to Procopius, she said " For an Emperor to become a fugitive is not a thing to be endured ... I hold with the old saying that the purple makes an excellent shroud ".

This unusual flower has a long vase life in flower arrangements, and makes for an excellent dried flower.

Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality ; this makes television an excellent medium for science fiction, which in turn contributes to its popularity in this form.

They also work better at larger diameters, and a large-diameter low-velocity gun makes for an excellent assault gun that can be mounted on light or medium-weight vehicles.

** Straw also makes an excellent mulch.

* L ' Arpeggiata with Christina Pluhar as conductor, ( winner of the 2010 Dutch Edison ) makes excellent use of one or two cornetts!

* Coconut flour is made from ground coconut meat and has the highest fiber content of any flour, having a very low concentration of digestible carbohydrates makes an excellent choice for those looking to restrict their carbohydrate intake.

At this stage, either alone or cooked with strawberries or apples as a sweetener, or with stem or root ginger, rhubarb makes excellent jam.

Their tendency to crawl into the nearest lap with or without invitation and to constantly hang around to see what people are up to, makes them excellent companions for home workers and those house bound due to illness or disability.

It makes an excellent steed, being able to fly as fast as lightning.

It makes excellent firewood and barbecue or smoking wood.

It cannot be that the water makes men effeminate and unchaste, as it is said to do ; for the spring is of remarkable clearness and excellent in flavour.

Since that beginning, they planted a variety of vines including ... Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc, Cabernet Franc, and Norton ~ a grape native to Virginia this makes an excellent stopping off place between Williamsburg and Richmond at I-64 Exit 211.

This makes this an excellent place to start the discussion.

This large landing area, combined with excellent year-round weather, makes the base perfect for flight testing.

This makes chert an excellent tool for starting fires, and both flint and common chert were used in various types of fire-starting tools, such as tinderboxes, throughout history.

Sinew makes for an excellent cordage material for three reasons: It is incredibly strong, it contains natural glues, and it shrinks as it dries, doing away with the need for knots.

The motor's distributed weight across the wheels, in a Porsche 911, provides excellent traction, but the significant mass behind the rear wheels makes it more prone to oversteer in some situations.

This makes it an excellent cheese for frying or grilling ( e. g. in saganaki ) or fried and served with vegetables, as an ingredient in salads.