Sentence examples for supernatural setting from inspiring English sources

In "Down a Dark Hall" (1974), Ms. Duncan ventured into the supernatural, setting the story at a haunted boarding school for girls.

Chihiro also stands outside societal boundaries in the supernatural setting.

These segments usually involve the Simpson family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting.

These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting and often parody or pay homage to a famous piece of work in those genres.

Gothic stories — supernatural tales set, often, in medieval ruins — had been popular for decades.

The season begins in September with Zinnie Harris's play "The Wheel," a supernatural drama set on a 19th century Spanish farm.

With The Uninvited Guests Jones has abandoned the 1950s in favour of a fizzing supernatural tale set over the course of one night in an Edwardian country house.

Continuing the tradition of unusual horror was the well received The Witch, a richly worded, gorgeously shot supernatural drama set in 1600s New England.

(Dargis) 'The Awakening' (R, 1 47) Sherlock Holmes meets "The Others" in this sleek supernatural thriller set in post-World War I Britain, with a chilly "Masterpiece Theater" gloss and a post-Freudian subtext.

She works miracles, is beloved by the residents of the psychiatric ward, but nothing, not even her supernatural skill set, can stem the tide of the dead women: "There was not a single day — not a single day — when she didn't see a woman shot or hacked, strangled or suffocated, poisoned or burnt, hanged or buried alive.

The fifth film to get a nomination for best picture was "The Green Mile," the director Frank Darabont's adaptation a Stephen King supernatural thriller set on death row; it drew a mixed response from critics but has proven a sizable hit with audiences.