IMDb plot summary: 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 70-year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it.
Directed by Chris Nash. Stars Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, and Cameron Love.
In a Violent Nature is a mostly standard slasher film told, unusually, from the point of view of the killer. Point of view is literal here – we follow him through the woods as he stalks a group of college aged students, but he does not speak or give us much insight into his actions. While I enjoy the slightly sideways perspective this takes on the slasher genre, and at least one of the deaths was so surprisingly gruesome that I laughed out loud, there is a LOT of just… nothing in this movie. Lots of walking through the woods, picking up weapons, walking by people who are talking and listening to them… it feels almost more like watching a Let’s Play video, where the moments of action are few and far between. If I was more engaged in the slasher genre overall, this might pop more for me, but I did find myself zoning out for large chunks of the movie as we trudged through leaves. Horror fans should probably check this out, but I like this better in theory than I do in execution.
How it entered my Flickchart:🎥 In a Violent Nature (2024)
📊 Ranked #2278/4057 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 43
beat The Cloverfield Paradox (held at #2025)
lost to Mister Roberts (#1011 → #1014)
lost to Beauty and the Beast (#1518 → #1477)
lost to Abigail (#1772 → #1741)
beat Footlight Parade (#1898 → #1895)
beat Gold Diggers of 1933 (#1835 → #1942)
beat Stalag 17 (#1803 → #1814)
beat The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (#1787 → #2076)
lost to Spy (#1779 → #1772)
beat My Blueberry Nights (#1783 → #2390)
lost to Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (#1781 → #1769)
lost to Once Upon A Mattress (#1782 → #1748)
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