VHS : Ravenous (En Espanol)
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starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jonesdirected by: Antonia Bird
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0024543072966
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
Release Date: June 23, 2003
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1999
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
When was the last time you saw a new movie set during the 1840s? The era is the first oddball thing about Ravenous, though by no means the last. This provocatively weird movie is essentially a vampire film crossed with the Donner party, that unfortunate band of hungry pioneers who got stuck in the wilderness with only themselves to eat. The setting here is Fort Spencer, a dismal collection of shacks huddled in the snows of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Mid-winter, a nearly dead Scotsman (Robert Carlyle, from The Full Monty) staggers into camp with a story of desperate cannibalism. The skeleton crew (so to speak) manning the fort sets out to investigate, when... ah, but the twists and turns of this dark yarn should remain shocking. Be assured, however, that the cannibalism has just begun; this movie has cannibalism like Titanic had an iceberg. Director Antonia Bird (Mad Love, Priest) blends some humor into this scenario, especially in the final reels, but otherwise this is a fairly serious gore picture; a confused Twentieth Century Fox tried to market it as a black comedy, and the movie flopped anyway. It deserves a better fate--at the very least, it's not quite like anything else out there. The music, a brilliant collaboration between Michael Nyman (The Piano) and Blur's Damon Albarn, is an offbeat blend of period twang and modern drone. Carlyle and Guy Pearce (of L.A. Confidential) are fascinating in the lead roles--their sunken faces would look at home in Civil War photographs--and the eccentric supporting cast, including Jeremy Davies and David Arquette, adds flavor to the dish. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Which to use? "The smell of meat cooking...I thanked the Lord." or "It's lonely being a cannibal...tough making friends."
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--From Recipes for the Ravenous, from Ribald Rangers to Raw Recruits
With the exception of the last 10 minutes, Ravenous is a fine movie, full of revoltingly ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Movie
I don't know how this one slipped by me in 1999. This was a fantastic film. You can't put your finger on why, until you watch it a few times.And you have to watch it a few times.
Rating: - You are who you eat
One of Robert Carlyle's best performances. Wildly entertaining movie involving cannibalism and survival. I nearly became a vegetarian after watching this movie.
Rating: - You are who you EAT!!!!
Here is a film that is the perfect example of a cult classic. A film that was never great at the box office but still has a huge amount of fans. Lets look at the ingredients of this masterpiece. First of all, it's set during the Spanish-American War of the 1840's, a setting that is almost never, ever used at all. Second, the cast is a strange mix of great actors and not so great actors. Guy Pierce as a man trying to get away from forced cannibalism and being on the edge of sanity all the time. Robert Carlyle ... Read More
Rating: - Ravenous review
This is a great flick! Kinda like a cult movie....if you know about it, you either got grossed out or love it!!!! Recommend to fans of 'Saw'
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