Sentence examples for balance of horror from inspiring English sources

There's a wonderful balance of horror and humour in these opening scenes.

You never turn your head away from a Caravaggio piece no matter how brutal it is because there's such a balance of horror, of unsightly bodies and violent scenes, with such great beauty.

But the balance of horror in the movie was skew-whiff: the third world war seemed like a picnic compared to being cornered at night by Jaws in an Egyptian catacomb, or trying to escape in a clapped-out van while he tore through the bodywork as easily as if it were flatbread.

One of the strongest aspects of "American Horror Story" is its delicate balance of horror and humanity, its ability to showcase the ugliest, most depraved depths of characters whom we learn to love and accept for their flaws.

And while the horror interludes are often awkwardly managed, a scene in which Michael slips in a dark, seemingly fathomless pool of blood has the right balance of shock, horror and comedy.

"This piece isn't as dark, the balance of the horror and lyrical are still there, like two notes twanging simultaneously, but this piece is not quite as sharp, it's a bit more stoic".

He added a balancing note of horror: a dog eats the remains of an animal that Abel has sacrificed on an altar.

It has the perfect balance of humour and horror.

Working with material based on actual events and with characters who really existed and had to balance the horror of living under the shadow of the Nazis with conducting their own lives has given the director a new lease on life.

Desson Howe of the Washington Post felt Beetlejuice had "the perfect balance of bizarreness, comedy and horror".

James Dawson's Cruel Summer is the perfect balance of murder mystery, teen fiction and horror movie.