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In a Violent Nature<\/strong> (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IFC Films\/Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 94 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No MPA rating (extreme bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, drug use, sexual dialogue)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Chris Nash\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Chris Nash\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Pierce Derks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 31, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Liam Leone, Charlotte Creaghan, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Sam Roulston, Alexander Oliver, Timothy Paul McCarthy, Lauren-Marie Taylor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: ****<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In a Violent Nature<\/strong> is NOT your ordinary slasher flick. I knew going in that would be the case. It\u2019s an IFC Films release. That\u2019s the independent film outfit responsible for such titles as Hatching, Skinamarink and Late Night with the Devil. When they do a horror movie, you always have to expect the unexpected. In the case of In a Violent Nature<\/strong>, the makers throw the audience a real curve ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0As I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard by now, In a Violent Nature<\/strong> is told from the POV of the slasher, a hulking freak named Johnny (Barrett, Cult Hero). The camera follows Johnny as he stalks and kills his prey, a group of young idiots who make the mistake of desecrating his burial place. One of the dopes pockets a locket he finds hanging near the remains of an old fire tower. It was the only thing keeping Johnny dead and buried. Minutes after the filcher and his friends leave, the reanimated fiend rises from his grave and begins his quest to retrieve the purloined necklace.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In a strange sort of way, In a Violent Nature<\/strong> resembles a Terrence Malick film with its long static takes of nature and periods of inaction. There are also the silences which are amplified by the complete absence of a score. It ratchets up the tension nicely. But here\u2019s the thing about In a Violent Nature<\/strong>. Because we\u2019re privy to the killer\u2019s every move, there aren\u2019t any \u201cBOO!\u201d scenes. Rather, we cringe in a mixture of fear and anticipation because we know the victims-to-be are about to die terrible deaths. Let me tell you, THAT THEY DO!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I\u2019m always railing against CGI and how fake it looks. I especially hate it when filmmakers use it for the gory scenes in horror films. I am thrilled to report In a Violent Nature<\/strong> uses only practical effects. This is great news for gorehounds because it contains some of the most savage killings I\u2019ve ever seen. We\u2019ve talking buckets and buckets of blood, guts and brain matter. One kill in particular is especially creative. Johnny goes up to a girl doing yoga, cuts a hole through her middle, jams a logging hook into her skull and pulls her head through the hole in her middle. WOW! Color me impressed. Another great scene has Johnny decapitating a guy from behind a tree at his jawline. Another fellow has his arm and head slowly cut off by an automatic log splitter. In addition, two skulls get pulverized, one by a boulder and the other with an axe. All of it is extremely graphic. This is why In a Violent Nature<\/strong> is being released without an official MPA rating. In the 80s, it would have come with a \u201cNo One Under 17 Admitted\u201d policy attached.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I can\u2019t even say anything about the acting because the victims-to-be aren\u2019t center stage. We mostly see them in long shots or hear them just off-camera. Writer-director Chris Nash (he did the Z segment [\u201cZ is for Zygote\u201d] of ABC of Death 2) does, however, include the obligatory scene of somebody telling Johnny\u2019s horrific backstory around a campfire at night. Throughout it, you\u2019re wondering if Johnny is watching them from the woods. In any event, we see and hear enough that we know the characters are dumb and douchey for the most part. And yes, there\u2019s a final girl.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The one name you might recognize is Lauren-Marie Taylor who played Vickie in Friday the 13th<\/sup> Part 2. You might say In a Violent Nature<\/strong> is spiritual kin to the classic 1981 slasher sequel. I don\u2019t want to say too much about her character; it\u2019s better if you draw your own conclusions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I love the inverted narrative structure of In a Violent Nature<\/strong>, but I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to play with mainstream audiences expecting a more traditional slasher flick. I\u2019ve heard both rave reviews and criticisms. Some think it\u2019s brilliant while others find it boring. I\u2019ll grant that it moves at a relatively languid pace; it\u2019s what some might call contemplative. However, there\u2019s not a wasted minute. Every bit of it serves the narrative.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0In a Violent Nature<\/strong> is one of the most original films I\u2019ve seen in a long time. How original? Check this out. It leaves itself open for a sequel just like EVERY slasher from the 80s, but this is different. This is where Nash displays his wicked sense of humor. It\u2019s not so much a promise of a second chapter as it is a joke about the conventions of the genre. In fact, one could even argue that In a Violent Nature<\/strong> is a dark comedy of sorts. Maybe it is. If so, it\u2019s more brilliant than I thought. Either way, it\u2019s a must-see for gorehounds, horror fans and psychos.<\/p>\r\n In a Violent Nature (2024)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IFC Films\/Horror\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 94 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No MPA rating (extreme bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, drug use, sexual dialogue)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Chris Nash\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Chris Nash\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Pierce Derks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 31, 2024 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Liam Leone, Charlotte Creaghan, Lea Rose Sebastianis, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horror","category-scary-gory-wild-i-love-it"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/In-a-Violent-Nature-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/In-a-Violent-Nature-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C915&ssl=1\")
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