In a Violent Nature

Um slasher bastante demente, apesar de formalmente divertido, para os fãs do subgénero. Tenta chocar com uma brutalidade excessiva a proporções bestiais, mas é tudo o que consegue fazer. É como se não soubesse que o caminho para assustar o espetador de forma memorável passa pelo outro lado, pela psicologia. A apresentação de RPG do novo Jason Voorhees agrada e cria a expetativa de surpresas no argumento, mas elas não acontecem. E os diálogos, que tentam dar algum pano de fundo à “história”, são sem graça. Na verdade, só há dois (a não ser que contemos com aqueles sobre alguém que vai fazer cocó no bosque): o primeiro no estilo de O Nevoeiro, em que a câmara circula à volta de um grupo de adolescentes junto a uma fogueira enquanto se conta uma lenda, carece de atmosfera. E o segundo, no carro, é desnecessariamente longo e tenta em vão dar uma explicação existencial para a violência vivida. O único ponto positivo da narrativa minimalista é a ligeira gradação entre o que é mostrado e o que é explicado, ou seja, o timing de momentos como a primeira revelação do rosto mutilado do assassino. (14/07/2024)

Conceptually good ( I can appreciate the very unsatisfying ending in this respect), but unfortunately it's not much fun to watch. The gore is okay, but it's not enough. I was expecting more, even though I read in the reviews before the screening that there wasn't enough of it. :D Visually the film looks nice, you can easily pull off nice images fully evoking the atmosphere of 80's slashers, but in motion it's a very uninspired and emotionless film most of the time. When it comes to some of the dialogue, it sounds like the characters are reading it out of a piece of paper. (01/07/2024)

My impressions after watching. Decent and delicious (I wouldn't be angry if there was twice as much), there are only about five gore scenes, which is not much considering that the film is based on that, but they are good, and I think nothing will beat the scene with the hook this year, it was a fatality like from Mortal Kombat! I also liked the original perspective of the killer and the 80's atmosphere, I liked the overall look of the main mutant, who also uses interesting weapons and the kills are just nice and creative (he has a knack for cutting heads in different ways). The fact that there is no plot, no supporting characters and no dialogue is to be expected, what disappointed me a bit is the finale. In the last fifteen minutes the film turned into a talky drama, and where Chris Nash should have really leaned in and added to the carnage, he took his foot off the throttle and it ends so blandly. Too bad, it's like a 3.5, but I'll give a reluctant 4 stars in the end because gore is my thing and the look of the killer is original. Now it would like Scream from the perspective of the killer please ! :) 65% (28/06/2024)

The amphibious man wanders through Canadian mixed forests in a torn flannel shirt, with the sound of his footsteps resembling those from Hunting Unlimited, while the viewer is constantly on his tail. It’s an interesting slasher concept as slow cinema in the footsteps of Malick and Gus Van Sant, and perhaps also a nature documentary that might lull tourists into a false sense of security about how close they can get to danger without harm. In this dreamlike atmosphere, the violence is either subtly hidden or, amidst unpleasant sounds, the viewer isn’t spared. It’s not groundbreaking, as the genre’s limits don’t allow for that, but the uniqueness works. At the end in the car, the flow falters a bit, but I still found myself searching for him among the trees, like I did once with Billy and Dutch. (02/07/2024)

In a Violent Nature isn’t for everyone, and I can easily imagine die-hard slasher fans finding it incredibly dull. But for me, it had the opposite effect. From the very first resurrection scene, I was glued to the screen, almost hypnotized by every shot. I savored the wanderings through the Ontario landscape, feeling a constant tension about what would happen next, even when I had a good idea of the direction it was headed. Each murder is memorable and uniquely executed, but the yoga kill? That one almost made my jaw drop. It’s like Chris Nash played "Friday the 13th: The Game" as Jason and decided to bring that experience to film, paying homage to slashers with all their pros and cons, while flipping the genre on its head with a formal approach we haven’t seen before. The last fifteen minutes of the film further polarize an already divided audience, but that ambiguous ending kept me thinking long after the credits rolled. In the end, it only heightened the highly cinematic experience that In a Violent Nature provided. (02/07/2024)