Sentence examples for violent tales from inspiring English sources

Alcott produced potboilers at first and many of her stories notably those signed "A.M. Barnard"—were lurid and violent tales.

The films tell violent tales of regional drug lords, complete with portrayals of gunfights, sex, betrayal and corruption.

Yet through the two violent tales for which he is remembered, we come to recognize a singular, quite terrifying mentality.

Their graphic, frequently violent tales of real life in the inner city, as well as those of Los Angeles rappers such as Ice-T (remembered for his 1992 single "Cop Killer") and Snoop Dogg and of East Coast counterparts such as Schoolly D, gave rise to the genre known as gangsta rap.

There were family legends about a great-uncle who "won a fight with a bear" and an aunt who crossed the Alps with brigands, as well as violent tales from the distant past featuring an emperor who blinded hundreds of prisoners, a peasant king crowned with a circlet of white-hot iron and countless "bloodthirsty" Turks.

With Oscar-winning cinematography Chris Menges ("The Mission," "The Killing Fields") behind the camera, the film is a beautifully bleak brush stroke of contemporary noir, always an appealing backdrop for violent tales.

What a nasty, violent tale it is.

"Fever Moon" is a violent tale, with strong language and sexual situations.

This image partly reflects the success abroad of films such as "City of God" and, more recently, a violent tale about Rio de Janeiro's rampaging police called "Elite Squad".

Throughout the nation, this year's biggest movie at the box office has been "Hannibal," the graphically violent tale of an urbane cannibal on the lam.

(Anderson) Foster the People (Monday) The subversive pop hitmakers behind "Pumped Up Kicks" croon their discomfitingly violent tale at one of Central Park's first shows of the summer season.