Ravenous

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Ravenous

R,

1999,

1h 40m,

Horror

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52%

63 Reviews

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78%

10,000+ Ratings

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63 Reviews

78%

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10,000+ Ratings

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman, F.W. Calhoun, who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify Calhoun's gruesome claims.

Critics Consensus

Ravenous tries bringing cannibal horror into an Old West setting, ending up with an uneven blend that will fail to satisfy most fans of either genre.

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Stephen Thompson

AV Club

Oct 29, 2019

Ravenous will doubtless find some sort of cult following, but that cult will be following a lousy, ill-conceived movie.

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

Oct 29, 2019

3/5

Antonia Bird's pitch black comedy is a patchily hilarious triumph. But the queasy and squeamish have been warned.

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Philip French

Guardian

Oct 29, 2019

Ravenous is a stupid black comedy set in the same place and the same year but more a Western version of Night of the Living Dead.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Feb 13, 2024

Fans of Hannibal will enjoy the mordant humor and gross, yet slick visuals (and its allusions to the Wendigo myth).

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Sep 2, 2022

A-

That a major studio (20th Century-Fox) gave this a wide release, despite its gonzo premise and lack of stars, is heartening; that this noble experiment has tanked on arrival is discouraging

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aug 15, 2022

3.5/4

Fascinating is how Ravenous occupies various genres throughout and yet never completely gives in to any one of them—it's a ride in that sense.

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Han R

Mar 13, 2019

Dark horror with great acting from all the cast. The music adds to the suspense and still gives me goosebumps

Harry S

Oct 25, 2018

A captivating horror film with all the right dark humor, bear traps, crazy characters and unsettling music.

Jul 19, 2018

Brilliant dark sense of humour. Amazing cast. Astounding soundtrack. What's not to love?

Anakin S

Mar 9, 2018

oNE OF MY FAVORITE EVER FILMS. ITS SUCH A GREAT MIX OF EMOTIONS AND THEMES. creepy to the skin, gorging for the eyes and tickling to the ears. love the soundtrack.

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Theodore M

Dec 24, 2017

Would call it suspenseful rather than scary. Most of the movie feels like it's a joke, but the ending salvages it... a bit.

Rey G

Oct 26, 2017

This is the perfect cult classic for me. Eery, weird, funny, and completely original. I would typically steer clear of a gory cannibalism flick, but I can't help but recommend this to everyone I talk to about horror movies because it's just so dang likable.

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Antonia Bird

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Guy Pearce

Capt. John Boyd

Robert Carlyle

Col. Ives

Jeremy Davies

Pvt. Toffler

Jeffrey Jones

Col. Hart

John Spencer

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Synopsis

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman, F.W. Calhoun, who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify Calhoun's gruesome claims.

Director: Antonia Bird
Producer: Adam Fields, David Heyman
Screenwriter: Ted Griffin
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, ETIC Films, Fox 2000 Pictures, Heyday Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.1M
Runtime: 1h 40m

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