Ravenous

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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: This is a great movie. It had great actors and great music. I especially liked the creepy little piece of music by the cliff scene. :o) I hope you all find out what I'm talking about because this is a really good movie if you dont mind some blood and stuff.

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Summary: Not too shabby
Review: I really enjoyed this movie, it had its moments. The main cannibal was a little frightening at times even though he wouldnt seem to eb the scary one. But when he was digging around looking for his knife, it was scaring me. The blood, the gore, the humor, it was all perfect in this wonderful wonderful movie.

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Summary: One of my favorite horror movies
Review: This movie is amazing in its capacity to shock, horrify, and entertain. I loved its portrayal of the characters and how well it showed the horror of John Boyd at what he experienced. My favorite part was when Robert Carlyle said, "If you die first, I am definately going to eat you."

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Summary: a good Gothic film
Review: Unlike some of the other horror movies of the nineties, this one doesn't involve a killer stalking twitty teens. This one has a unique plot of cannibalism. Obviously, a film about cannibalism isn't going to have parts you want to watch again and again (I'm referring to the man-eat-man parts), but it's worth getting through the nasty parts to see what happens with this unique, and intriguing storyline. Excellent acting with Guy Pearce, and Robert Carlyle make this even better. Robert Carlyle reminded me of Charles Manson (?). I also hope to see more movies by director, Antonia Bird. So, if you're looking for some good Gothic, horror-watch RAVENOUS :)

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Summary: Hard to watch .... hard not to watch.
Review: Ravenous had the same impact on me as a human filet mignon has on the characters..I couldn't stop. It made the hair stand up on the back of my neck and my stomach churn but I was glued to the screen the entire movie. Ravenous delivers a unique combination of unsettling subject matter, convincing acting and a score that would not let you relax if you listened to it in the jacuzzi with a pitcher of margaritas! The score was very irritating at times, as others have said, which is exactly what makes it effective. I give Ravenous a 4 instead of a 5 only to maintain a small shred of my own sense of morality. It just does not seem right to give a movie that can be this disturbing a 5 , even though that may be the very reason it deserves a 5.

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Summary: Grim Fairy Tale
Review: Set against the backdrop of the snowy high Sierras of California, "Ravenous" unfolds as a macabre adult fairy story, a parable of human avarice and addiction. An army officer (Guy Pearce), decorated in questionable circumstances, is banished to a remote outpost to become part of a shoddy ensemble of misfits including the drunk, the doped up weirdo (David Arquette in a niche he has clearly made his own) and the bungling bookworm who is the commanding officer. One stormy night, a stranger (Robert Carlyle) intrudes on the quiet and recounts the terrible tale of his ordeal amongst a snowbound party of travellers who, out of necessity, turn to cannibalism. Things will never quite be the same for our motley crew! Like all good fairy stories, "Ravenous" is at once scary and irreverently amusing.....the horror is grotesque, but unreal. The casting is first rate. Pearce and Carlyle make admirable opponents and Jeffrey Jones adds to his portfolio of excellent character roles with a delightful performance as the commanding officer. The cinematography is similarly commendable, the stunning scenery being beautifully shot with an engrossing attention to detail. The film combines elements of haunted house horror, Western, black comedy and vampirism (a la "The Lost Boys") in a unique and thoroughly entertaining blend and this refreshing individuality sets "Ravenous" apart from the crowd. Look no further if your mission is to find something a little different, but heaven forbid you should feel hungry after feasting on this rewarding chiller!

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Summary: One of the best '90s horror movies!
Review: The '90s was filled with dull horror flicks, and a lot of years were slasher-less. There wasn't enough fun cheesy flicks. But there were a few spectacular exceptions. Ravenous is a horror flick I hope will become a cult classic, and I've tried to help it become that. I've told so many people that this movie is A MUST SEE. And I'm telling anyone out there. If you haven't seen it yet, and your a horror fan, you MUST see this. This is a MUST see for all horror fans. The whole film is of classic quality and was overlooked by the Academy Awards...as many horror movies are. The performances by Guy Pierce, Robert Carlyle and the rest of the cast are great! This is really a spectacle for horror/comedies. I really love horror/comedies and so many people don't consider horror/comedies horror movies. Horror/comedies have been around forever, and they are horror. Look at Bride of Frankenstein. Really this one is one of the best new horror films. And ever since it came out in early 1999, I still haven't seen anything better in the genre at the theaters. I'm a gorehound and for fellow-gorehounds, this one has a great deal of gore! And how could you review Ravenous without mentioning the wonderfull score! I love the music in this movie, it's just one of the most original horror scores in awhile.

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Summary: Finger licking good
Review: A lonely cannibal who doesn't want to dine alone. Kind of a catch 22, isn't it. Oh well, if you tire of the company you can always eat them! I liked that this movie scared me in the fact that there really are such people in the world that do such things.

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Summary: The Thinking Person's Movie about Cannibalism
Review: The story gets started at a fort in the Sierra Nevada's when a near dead stranger arrives at the fort and tells a tale that sounds very similar to the real story of the Donner party. But then things get much weirder! Don't eat that stew! This movie draws in religious references to Christianity, American Manifest Destiny, and Native American folklore, to create an intellectually and mythologically stimulating brew for the culturally receptive mind.

The humor takes the edge off the horror, and the horror takes the edge off of the humor, in a brilliant balance that leaves this movie defying categorization. It remains far too serious call it dark comedy, but it still has its fair share of humor. Some of the more intense moments in the movie gain an erie and otherworldly tone when juxtaposed against some of the maniacally joyful music that accompanies those moments. The acting proves brilliant! And the dynamics between Robert Carlyle and Guy Pierce, hit a compelling range, from curious interest, to hatred and disgust, and even reaching the depths of thinly veiled homoerotic situational innuendo. The rest of the acting was great, but this amazing duo truly left the most memorable impression.

I think the unfavorable reviews offered by some of the "professional critics" more reflects their inability to handle this topic at all, than any shortcomings of the movie itself. If you think you may be a little sensitive about the topic of cannibalism, you have been warned. I really don't think that any of the gruesomeness was gratuitous, and certainly the movie could have been a LOT more gory than it was. You simply can't pretend to discuss cannibalism without gruesomeness. To do otherwise would have been a Pollyanna whitewash job. If you have ever thought about becoming vegetarian, especially for aesthetic and moral reasons, this film just might push you over the edge! Unless you have an unusually "gothic" family or relationship, this isn't your typical date movie or family entertainment.

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Summary: Sick, Quirky Fun
Review: Not many people will like this flick. The cannibalism is just too outrageous an element to appeal to most folks. That's fine. I liked it for what it was -- sick, sick fun. Guy Pearce, the startlingly handsome hunk from Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and L.A. Confidential portrays Boyd, a Mexican-American-War soldier plopped into a bloody madcap survival melodrama. He is presented with a dilemma peculiar to this movie and few others: He must decide whether to eat other people to ensure his survival. The movie's utterly unlikely course of events is capped by Boyd's one final opportunity to achieve a measure of moral redemption for the morally questionable (or are they repugnant outright?) actions he has taken earlier. I found that satisfying -- after all, how often do moviemakers attempt to make a cannibal both well-characterized and heroic? (Hannibal Lecter was expertly characterized but ethically irredeemable.) Other reviewers have referred to the director's intended metaphor about the UNcivilized settling of the American West, as if the bloodthirsty villainy in this tale somehow represented the ethical character of the settlers of the American frontier. That's not just a stretch -- it's baloney. The settings are pretty, the other characters amusingly written, the music haunting and memorable, the plot filled with unexepected turns -- all in all, a nice piece of entertainment when you're in the mood for something unusual.