In a Violent Nature

Un « slasher » plutôt débile, bien que formellement ludique, pour les fans du sous-genre. Il tente de choquer avec une brutalité extrême aux proportions presque bestiales, mais c’est tout ce dont il est capable. C’est comme s’il ignorait que le chemin vers une terreur inoubliable pour le spectateur passe ailleurs, par la psychologie. Ce jeu de rôle mettant en scène un nouveau Jason Voorhees séduit et laisse espérer des surprises scénaristiques, mais celles-ci ne se produisent pas. Et les dialogues, qui tentent de donner à « l’histoire » un certain contexte, sont confus. En fait, il n’y a que deux scènes de ce type (si l’on ne compte pas celles où quelqu’un va chier dans les bois) : la première, à la Fog, où la caméra tourne autour d’une bande d’adolescents près d’un feu de camp alors que la légende est racontée, manque d’atmosphère. Et la seconde, dans une voiture, est inutilement longue et tente en vain de donner une explication existentielle à la violence vécue. Le seul point positif de cette narration minimaliste reste la légère gradation entre ce qui est montré et expliqué, c’est-à-dire le timing de certains moments, comme la première fois que le visage défiguré du tueur est révélé. (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)

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)