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Ravenous

1999 · 101 min

A queasy, off-kilter plunge into snowbound madness, where grisly horror and deadpan black comedy sit uneasily side by side.

Directed by
Antonia Bird
Genres
Adventure, Western, Horror
Tagline
You are who you eat.
Overview
After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. John Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

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Directed by
Antonia Bird
Genres
Adventure, Western, Horror
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • madness
  • obsession
  • morality
  • isolation
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour5
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
adventure, western, horror, comedy, drama
Directed by
Antonia Bird
Written by
Ted Griffin
Starring
Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough
Music
Damon Albarn, Michael Nyman
Cinematography
Anthony B. Richmond
Runtime
101 min
Country
Czech Republic, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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