Like Terrifier 2 before it, the intriguing slasher movie In a Violent Nature made its way to theaters in its uncut form this past weekend. The box office numbers are now in. This unique arthouse slasher film, brought to audiences by IFC Films and Shudder, managed to gross an impressive $2.1 million across 1,426 theaters in the United States during its debut weekend. That’s an undeniably strong opening for an unconventional unrated horror movie, nearly matching the $2.8 million opening of IFC’s earlier release, Late Night with the Devil, which eventually grossed $11.9 million worldwide. The real question is whether...
- 6/4/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Experimental slasher In a Violent Nature, writer/director Chris Nash’s feature debut, sliced up an impressive opening weekend at the box office and received critical acclaim for its unique take on the slasher subgenre. But there’s one standout moment that has horror fans buzzing: a centerpiece kill so unexpected and gnarly that it ensures undead killer Johnny (Ry Barrett) is a slasher villain to remember.
In a Violent Nature frames the slasher events from the perspective of Johnny, summoned from the dead when a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs his rotting corpse. In a recent chat, Chris Nash and Ry Barrett revealed just how tough this experimental slasher was to make, with Barrett joining the cast well into production, prompting extensive reshoots. That also applies to the aforementioned kill, which is best described as a “yoga pretzel.”
In this sequence,...
In a Violent Nature frames the slasher events from the perspective of Johnny, summoned from the dead when a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs his rotting corpse. In a recent chat, Chris Nash and Ry Barrett revealed just how tough this experimental slasher was to make, with Barrett joining the cast well into production, prompting extensive reshoots. That also applies to the aforementioned kill, which is best described as a “yoga pretzel.”
In this sequence,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Another weekend in the books, another reason to be pessimistic about the state of the box office in 2024. We are just coming off of the worst Memorial Day weekend in decades in terms of ticket sales, thanks to weak performances by both "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" and "The Garfield Movie." Now? With no meaningfully big movies entering the marketplace, theaters were left to suffer -- so much so that this past weekend now ranks as literally one of the worst weekends the summer box office has experienced in a quarter century.
"The Garfield Movie" held far better than "Furiosa" in its second weekend, as the animated film topped the charts with a $14 million haul. That's good for Sony, but terrible for the industry at large. When we're in the midst of the summer moviegoing season and the number one movie on a given weekend pulls in $14 million, we're in trouble.
"The Garfield Movie" held far better than "Furiosa" in its second weekend, as the animated film topped the charts with a $14 million haul. That's good for Sony, but terrible for the industry at large. When we're in the midst of the summer moviegoing season and the number one movie on a given weekend pulls in $14 million, we're in trouble.
- 6/3/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Update: (Monday Pm) As noted yesterday, the margin between the 2nd and 3rd place finish for If and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was slim, and in the end, after final figures were reported, their positions at the weekend box office flip-flopped. According to the latest numbers via Deadline, Furiosa made $10.785 million to If‘s $10.5. While that’s only a $285k difference, it gives Furiosa a bit of a better finish, allowing it to reclaim second place, although it trails far behind The Garfield Movie‘s first-place finish with $14 million.
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The box office outlook for George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga looks pretty bleak. In my box office predictions, I anticipated the film being beaten by The Garfield Movie in its second weekend, but I didn’t think John Krasinski’s If, in week 3, would manage to overtake it at the box office. But,...
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The box office outlook for George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga looks pretty bleak. In my box office predictions, I anticipated the film being beaten by The Garfield Movie in its second weekend, but I didn’t think John Krasinski’s If, in week 3, would manage to overtake it at the box office. But,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
In a not-so-surprising twist, Sony's 'The Garfield Movie' overtook Warner Bros.' Mad Max prequel 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' to claim the top spot at the domestic box office this weekend. After an underwhelming Memorial Day weekend, the lazy, lasagna-loving cat pulled in $14 million from 4,108 theaters for a solid $51.5 million total after two weeks, bringing its worldwide gross to $152 million. Not a bad deal considering the film's $60 million price tag.
Meanwhile, 'Furiosa' fell to third place with $10.7 million, bringing the films domestic haul to a disappointing $49.6 million. Warner Bros.' had high hopes for George Miller’s action epic, with stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth headlining, and it has fared slightly better overseas with $64.7 million for a $114 million worldwide total. But like its predecessor, 2015's 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' its path to profitability looks increasingly rocky with a budget of $168 million. Wedged between 'Garfield' and 'Furiosa' was John Krasinski's family film flick 'IF.' The Paramount release collected $10.8 million in its third week for an $80.4 million domestic tally.
Notable new releases over the weekend include 'Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,' the big screen anime adaptation of the popular manga with $3.5 million, and IFC Films’ slasher flick 'In a Violent Nature,' which brought in $2.1 million.
Overall, it was another disappointing weekend at the movies. With no major new releases, the total box office was down a sobering 65% compared to the same weekend last year. After an encouraging post-pandemic season in 2023—fueled by the blockbuster duo of 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'—it’s a grim start to the summer movie season, with year-to-date revenues trailing 2023 by 24% so far. Hollywood is hoping the worst is behind it, though, as June and July have some (hopefully) guaranteed hits with Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2,' Illumination’s 'Despicable Me 4,' and the year's only Marvel movie, 'Deadpool & Wolverine.'
See all the weekend box office results at Box Office Mojo...
Meanwhile, 'Furiosa' fell to third place with $10.7 million, bringing the films domestic haul to a disappointing $49.6 million. Warner Bros.' had high hopes for George Miller’s action epic, with stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth headlining, and it has fared slightly better overseas with $64.7 million for a $114 million worldwide total. But like its predecessor, 2015's 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' its path to profitability looks increasingly rocky with a budget of $168 million. Wedged between 'Garfield' and 'Furiosa' was John Krasinski's family film flick 'IF.' The Paramount release collected $10.8 million in its third week for an $80.4 million domestic tally.
Notable new releases over the weekend include 'Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,' the big screen anime adaptation of the popular manga with $3.5 million, and IFC Films’ slasher flick 'In a Violent Nature,' which brought in $2.1 million.
Overall, it was another disappointing weekend at the movies. With no major new releases, the total box office was down a sobering 65% compared to the same weekend last year. After an encouraging post-pandemic season in 2023—fueled by the blockbuster duo of 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'—it’s a grim start to the summer movie season, with year-to-date revenues trailing 2023 by 24% so far. Hollywood is hoping the worst is behind it, though, as June and July have some (hopefully) guaranteed hits with Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2,' Illumination’s 'Despicable Me 4,' and the year's only Marvel movie, 'Deadpool & Wolverine.'
See all the weekend box office results at Box Office Mojo...
- 6/3/2024
- by IMDb Editors
- IMDb News
Here's one for the little guys, or, it's the little things that matter the most, or ... ... Deadline has reported this weekend that the Canadian slasher flick, In A Violent Nature, gave IFC Films it's latest, biggest opening of the year just a little behind its current specialty box office champ, Late Night With The Devil. Compared to wide releases $2.1 million may not seem like a lot, but it was enough to place the indie horror flick in the top ten box office. In A Violent Nature “has been steadily making waves for redefining the classic slasher genre” since its Sundance premiere, said Scott Shooman, head of AMC Networks Film Group, calling Nash’s feature debut “a film that will have a...
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- 6/3/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Like Terrifier 2 before it, the acclaimed slasher movie In a Violent Nature was released into theaters in its Unrated form over the weekend, and the box office numbers are in.
The unique arthouse slasher movie comes courtesy of IFC Films and Shudder, and it scared up an impressive $2.1 million from 1,426 theaters in the United States over the weekend.
That’s one hell of a strong opening weekend for an experimental unrated slasher movie, nearly matching the $2.8 million opening of IFC’s Late Night with the Devil earlier this year. That film gave IFC its all-time highest opening weekend, and it went on to make $11.9 million worldwide. Will In a Violent Nature similarly leg its way to $10+ million? Stay tuned to find out.
A highly unique slasher movie, In a Violent Nature frames the killings from the perspective of the masked slasher as he trudges his way through the woods.
The unique arthouse slasher movie comes courtesy of IFC Films and Shudder, and it scared up an impressive $2.1 million from 1,426 theaters in the United States over the weekend.
That’s one hell of a strong opening weekend for an experimental unrated slasher movie, nearly matching the $2.8 million opening of IFC’s Late Night with the Devil earlier this year. That film gave IFC its all-time highest opening weekend, and it went on to make $11.9 million worldwide. Will In a Violent Nature similarly leg its way to $10+ million? Stay tuned to find out.
A highly unique slasher movie, In a Violent Nature frames the killings from the perspective of the masked slasher as he trudges his way through the woods.
- 6/3/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A new film sits atop the box-office weekend as The Garfield Movie managed to claim the number one slot by the margin of $3.2 million.
After finishing in second place last weekend, The Garfield Movie took over the box-office weekend top ten with $14.0 million in its second weekend of release. This gives the Sony Pictures Releasing offering a two-week tally of $51.6 million, allowing it to finish just $3.2 million ahead of second-place If. The Paramount Pictures product brought in $10.8 million during its third weekend in release, raising its overall total to $80.4 million. Meanwhile, the Warner Bros. film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga dropped two spots, after finishing in first place last weekend, to land in third place with $10.7, just $0.1 million behind If. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes however, held steady in fourth place where it added $8.8 million to raise its four-week total to $140.1 million for 20th Century Studios. Also remaining...
After finishing in second place last weekend, The Garfield Movie took over the box-office weekend top ten with $14.0 million in its second weekend of release. This gives the Sony Pictures Releasing offering a two-week tally of $51.6 million, allowing it to finish just $3.2 million ahead of second-place If. The Paramount Pictures product brought in $10.8 million during its third weekend in release, raising its overall total to $80.4 million. Meanwhile, the Warner Bros. film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga dropped two spots, after finishing in first place last weekend, to land in third place with $10.7, just $0.1 million behind If. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes however, held steady in fourth place where it added $8.8 million to raise its four-week total to $140.1 million for 20th Century Studios. Also remaining...
- 6/3/2024
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Lots of ways to describe how bad it is for theaters. Here’s one: A year ago, the #2 film “The Little Mermaid” grossed $41.4 million; this weekend, the top four films grossed $44.4 million combined.
“The Garfield Movie” (Sony) took over #1 with $14 million and a 10-day total about $2 million better than last week’s #1, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” (Warner Bros.). George Miller’s $160 million-budget prequel dropped 59 percent from a disappointing start and is in a tight battle for #2 with “If” (Paramount). The family fantasy with Ryan Reynolds tentatively stands at $50,000 ahead; to its credit, WB wasn’t aggressive in its estimate. (Tomorrow will tell the actual result).
The good news is that we have touched bottom for the summer, and it will get better from here. Both “Garfield” and “If” had strong holds: “Garfield” dropped 41 percent in its second weekend after a holiday Sunday, and “If” dropped 33 percent and now is at $80 million.
“The Garfield Movie” (Sony) took over #1 with $14 million and a 10-day total about $2 million better than last week’s #1, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” (Warner Bros.). George Miller’s $160 million-budget prequel dropped 59 percent from a disappointing start and is in a tight battle for #2 with “If” (Paramount). The family fantasy with Ryan Reynolds tentatively stands at $50,000 ahead; to its credit, WB wasn’t aggressive in its estimate. (Tomorrow will tell the actual result).
The good news is that we have touched bottom for the summer, and it will get better from here. Both “Garfield” and “If” had strong holds: “Garfield” dropped 41 percent in its second weekend after a holiday Sunday, and “If” dropped 33 percent and now is at $80 million.
- 6/2/2024
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
In A Violent Nature, an undead murderous monster’s slow striding through the woods, has generated IFC Films’ second-best opening ever since its indie horror hit Late Night With The Devil in March.
The artsy slasher written and directed by Chris Nash will see an estimated weekend gross of $2.1 million on 1,426 screens, IFC’s widest opening ever, and a no. 8 spot at the domestic box office.
Late Night, by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, which opened to $2.8 million at 1,034 locations, is pushing $10 million. It returns to theaters June 6 and runs through the weekend on about 500 screens.
In A Violent Nature “has been steadily making waves for redefining the classic slasher genre” since its Sundance premiere, said Scott Shooman, head of AMC Networks Film Group, calling Nash’s feature debut “a film that will have a lasting impact in the horror space.”
At 87% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is one...
The artsy slasher written and directed by Chris Nash will see an estimated weekend gross of $2.1 million on 1,426 screens, IFC’s widest opening ever, and a no. 8 spot at the domestic box office.
Late Night, by Cameron and Colin Cairnes, which opened to $2.8 million at 1,034 locations, is pushing $10 million. It returns to theaters June 6 and runs through the weekend on about 500 screens.
In A Violent Nature “has been steadily making waves for redefining the classic slasher genre” since its Sundance premiere, said Scott Shooman, head of AMC Networks Film Group, calling Nash’s feature debut “a film that will have a lasting impact in the horror space.”
At 87% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is one...
- 6/2/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a fairly rare weekend at the box office when there are five new wide releases, but it’s even rare when none of those movies even crack the top six. Read on for the weekend box office report.
After one of the worst Memorial Day weekends in decades, the transition weekend between May and June wasn’t going to be much better with none of the new releases opening in more than 2,000 theaters. That wasn’t helped by the fact that Disney, the one major studio in the mix, decided to dump their latest well-reviewed movie into a few hundred theaters with very little fanfare.
After settling for second place over Memorial Day, Sony Pictures’ animated “The Garfield Movie” moved into first place with an estimated $14 million, down just 42% from its three-day opening weekend, to bring its domestic total to $51.6 million. Overseas, the Chris Pratt-starring family film...
After one of the worst Memorial Day weekends in decades, the transition weekend between May and June wasn’t going to be much better with none of the new releases opening in more than 2,000 theaters. That wasn’t helped by the fact that Disney, the one major studio in the mix, decided to dump their latest well-reviewed movie into a few hundred theaters with very little fanfare.
After settling for second place over Memorial Day, Sony Pictures’ animated “The Garfield Movie” moved into first place with an estimated $14 million, down just 42% from its three-day opening weekend, to bring its domestic total to $51.6 million. Overseas, the Chris Pratt-starring family film...
- 6/2/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Imagine the Dardenne brothers got very high one night on some primo hash, then directed a slasher flick.
That may be the best way to describe In a Violent Nature, and yes, we admit that this review has already drawn battle lines: You can sense jump-scare purists scoffing, arthouse habitues recoiling, and anyone who falls within the center of that Venn diagram [raises hand] salivating. That middle ground is indeed the sweet spot of writer-director Chris Nash’s feature debut, which adopts a calming, oddly meditative aesthetic before making extremely good on the promise of its title.
That may be the best way to describe In a Violent Nature, and yes, we admit that this review has already drawn battle lines: You can sense jump-scare purists scoffing, arthouse habitues recoiling, and anyone who falls within the center of that Venn diagram [raises hand] salivating. That middle ground is indeed the sweet spot of writer-director Chris Nash’s feature debut, which adopts a calming, oddly meditative aesthetic before making extremely good on the promise of its title.
- 6/2/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
“The Garfield Movie” clawed its way to first place, overtaking last weekend’s champion “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” at the domestic box office.
This weekend (unlike last) wasn’t a nail-biter as “Garfield” effortlessly pulled ahead with $14 million from 4,108 theaters in its second weekend of release, while “Furiosa” trailed in third place with $10.7 million from 3,864 venues in its sophomore outing. Now, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” has grossed $51.5 million in North America and $152 million globally to date. It’s a solid showing for the $60 million-budgeted film. “Furiosa,” the fifth entry in Warner Bros. and director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” series, has generated $49.6 million domestically and $114 million worldwide. With a $168 million price tag, the R-rated tentpole has a much steeper path to profitability.
Though “Garfield” gets first-place bragging rights, it’s another terrible weekend at the box office with ticket sales a staggering 65% behind the same three-day period in 2023. As a result,...
This weekend (unlike last) wasn’t a nail-biter as “Garfield” effortlessly pulled ahead with $14 million from 4,108 theaters in its second weekend of release, while “Furiosa” trailed in third place with $10.7 million from 3,864 venues in its sophomore outing. Now, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” has grossed $51.5 million in North America and $152 million globally to date. It’s a solid showing for the $60 million-budgeted film. “Furiosa,” the fifth entry in Warner Bros. and director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” series, has generated $49.6 million domestically and $114 million worldwide. With a $168 million price tag, the R-rated tentpole has a much steeper path to profitability.
Though “Garfield” gets first-place bragging rights, it’s another terrible weekend at the box office with ticket sales a staggering 65% behind the same three-day period in 2023. As a result,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
If you didn’t catch it, on Friday night, our own Tyler Nichols, on his Friday Night Frights Live Stream, did an interesting breakdown of the Friday the 13th franchise (embedded below under the poll). He was inspired to do so after watching the recent In a Violent Nature, which is kind of a highbrow take on slasher films, with a very Jason-inspired slasher at the forefront. Here on JoBlo, we’re pretty devoted fans of the original franchise, but which movie is the best? Have your say in our poll, and leave us your thoughts on the franchise as a whole in the comments!
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What's Your Favorite Friday the 13th Movie?Friday the 13thFriday the 13th Part 2Friday the 13th 3DFriday the 13th: The Final ChapterFriday the 13th: A New BeginningFriday the 13th Park VI: Jason LivesFriday the 13th Part VII: The New BloodFriday the 13th Part VIII:...
- 6/2/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Last Updated on June 3, 2024
Earlier this week, we posted a rather disturbing story about how the Neon-produced horror flick Immaculate apparently looks awful on streaming. Many viewers have complained about the movie looking almost comically dark, posting screen captures that make it look amateurishly shot. Here’s the thing, though – that’s not how the movie is supposed to look. The tweets caught the attention of director Michael Mohan, who wrote the following in reply to one angry tweeter: “I know, man. This was absolutely not done intentionally. We have no control over the compression specs of each platform. It’s a real problem that truly bums me out, and after comparing them all, iTunes is the closest to what we wanted / brighter than the rest.”
Notably, in the comments horror director William Brent Bell posted that the same thing happened to him with the release of Orphan First Kill...
Earlier this week, we posted a rather disturbing story about how the Neon-produced horror flick Immaculate apparently looks awful on streaming. Many viewers have complained about the movie looking almost comically dark, posting screen captures that make it look amateurishly shot. Here’s the thing, though – that’s not how the movie is supposed to look. The tweets caught the attention of director Michael Mohan, who wrote the following in reply to one angry tweeter: “I know, man. This was absolutely not done intentionally. We have no control over the compression specs of each platform. It’s a real problem that truly bums me out, and after comparing them all, iTunes is the closest to what we wanted / brighter than the rest.”
Notably, in the comments horror director William Brent Bell posted that the same thing happened to him with the release of Orphan First Kill...
- 6/2/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
In A Violent Nature is now in theaters, and if you've been keeping track of writer/director Chris Nash's critically-acclaimed horror flick, there's a good chance you'll have heard about a shockingly gruesome scene that's been dubbed the "Yoga Kill."
Now, some specific details on the sequence have been revealed (via Variety).
If you'd rather not have the already infamous kill ruined before you see the movie, here's your spoiler warning.
The scene begins with relentless, undead killer Johnny stalking an unfortunate victim named Aurora (Charlotte Creaghan), who he finds doing some yoga close to the edge of a cliff (never a good idea with a murderous monster in the area).
"In a gore-tastic sequence, Johnny disembowels Aurora with his trusty, rusty hook, then yanks her head backwards through the gaping hole in her stomach. Johnny kicks the human pretzel down the cliff, where her mangled, mutilated body rolls halfway down.
Now, some specific details on the sequence have been revealed (via Variety).
If you'd rather not have the already infamous kill ruined before you see the movie, here's your spoiler warning.
The scene begins with relentless, undead killer Johnny stalking an unfortunate victim named Aurora (Charlotte Creaghan), who he finds doing some yoga close to the edge of a cliff (never a good idea with a murderous monster in the area).
"In a gore-tastic sequence, Johnny disembowels Aurora with his trusty, rusty hook, then yanks her head backwards through the gaping hole in her stomach. Johnny kicks the human pretzel down the cliff, where her mangled, mutilated body rolls halfway down.
- 6/2/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
If the summer box office is ever going to heat up, it’ll have to wait a while longer. In a weekend being led by holdovers, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” looks to overtake “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” for first place on domestic charts.
The marketplace continues to be dire overall, but Sony is doing well for itself. The studio is also putting out the manga adaptation “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle” through its anime banner Crunchyroll. Playing in 1,086 locations (including showtimes in a few Imax auditoriums), the high school sports film earned $1.9 million across Friday and preview screenings and looks to take sixth place on domestic charts. It’s just the latest example of how anime has found a niche but dedicated theatrical audience in North America. Not that stateside will make or break “Haikyu!!,” which released in its native Japan back in February and stands as the second-highest...
The marketplace continues to be dire overall, but Sony is doing well for itself. The studio is also putting out the manga adaptation “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle” through its anime banner Crunchyroll. Playing in 1,086 locations (including showtimes in a few Imax auditoriums), the high school sports film earned $1.9 million across Friday and preview screenings and looks to take sixth place on domestic charts. It’s just the latest example of how anime has found a niche but dedicated theatrical audience in North America. Not that stateside will make or break “Haikyu!!,” which released in its native Japan back in February and stands as the second-highest...
- 6/1/2024
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
As expected, The Garfield Movie seems to be squeezing out a victory opposite Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at the weekend box office. Both films are in their second week of release, and Deadline has Garfield making about $13 million this weekend compared to $11.5 for Furiosa. To note, this margin is pretty slim, so the numbers could easily swing the other way by the time the final figures come in tomorrow afternoon. The Garfield Movie is looking at a roughly 45% week 2 drop, while Furiosa is in the 57% range.
To be sure, those are steeper drops than we anticipated in our box office predictions earlier this week. I expected Garfield to claw its way to the top spot, but I thought decent word-of-mouth would allow both films stronger holds. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be the case. While the makers of The Garfield Movie are probably thrilled with these numbers, as...
To be sure, those are steeper drops than we anticipated in our box office predictions earlier this week. I expected Garfield to claw its way to the top spot, but I thought decent word-of-mouth would allow both films stronger holds. Alas, that doesn’t seem to be the case. While the makers of The Garfield Movie are probably thrilled with these numbers, as...
- 6/1/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Tom Savini. Rick Baker. Dick Smith. Rob Bottin. Ve Neill. Stan Winston.
The world of special effects makeup often feels like a dying art, with studios and streamers increasingly pursuing CGI and digital FX over practical artistry. Now, there is absolutely room for both styles and different films call for different methods, but gone are the days where the average moviegoer can recognize the name of a special effects makeup artist. Diehard fans are, of course, the exception to the rule, and there's at least one name that horror fanatics all know by heart and are stoked as hell to see on an end credits crawl: Steven Kostanski.
For the uninitiated, Steven Kostanski is one of the most fascinating voices in genre cinema working today. His films "The Void" and "Psycho Goreman" are both well-loved favorites, he finally gave the "Leprechaun" franchise a solid film with "Leprechaun Returns," and Kostanski's...
The world of special effects makeup often feels like a dying art, with studios and streamers increasingly pursuing CGI and digital FX over practical artistry. Now, there is absolutely room for both styles and different films call for different methods, but gone are the days where the average moviegoer can recognize the name of a special effects makeup artist. Diehard fans are, of course, the exception to the rule, and there's at least one name that horror fanatics all know by heart and are stoked as hell to see on an end credits crawl: Steven Kostanski.
For the uninitiated, Steven Kostanski is one of the most fascinating voices in genre cinema working today. His films "The Void" and "Psycho Goreman" are both well-loved favorites, he finally gave the "Leprechaun" franchise a solid film with "Leprechaun Returns," and Kostanski's...
- 6/1/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Image: IFC Films, Warner Bros., Cinetic Media, Screenshot: YouTube, YouTube, Apple/YouTube, Disney/YouTube, Photo: Frank Masi (Sony Pictures Entertainment), Atsushi Nishijima (Searchlight Pictures), Warner Bros. Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Vertical, CraSH/imageSPACE/Shutterstock (Shutterstock), Jasin BolandIn A Violent Nature review: A slasher in touch with its surroundingsIn A Violent NatureImage:...
- 6/1/2024
- avclub.com
The Canadian slasher film In A Violent Nature was known for its reinvention of a familiar horror trope. Directed by Chris Nash, the ‘ambient horror’ film follows a killer in the rural parts of Ontario who targets a group of teens who come to spend their summer in camping in the woods. The film seems to have added a new visual language to the usual premise.
In A Violent Nature had its premiere at the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Many critics praised its unique filmmaking twist to the slasher genre. However, despite the love from critics, the film seems to have not impressed audiences as its Rotten Tomatoes audience score was reportedly lesser than the critics’ score.
In A Violent Nature Gets A Lower Audience Score Than Critics’ On Rotten Tomatoes A still from In A Violent Nature | Credits: Shudder Films/Zygote Pictures/Low Sky Productions...
In A Violent Nature had its premiere at the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Many critics praised its unique filmmaking twist to the slasher genre. However, despite the love from critics, the film seems to have not impressed audiences as its Rotten Tomatoes audience score was reportedly lesser than the critics’ score.
In A Violent Nature Gets A Lower Audience Score Than Critics’ On Rotten Tomatoes A still from In A Violent Nature | Credits: Shudder Films/Zygote Pictures/Low Sky Productions...
- 6/1/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Here on the Arrow in the Head horror side of the JoBlo Network, we feel that the best way to start the weekend is by kicking back on a Friday evening to watch and discuss some horror entertainment – and that’s why Tonight at 8 Pm Eastern/5 Pm Pacific, we’re launching the third episode of our first horror live stream on the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel! The channel link is Here, and the specific link for the live stream is This One. We’re calling the livestream Friday Night Frights, and it’s just the third episode of what should be a great new series!
The Friday Night Frights stream will be hosted by Tyler Nichols, and during this livestream, Tyler will be doing something interesting. If you’re a big horror fan you probbaly have heard of the new slasher flick, In A Violent Nature. Tyler just reviewed it,...
The Friday Night Frights stream will be hosted by Tyler Nichols, and during this livestream, Tyler will be doing something interesting. If you’re a big horror fan you probbaly have heard of the new slasher flick, In A Violent Nature. Tyler just reviewed it,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
An innovative and relentless slasher that follows the gory story from the killer's point of view, In a Violent Nature is now playing in theaters via IFC Films and Shudder. To celebrate the film's release, Daily Dead caught up with writer/director Chris Nash to discuss his unique feature-length directorial debut, including the ambitious logistics of following the film's killer through the woods, the cut footage that would give the movie even more of a horror hangout vibe, his plans to tell more stories in the world of In a Violent Nature, and he also shared his affection for Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (one of my personal favorites from the Friday the 13th franchise)!
You can watch my full video interview with Chris Nash below, and in case you missed it, be sure to read to read Matt Donato's Sundance review of In a Violent Nature!
You can watch my full video interview with Chris Nash below, and in case you missed it, be sure to read to read Matt Donato's Sundance review of In a Violent Nature!
- 5/31/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Few big new studio wide releases, yes, but Viggo Mortensen’s latest is on 700 screens, plus limited openings for Chris Wilcha’s Flipside, Judd Apatow EP, and Spanish animated, Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams from Neon. Bleecker Street’s family drama Ezra and IFC Films’ arthouse slasher In A Violent Nature are technically wide but both well under 1,500 screens.
Viggo Mortensen directed, wrote and stars in Western The Dead Don’t Hurt presented by Shout! Studios on 730 screens. The story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s sees Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps), a fiercely independent woman, settle in Nevada with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Mortensen). But the outbreak of the Civil War separates them as Olsen goes to fight with the Union army, leaving Vivienne alone in a town full of corrupt officials. Premiered in Toronto, see Deadline review. It’s Mortensen’s second outing behind the camera since 2020’s Falling.
Viggo Mortensen directed, wrote and stars in Western The Dead Don’t Hurt presented by Shout! Studios on 730 screens. The story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s sees Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps), a fiercely independent woman, settle in Nevada with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Mortensen). But the outbreak of the Civil War separates them as Olsen goes to fight with the Union army, leaving Vivienne alone in a town full of corrupt officials. Premiered in Toronto, see Deadline review. It’s Mortensen’s second outing behind the camera since 2020’s Falling.
- 5/31/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The slasher film on everyone's lips this summer is Chris Nash's "In A Violent Nature," a film I called "deliciously disgusting but you can't help but cheer" in my review out of the Overlook Film Festival. Instead of following a group of unsuspecting young adults trying to survive, "In A Violent Nature" follows the killer, showing audiences what goes on between the hacking and slashing.
In a recent interview, I asked Nash why he elected to follow a slasher in the woods as opposed to a slasher in the suburbs or in the confines of a sorority house, and he explained it was a matter of practicality. "Well, for it being my first feature and trying to get something together, there's just the logistical aspect of, if we're out in the woods, woods are everywhere," he explained. He did say that he'd be interested in seeing what this approach...
In a recent interview, I asked Nash why he elected to follow a slasher in the woods as opposed to a slasher in the suburbs or in the confines of a sorority house, and he explained it was a matter of practicality. "Well, for it being my first feature and trying to get something together, there's just the logistical aspect of, if we're out in the woods, woods are everywhere," he explained. He did say that he'd be interested in seeing what this approach...
- 5/31/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo roams the forest searching for his next victim while discussing “In A Violent Nature.” The movie follows a resurrected killer through the woods as he stalks his victims, all while searching for his stolen necklace. The film is written and directed by Chris Nash and stars Ry Barrett, Josh Lucas, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, and more.
Continue reading ‘In A Violent Nature’: Director Chris Nash Talks Unexpected Arthouse Inspirations For Horror, Extensive Reshoots, Sequels & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘In A Violent Nature’: Director Chris Nash Talks Unexpected Arthouse Inspirations For Horror, Extensive Reshoots, Sequels & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 5/31/2024
- by Mike DeAngelo
- The Playlist
Here we are with a new horror film about a group of youths going to explore the wilderness, only to get killed one after another by a serial killer. There’s a “final girl” too, as you would expect. But what sets director Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature apart from anything else is the choice of telling (most of) the story from the perspective of the killer. Not only does it revamp the slasher-horror genre, it also adds an artistic sensibility and makes the film a staggering achievement. Of course, this is a film that demands your attention from the get-go, and even if you watch it without blinking an eyelid, there’s every chance you’ll miss a little detail or end up getting confused. In this article, I’m going to take a swing at deconstructing In a Violent Nature.
Spoilers Ahead
What Is The Film About?...
Spoilers Ahead
What Is The Film About?...
- 5/31/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Plot: When 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 becomes hellbent on retrieving it.
Review: I’ve been waiting my entire life for someone to come along and make “Pov Jason Voorhees.” The concept of following a slasher villain as they go on their journey of mayhem is the stuff of dreams. I’ve always felt that slashers are the prime candidate to deconstruct in an interesting way. Not since Scream has the subgenre been given a unique perspective and had hype behind it. So, like the 1996 classic, I was hoping this would build off of the films that came before it, and bring slasher films to new heights. Instead of a love letter, In A Violent Nature feels like an insult to the genre.
Review: I’ve been waiting my entire life for someone to come along and make “Pov Jason Voorhees.” The concept of following a slasher villain as they go on their journey of mayhem is the stuff of dreams. I’ve always felt that slashers are the prime candidate to deconstruct in an interesting way. Not since Scream has the subgenre been given a unique perspective and had hype behind it. So, like the 1996 classic, I was hoping this would build off of the films that came before it, and bring slasher films to new heights. Instead of a love letter, In A Violent Nature feels like an insult to the genre.
- 5/31/2024
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
The landscape of the slasher genre is heavily laced with trope landmines. And while sidestepping them is nearly impossible, director Chris Nash has found a glitch in the game with his feature film debut, In a Violent Nature. And instead of coming up with a fresh story bereft of genre cliches, he achieves a unique narrative with just a change in perspective. You’re not accompanying the characters in the cabin. You’re out in the woods. Walking alongside the Jason Voorhees-esque predator.
Spoiler Alert
What happens in the film?
The tottering remains of the old fire tower are home to a terrifying secret that the group of teenagers on a weekend trip to the park are unaware of. And by nabbing the gold necklace resting on a pole, they release a violent spirit, Johnny. And boy, does he have a bone to pick with anyone who gets in his way!
Spoiler Alert
What happens in the film?
The tottering remains of the old fire tower are home to a terrifying secret that the group of teenagers on a weekend trip to the park are unaware of. And by nabbing the gold necklace resting on a pole, they release a violent spirit, Johnny. And boy, does he have a bone to pick with anyone who gets in his way!
- 5/31/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- DMT
‘In a Violent Nature’ Director Reveals How His Unique Slasher Was Reshot Almost Entirely [Interview]
Writer/Director Chris Nash’s feature debut, In a Violent Nature, is set to unleash an arthouse twist on the slasher in theaters this Friday, but the journey getting there has been long and arduous. So much so that Nash reshot a large percentage of the film just to get it, and the gory practical effects, just right.
That included a recast of the film’s undead slasher villain, Johnny (Ry Barrett), who is unwittingly summoned when a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs his rotting corpse. That spells terrible news for the campers vacationing in his territory.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with filmmaker Chris Nash and star Ry Barrett ahead of the film’s theatrical release about Johnny’s nature and the tough hurdles in making this unique indie horror film. The inspiration behind In a Violent Nature, Nash reveals, didn’t actually originate from iconic slashers,...
That included a recast of the film’s undead slasher villain, Johnny (Ry Barrett), who is unwittingly summoned when a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs his rotting corpse. That spells terrible news for the campers vacationing in his territory.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with filmmaker Chris Nash and star Ry Barrett ahead of the film’s theatrical release about Johnny’s nature and the tough hurdles in making this unique indie horror film. The inspiration behind In a Violent Nature, Nash reveals, didn’t actually originate from iconic slashers,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
When In A Violent Nature was first revealed to the world at Sundance, I was giddy with anticipation. As a massive slasher fan, I’ve always wanted a slasher seen through the lens of the killer. There are limitless possibilities and could provide the right spark to reinvent the whole subgenre. At least, that’s what I’ve always believed. But the reaction to the film was mixed, with our own Chris Bumbray giving the film a 6/10. I agree with his assessment, as the film doesn’t entirely come together like I’d want it to. It seems as though the goal was to make a Gus Van Sant film versus to make something that respected and subverted the types of slashers that came before it. Instead, it’s a rather lame affair with more bad acting than you know what to do with.
I was able to chat with...
I was able to chat with...
- 5/30/2024
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
Genre experimentation rarely feels as invigorating as it does in writer-director Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature, which employs techniques from slow cinema to amplify the suspense of a slasher tale. Throughout, the camera methodically follows Johnny (Ry Barrett), a hulking undead killer who spends much of the film clad in a centuries-old firefighter mask, as he vengefully lurks and lumbers through the woods.
Be it the patience with which the kills and their lead-ups unfold or the naturalism of the bucolic setting’s sounds, every choice to depart from the expectations and conventions of horror allows Nash to better deliver on the expected output of chills and thrills. But what feels effortless on screen was by no means inevitable. Even taking into account the learning curve facing directors working on their first features, Nash had to deal with technical challenges that compromised his vision for a physically imposing yet psychologically inscrutable monster.
Be it the patience with which the kills and their lead-ups unfold or the naturalism of the bucolic setting’s sounds, every choice to depart from the expectations and conventions of horror allows Nash to better deliver on the expected output of chills and thrills. But what feels effortless on screen was by no means inevitable. Even taking into account the learning curve facing directors working on their first features, Nash had to deal with technical challenges that compromised his vision for a physically imposing yet psychologically inscrutable monster.
- 5/30/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
In A Violent NatureImage: IFC Films
While the script-flipping slasher In A Violent Nature is a fascinatingly quiet spin on your traditional kill-‘em-all horror, it doesn’t skimp on the gross-out gags. You’re having a calm walk through the woods behind a shambling monster awoken by some foolish teens and then Bam,...
While the script-flipping slasher In A Violent Nature is a fascinatingly quiet spin on your traditional kill-‘em-all horror, it doesn’t skimp on the gross-out gags. You’re having a calm walk through the woods behind a shambling monster awoken by some foolish teens and then Bam,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Jacob Oller
- avclub.com
In a Violent NatureImage: IFC Films
Tearing out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, In A Violent Nature is one of the ballsiest horror movies of the year. Not just because it’s inventively gory (which it is), but because it dedicates itself to quietness, stillness, and formal experimentation.
Tearing out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, In A Violent Nature is one of the ballsiest horror movies of the year. Not just because it’s inventively gory (which it is), but because it dedicates itself to quietness, stillness, and formal experimentation.
- 5/30/2024
- by Jacob Oller
- avclub.com
It’s not always easy to find out which movies hit theaters each week, especially after the Hollywood strikes led to many release date changes. With the WGA and actors strikes resolved and summer blockbusters starting to roll in, May and June are filled with both big budget flicks and new indie releases.
Premiering May 31 is IFC’s “In a Violent Nature,” which follows a vengeful spirit’s bloody journey through the woods to retrieve his 60-year-old corpse starring Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love and Reece Presley. Also hitting theaters is “Summer Camp,” a comedy about three childhood friends who attempt to recapture their memories spent together at summer camp starring Kathy Bates, Diane Keaton, Alfre Woodard and Beverly D’Angelo. Two films getting limited releases this week are Disney’s “Young Woman and the Sea,” a biopic about Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel starring Daisy Ridley,...
Premiering May 31 is IFC’s “In a Violent Nature,” which follows a vengeful spirit’s bloody journey through the woods to retrieve his 60-year-old corpse starring Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love and Reece Presley. Also hitting theaters is “Summer Camp,” a comedy about three childhood friends who attempt to recapture their memories spent together at summer camp starring Kathy Bates, Diane Keaton, Alfre Woodard and Beverly D’Angelo. Two films getting limited releases this week are Disney’s “Young Woman and the Sea,” a biopic about Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel starring Daisy Ridley,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Pat Saperstein and Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Premiering at Sundance to rave reviews earlier this year, In a Violent Nature instantly set itself apart from the glut of recent independent horror films via its very deliberate vision. Anyone cynical about the genre’s ubiquity will be undeniably impressed by its formal rigor: a lack of music, a square aspect ratio, and a deceptively slow pace. Through all of this, it still finds time to birth a new slasher icon in Johnny.
Ahead of the film’s theatrical release beginning this Friday from IFC Films, The Film Stage caught up with writer-director Chris Nash over Zoom to discuss the making and influences of his indie horror sensation.
The Film Stage: My first question is about your cinephile journey, because it seems like the sort of mission statement of this film was to combine two sets of interests: the horror films of your youth and maybe the art films of your adult years.
Ahead of the film’s theatrical release beginning this Friday from IFC Films, The Film Stage caught up with writer-director Chris Nash over Zoom to discuss the making and influences of his indie horror sensation.
The Film Stage: My first question is about your cinephile journey, because it seems like the sort of mission statement of this film was to combine two sets of interests: the horror films of your youth and maybe the art films of your adult years.
- 5/29/2024
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
In a Violent Nature will release to theaters on May 31, 2024.
Horror is my favorite genre of film, and slasher is my favorite sub-genre of horror. I’m always on the look out for a new entry. It’s a genre that’s clichéd by nature, leaning into the familiarity and tropes that have been established and followed for decades. So, when I heard about a new slasher film out of Sundance that followed the perspective of the killer, I was all in.
In a Violent Nature Plot 2024’s ‘In a Violent Nature’
A large malevolent being known as Johnny rises from the grave and begins to stalk and brutally murder anybody he stumbles upon.
The Critique
It’s difficult to break new ground within the slasher-genre. Jason Voorhees is arguably the top-dog in that realm, beating and mutilating promiscuous teenagers throughout the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. The quality of those films range wildly,...
Horror is my favorite genre of film, and slasher is my favorite sub-genre of horror. I’m always on the look out for a new entry. It’s a genre that’s clichéd by nature, leaning into the familiarity and tropes that have been established and followed for decades. So, when I heard about a new slasher film out of Sundance that followed the perspective of the killer, I was all in.
In a Violent Nature Plot 2024’s ‘In a Violent Nature’
A large malevolent being known as Johnny rises from the grave and begins to stalk and brutally murder anybody he stumbles upon.
The Critique
It’s difficult to break new ground within the slasher-genre. Jason Voorhees is arguably the top-dog in that realm, beating and mutilating promiscuous teenagers throughout the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. The quality of those films range wildly,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Joshua Ryan
- FandomWire
May comes to a close with a quieter weekend full of odds and ends and nothing particularly wide in terms of studio releases. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
After a fairly disappointing Memorial Day weekend, the month ends with a number of moderately wide releases. Since most of these new films are smaller, few theater counts have been reported, making it tougher to determine how some of them might perform, though it’s likely that only one will be getting a wide enough release to potentially break into the Top 5. Otherwise, we’re looking at a repeat of the Top 4 with the slightest chance that “The Garfield Movie” might pass “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” with few of the new releases targeting family audiences.
The one movie that has the best chance at cracking the Top 5 would probably be Crunchyroll’s latest Anime feature “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,...
After a fairly disappointing Memorial Day weekend, the month ends with a number of moderately wide releases. Since most of these new films are smaller, few theater counts have been reported, making it tougher to determine how some of them might perform, though it’s likely that only one will be getting a wide enough release to potentially break into the Top 5. Otherwise, we’re looking at a repeat of the Top 4 with the slightest chance that “The Garfield Movie” might pass “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” with few of the new releases targeting family audiences.
The one movie that has the best chance at cracking the Top 5 would probably be Crunchyroll’s latest Anime feature “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Have you ever wanted to see a Friday the 13th movie from Jason Voorhees‘ perspective? What if instead of following around a group of sex-crazed college kids you were just riding shotgun with the killer during his gory rampage through the cursed campground? Well good news you sick, twisted maniac! Chris Nash’s In A Violent Nature is exactly that- A gory forest bound slasher told (almost) exclusively through the eyes of a masked madman back from the dead to seek revenge.
After a group of campers steal a gold locket from a collapsed fire tower, they find themselves hunted by Johnny, the boogeyman of this particular backwoods area. He wants his locket back, and he’ll stop at nothing until it’s in his cold, dead hands again. So, while they smoke pot and drink, tell campfire stories and hook up, Johnny sloooowly makes his way to their camp,...
After a group of campers steal a gold locket from a collapsed fire tower, they find themselves hunted by Johnny, the boogeyman of this particular backwoods area. He wants his locket back, and he’ll stop at nothing until it’s in his cold, dead hands again. So, while they smoke pot and drink, tell campfire stories and hook up, Johnny sloooowly makes his way to their camp,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Jonathan Dehaan
The rebranded Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), now led by industry vet Paul Ridd, today announced that it will host a pre-festival preview screening of Chris Nash’s arthouse slasher In A Violent Nature.
The screening will take place on Thursday, July 11 at the Cameo Cinema on Home Street in Edinburgh, the hub of this year’s festival. The screening will follow the official announcement of the 2024 Eiff programme which will launch on Wednesday, July 10, with tickets going on sale at noon on Thursday, July 11.
In A Violent Nature debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Altitude in the UK and Ireland on Friday, July 12. The film’s synopsis reads: When 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...
The screening will take place on Thursday, July 11 at the Cameo Cinema on Home Street in Edinburgh, the hub of this year’s festival. The screening will follow the official announcement of the 2024 Eiff programme which will launch on Wednesday, July 10, with tickets going on sale at noon on Thursday, July 11.
In A Violent Nature debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Altitude in the UK and Ireland on Friday, July 12. The film’s synopsis reads: When 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...
- 5/29/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
In A Violent NatureImage: IFC Films
Ever since Jason Voorhees skulked across Camp Crystal Lake, the slasher has long been obsessed with the aesthetic constraints of the forest, treating it as the basis for endless nightmarish scenarios. They are insulated hellscapes, places where gore and screams are absorbed. In slashers,...
Ever since Jason Voorhees skulked across Camp Crystal Lake, the slasher has long been obsessed with the aesthetic constraints of the forest, treating it as the basis for endless nightmarish scenarios. They are insulated hellscapes, places where gore and screams are absorbed. In slashers,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Anna McKibbin
- avclub.com
Bollywood Stars Shine Brightly
Deepika Padukone, who made her Bollywood debut with “Om Shanti Om” (2007), has topped IMDb’s list of the top 100 most viewed Indian stars of the last decade. Shah Rukh Khan, her co-star in that and several other films, is in second place. The list is determined by the page views of the 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Alia Bhatt place third and fourth on the list while the late Irrfan Khan is in fifth position, Aamir Khan in sixth, the late Sushant Singh Rajput in seventh and Salman Khan in eighth.
Notably, most of the stars in the top 20 are from the Hindi-language Bollywood, while the highest placed actors from India’s southern film industries are all women – Samantha Ruth Prabhu at 13, followed by Tamannaah Bhatia at 16 and Nayanthara at 18. The highest placed male actors from the southern industries are Prabhas,...
Deepika Padukone, who made her Bollywood debut with “Om Shanti Om” (2007), has topped IMDb’s list of the top 100 most viewed Indian stars of the last decade. Shah Rukh Khan, her co-star in that and several other films, is in second place. The list is determined by the page views of the 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Alia Bhatt place third and fourth on the list while the late Irrfan Khan is in fifth position, Aamir Khan in sixth, the late Sushant Singh Rajput in seventh and Salman Khan in eighth.
Notably, most of the stars in the top 20 are from the Hindi-language Bollywood, while the highest placed actors from India’s southern film industries are all women – Samantha Ruth Prabhu at 13, followed by Tamannaah Bhatia at 16 and Nayanthara at 18. The highest placed male actors from the southern industries are Prabhas,...
- 5/29/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The slasher horror subgenre has its roots in films and stories from the ‘30s and ‘40s. But if you ask casual viewers what they associate with slashers, they’ll probably mention Friday the 13th, Halloween, Scream, and, of course, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Tropes like the final girl, sexual promiscuity, iconic masks and weapons, and a cycle of abuse became common. And even though these films and the subgenre itself were rebooted, reconstructed, and revitalized over the years, the theme of the unwavering nature of evil and the resilience of goodness remained intact. However, since its premiere at Sundance, In a Violent Nature has been touted as a new take on the slasher subgenre for telling the story largely through the perspective of the killer. Is that just a gimmick, or is there some substance to this storytelling technique? Well, let’s find out.
Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature...
Chris Nash’s In a Violent Nature...
- 5/29/2024
- by Pramit Chatterjee
- DMT
Writer-director Chris Nash’s feature directorial debut, In a Violent Nature, opens in eerie serenity, with a gorgeously layered image of a forest seen through a deteriorated window frame. Birdsong and gentle breezes take aural precedence, though there are off-screen human voices of an evidently teen-to-twentysomething variety that clash discordantly with all the verdant beauty. The camera eventually tracks laterally, rack-focusing to reveal a locket hanging around a pipe. A hand enters frame, removing the bauble from its perch. Big mistake, as evidenced by the psychotic demon that soon emerges from the peaty earth below.
This is Johnny (Ry Barrett), a hulking, skin-mottled figure so obviously inspired by Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees that the hockey-masked undead spree killer could sue for residuals. But Nash and his crew aren’t out to brazenly imitate their forbear so much as affectionately and provocatively rework him and his murderous exploits. The...
This is Johnny (Ry Barrett), a hulking, skin-mottled figure so obviously inspired by Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees that the hockey-masked undead spree killer could sue for residuals. But Nash and his crew aren’t out to brazenly imitate their forbear so much as affectionately and provocatively rework him and his murderous exploits. The...
- 5/28/2024
- by Keith Uhlich
- Slant Magazine
After debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section, Chris Nash’s slasher film In a Violent Nature immediately became one of the most buzzed-about horror movies of the year. A clever subversion of the tropes of the genre shot primarily from the killer’s perspective, this is a slow-paced but incredibly eerie horror picture with some absolutely epic kill scenes.
We at FandomWire got to discuss In a Violent Nature with Nash, taking a deep dive into the film’s… execution…
In a Violent Nature Interview
FandomWire: I mean this as a huge compliment, but I think In a Violent Nature may be one of the cruelest films I’ve seen outside European extremist cinema. What made you want to approach these characters’ deaths with such brutality?
Chris Nash: Wow. I don’t consider it brutal — I just never did. I have a background in prosthetic effects design,...
We at FandomWire got to discuss In a Violent Nature with Nash, taking a deep dive into the film’s… execution…
In a Violent Nature Interview
FandomWire: I mean this as a huge compliment, but I think In a Violent Nature may be one of the cruelest films I’ve seen outside European extremist cinema. What made you want to approach these characters’ deaths with such brutality?
Chris Nash: Wow. I don’t consider it brutal — I just never did. I have a background in prosthetic effects design,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Sean Boelman
- FandomWire
When friend and Film Stage contributor Ethan Vestby suggested I watch Nate Wilson’s The All Golden, I did so with no expectations of what might follow. My enthusiasm was frankly non-existent, having no sense of what the film even is. But within seconds I understood The All Golden would not be anywhere in the territory of what constitutes contemporary independent cinema, instead playing like a nightmare collision of Irl and URL experiences so endemic to this day and age, and a movie to embody film as the medium without a future––the medium perpetually open to new directions. It’s also plainly fucking funny, with a star-making turn by In a Violent Nature‘s Lea Rose Sebastianis.
The All Golden is operating without distribution, making notable its screening this Wednesday at New York’s Roxy Cinema, with a Los Angeles showing to follow on June 2 at the Whammy! Analog...
The All Golden is operating without distribution, making notable its screening this Wednesday at New York’s Roxy Cinema, with a Los Angeles showing to follow on June 2 at the Whammy! Analog...
- 5/27/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Summer’s official start may not be for a few more weeks, but tell that to the weather. The blistering hot sun is already here, bringing with it buzzy box office releases and lots of exciting new horror. That includes this week’s theatrical release of In a Violent Nature, an experimental slasher that frames the bloody events from the perspective of the undead killer.
On the small screen, “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School“ is currently embracing sun-scorched slasher thrills on Max. So, this week’s streaming picks belong to summer slashers of all varieties, from quintessential summer camp slashers to comedic riffs on the subgenre.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Burning – MGM+, Prime Video, Tubi
When a group of campers decide to scare the crap out of Camp Blackfoot caretaker, Cropsy, they giggle as they...
On the small screen, “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School“ is currently embracing sun-scorched slasher thrills on Max. So, this week’s streaming picks belong to summer slashers of all varieties, from quintessential summer camp slashers to comedic riffs on the subgenre.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Burning – MGM+, Prime Video, Tubi
When a group of campers decide to scare the crap out of Camp Blackfoot caretaker, Cropsy, they giggle as they...
- 5/27/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.
Challengers by Joseph K. Roman
Deadpool & Wolverine by Youssef Kirah
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by Bartos Gyorgy
Godzilla: Minus One by Phantom City Creative
In A Violent Nature by...
Challengers by Joseph K. Roman
Deadpool & Wolverine by Youssef Kirah
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by Bartos Gyorgy
Godzilla: Minus One by Phantom City Creative
In A Violent Nature by...
- 5/25/2024
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
In A Violent Nature, a horror film shot from the perspective of a serial killer, is finally landing in the UK this July.
2024 has already offered us plenty of horror gems, like Immaculate and The First Omen with Sting on the horizon still, and this summer’s line-up of horror films is looking particularly exciting.
While we wait for news on the UK release date for Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs, we do now have confirmation that In A Violent Nature will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 12th July, courtesy of Altitude Films.
The film, directed by Chris Nash, has been making a bit of a splash among genre fans thanks to its unique premise. In A Violent Nature is filmed entirely from the perspective of a gnarly serial killer, called Johnny.
Here’s the trailer.
In A Violent Nature gives the slasher genre a fresh spin but looks...
2024 has already offered us plenty of horror gems, like Immaculate and The First Omen with Sting on the horizon still, and this summer’s line-up of horror films is looking particularly exciting.
While we wait for news on the UK release date for Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs, we do now have confirmation that In A Violent Nature will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 12th July, courtesy of Altitude Films.
The film, directed by Chris Nash, has been making a bit of a splash among genre fans thanks to its unique premise. In A Violent Nature is filmed entirely from the perspective of a gnarly serial killer, called Johnny.
Here’s the trailer.
In A Violent Nature gives the slasher genre a fresh spin but looks...
- 5/24/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The horror genre is off to a strong start in 2024 thanks to films like “Immaculate,” “Abigail,” and “In A Violent Nature.” But 2025 is already shaping out to be a banner year, with many genre entries getting new theatrical premiere dates this week. So what’s next year’s most anticipated horror movie on the docket? It could be Sony‘s “I Know What You Did Last Summer” remake, which THR reports will hit theaters on July 18, 2025.
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- 5/17/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
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