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Ravenous

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Original title

Ravenous

Year

1999

Running time

103 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Antonia Bird

Screenwriter

Ted Griffin

Cast

Music

Michael Nyman, Damon Albarn

Cinematography

Anthony B. Richmond

Producer

Fox 2000 Pictures

Genre

Horror. Fantasy. Western | 19th Century. Gore. Serial Killers

Synopsis

A cowardly American soldier (Guy Pearce) is stationed at an isolated military outpost with a bunch of misfits in Sierra Nevada following the Mexican-American War in 1847. When a dazed survivor (Robert Carlyle) of an unfortunate mountain expedition shows up at the outpost, it isnt long before he reveals himself to be a murderous madman with a taste for human flesh. RAVENOUS is an offbeat, blackly comic, and extremely bloody effort from director Antonia Bird (PRIEST).

Awards: 1999: Satellite Awards: nominated to Original Score.

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Critics' reviews

"There’s a bit more to this cannibal tale than initially lets on (...) Prepare for a lot of laughs to balance the thrills."

Meagan Navarro: Bloody Disgusting
"A potentially strong cast makes its way in deadly earnest through material that's often better suited to a Monty Python skit"

Elvis Mitchell: The New York Times
"Has all the ingredients for a cult film success but most definitely is not for everyone. It's stylish, sophisticated, venturesome--to say the least"

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"It's not really serious, not especially funny, and not noticeably scary"

Rick Groen: The Globe and Mail
"For about half its length, 'Ravenous' is a fairly effective scare picture, with a laugh or two. Then it just goes sour and pretentious"

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"Clever in the way it avoids most of the cliches of the vampire movie by using cannibalism, and most of the cliches of the cannibal movie by using vampirism. It serves both dishes with new sauces"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"I'd like to recommend it, but it's too silly. On the plus side, it's ravishingly well directed by Antonia Bird"

David Edelstein: Slate
"In concept alone, Ravenous is anything but appetizing, but in execution it's worse than you'd imagine."

Edward Guthmann: SFGATE

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Ravenous

1999

Antonia Bird

6.0

(5,801)