SummaryWhen 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 methodic... Read More
Directed By:Chris Nash
Written By:Chris Nash
In a Violent Nature
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Generally Favorable
68
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5.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
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May 29, 2024
91
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.
May 29, 2024
83
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
5.2
46% Positive
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25% Mixed
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26 Ratings
26 Ratings
Jan 17, 2025
8
Um Slash que acerta no tom misterioso e meticuloso, com mais silêncio do que barulho, o que torna a experiência muito mais condizente do que ver, por exemplo, um Terrifier da vida com um humor puramente desnecessário. Com um serial killer imune à bala, o roteiro simples, mas eficaz, irá se concentrar no vilão e pouco reservará espaço para os coadjuvantes descartáveis. O que é excelente aqui certamente é a fotografia e o domínio do espaço, sem perseguições desnecessárias. Embora lento, o filme é direto, com muito sangue. Sem expor muito, exige um pouco das atuações que estão meio duvidosas, mas com tão pouco tempo em cena, nem é o principal. Para quem gosta do estilo, um prato cheio.
Jun 3, 2024
80
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.
Jun 7, 2024
75
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.
Jan 30, 2024
70
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.
May 30, 2024
60
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.
Jul 11, 2024
40
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.
Nov 6, 2024
8
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.
Jul 1, 2024
6
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
Jun 5, 2024
6
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.
Jun 11, 2024
3
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.
Jul 6, 2024
2
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.
Production Company:
- Zygote Pictures
- Low Sky Productions
Release Date:May 31, 2024
Duration:1 h 34 m
Tagline:Nature is unforgiving.
Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 2 Nominations
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 2 Nominations
