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- 2024
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2024
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 34 m
Summary When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year-old crime, his body is resurrected, and he becomes hellbent on retrieving it. The undead golem hones in on the group of vacationing teens responsible for the theft and proceeds to...
Directed By: Chris Nash
Written By: Chris Nash
- 2024
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2024
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 34 m
In a Violent Nature
68
4.9
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Summary When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year-old crime, his body is resurrected, and he becomes hellbent on retrieving it. The undead golem hones in on the group of vacationing teens responsible for the theft and proceeds to...
Directed By: Chris Nash
Written By: Chris Nash
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
68
73% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
27% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
68
73% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
27% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This is an ambitious, methodical, immersive, and admirably devious experiment in conjuring atmosphere and testing gag reflexes. It will quicken your pulse, tighten your throat and – for those on its extremely particular wavelength – bust your gut.
With In A Violent Nature, Nash crafts something entirely new; composed, near and real. But the film’s sense of tone and timing prove that he also intimately understands why audiences were always invested in these marathons of blood, gore, and guts.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 62 User Ratings
4.9
42% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
24% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
34% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 62 User Ratings
4.9
42% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
24% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
34% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
In a Violent Nature brings a few interesting ideas to the genre and does it with some success. The POV of the slasher, can be seen as slow; however, if this style clicks with you - you will really enjoy this film.
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The fact that In a Violent Nature sets up a storytelling style that utilizes highbrow aesthetics while still keeping one foot firmly planted in the genre gutter is what makes this feel like a once-in-generation slasher flick.
There are no quick cuts here, no goofy ways of hiding gore from the audience: Nash wants the viewer to engage with the pure terror of what’s going on just as much as he wants them to sit in the tedium of it.
For horror fans, it’s a rare treat and a fantastic exercise in taking a genre in the opposite direction that everyone else has tried.
Claiming inspiration (in the film’s press notes) from Terrence Malick and others, Nash has attempted an ambitious blend of art house and slaughterhouse whose rug-pulling ending will polarize, even as its moody logic prevails.
This is the trouble with nihilism as a foundation for horror: it can’t quicken the pulse, drum up scares, or elicit any fruitful response from the viewer at all. Being impressed with a whole lot of nothing doesn’t mean we are.
Personally I loved it. It’s a Friday the 13th exclusively from the killers perspective. It’s basically a pretty slow movie (for a slasher) with surprisingly violent kills.
It won’t be for everyone. If you go in expecting a typical slasher you’ll probably hate it. But as a slasher fan I appreciated seeing someone do something different with the genre.
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better to have tried, than to not have tried at all.
I really liked the intro and subsequent scenes following our Slasher as he ventures through the campgrounds getting revenge on those that took his necklace, but by the end I wanted it to wrap up. the photographer is top notch making the greens of the wood really pop in the backdrop of over the top kills and mutilating scenes that went on a bit longer than I would have liked in service of the quiet villain on his rampage. I would recommend for the horror folks, but only as the gimmick it was made to be
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This movie should have been called A.S.M.R. (A Sick Murdering ****) Please don't cancel me; I'm joking!.. I think the sound department purposely used ASMR to affect the audiences reaction. It's filmed like an Evil Dead movie except instead of deadites or demons it's Jason Voorhees.
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Earns a few points for its student film style (hello, academy ratio) & the heavy lifting that the sound-effects editor brought to the table, but that all emcompassing dread just isn’t there. Turns out eliminating the scary music & jump scares only starkly exposes just how threadbare & tiresome these sorts of movies really are.
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Extremely low-budget and too pretentious to enjoy. Bad acting and some completely non-sensical deaths. Maybe film students and other indie filmmakers will appreciate this movie, but it has almost no entertainment value to the general public. Doing the movie from the killer's perspective is an interesting idea, but would have worked with an interesting killer... not one that just walks around and doesn't speak. Some of the practical effects are also quite B-movie bad. Wish I saw the user reviews before sitting through this garbage.
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Production Company
Low Sky Productions,
Zygote Pictures
Release Date May 31, 2024
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Nature is unforgiving.
Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations