A slasher “environmental” that gets people talking
In a violent nature It is a Canadian horror film, which can be included in the category of slasher experimental. Noticed when its trailer was published online, it proposes a disturbing concept: staging a massacre of teenagers in a forest, but essentially killer’s point of viewwith a camera most often in third-person perspective.
This killer is Johnny, a vengeful spirit who awakens when teenagers steal a mystical medallion tied to his soul. Johnny, brought back to life, then becomes a sort of murderous zombie, mute and bloodthirsty. Released theatrically in the United States on May 31, 2024before being available to stream from June 27, In a violent nature It didn’t have much time to perform at the North American box office, which it did successfully, grossing $4.2 million in revenue.
Very violent, the film directed by Chris Nash does not particularly stand out for the use of blood and hemoglobin, but for its staging minimalistits lack of an original soundtrack and the use of very long static shots, with a presumed inspiration from the cinema of Gus Van Sant. Many viewers thought soIn a violent nature it was a slasher one of a kind, it focuses much more on its own atmosphere than on its events.
A great critical success in the United States
Beyond the commercial performance, which will have to be re-evaluated when the film is distributed in theaters in other territories, it is above all the critical reception that is exceptional. In fact, In a violent nature it received rave reviews wherever it was seen.
ON Rotten tomatoeshis Pomodometer amounts to 81% for 137 reviews. So, for the New York Times“Taking inspiration from Terrence Malick and others, Nash has attempted an ambitious blend of arthouse and slasher film whose far-fetched ending will polarize, even as its dark logic wins out..”
We can recall in particular the words of David Fear to Rolling Stonewhich makes a funny reference to European cinema:
Imagine that one night the Dardenne brothers got high on premium hashish and made a horror movie.
From the part of Variety, Violent in nature is warmly welcomed and its unique approach to the slasher genre is celebrated:
Its stripped-down approach to a familiar subject has an impressively distinctive character and will surely appeal to fans who are always ready to read a new horror film, but wish most of them weren’t so interchangeable.
For SlateChris Nash’s film “reinvents the slasher” and Rich Juzwiak concludes: “Like an ax to the skull, “In a Violent Nature” is brutal and makes no excuses. Oh, how fresh.“
In a Violent Nature does not currently have a theatrical or streaming release date in France. But given its stellar reception in the US and Canada, it should hit our screens soon.
Source: Cine Serie

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