Ravenous

R

1999

1h 40m

Horror

List

52%

Tomatometer

66 Reviews

78%

Popcornmeter

10,000+ Ratings

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd (Guy Pearce) investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman, F.W. Colghoun (Robert Carlyle), 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 Colghoun's gruesome claims.

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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

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

Oct 29, 2019

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Simon Abrams

Slant Magazine

I]f anyone could make a good adaptation of either of Lansdale's Jonah Hex comic mini-series or his great standard "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road," it's Bird and Griffin.

Oct 29, 2019

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

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

Rated: 3/5

Oct 29, 2019

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

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

Feb 13, 2024

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

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

Rated: A-

Sep 2, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 15, 2022

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Alison J

It's perfectly weird. I get why critics don't like it, but it scratches an indescribable itch for me. It also helps that Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle make the weirdness believable.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/30/24

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Lorenzo Z

Absolutely riveting, all star cast, great acting and gripping musical score. Most horror movies aspire to deliver the punch to the gut Ravenous delivers

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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Jamie R

Basically a flawless horror film. Incredibly scary folk horror. Windigo mytholgoy!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Alec B

A mess but a memorable one. The score is fantastically offbeat.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Robert N

Top 5 movies ever to me. Accidentally started watching it one night, and I couldn't get up...it was that good.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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Erik B

Underrated gem of a comedic thriller. Essentially a vampire movie set amongst the Mexican American war, the film is enjoyable and unpredictable.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/11/23

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Capt. John Boyd

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Jeremy Davies

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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 (Guy Pearce) investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman, F.W. Colghoun (Robert Carlyle), 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 Colghoun's gruesome claims.

Director: Antonia Bird
Producer: Adam Fields, David Heyman
Screenwriter: Ted Griffin
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, ETIC Films, Heyday Films, Fox 2000 Pictures
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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