Ravenous
In a devastated Quebec forest, a scattered band of survivors confronts zombies whose unsettling collective behavior makes human civilization itself seem precarious.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- philosophical
- absurd
- dread-filled
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a boldly cinematic, philosophical, and darkly funny reinvention of zombie survival horror with strong social allegorical dimensions.
What sets it apart
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The survivors encounter an evolving zombie culture while the film questions whether the living are already becoming socially zombified.
The film combines scary survival sequences with absurdity and reflective observations about identity, society, and human behavior.
Critics interpret the zombie invasion and its invented culture as an allegory for Quebec politics, social identity, and cultural threat.
The survivors move through a remote wooded location after societal collapse, with the forest functioning as both refuge and trap.
Films like Ravenous, and why
Night of the Living Dead
shared zombie survival horror, social allegory, and bleakly comic reinvention of genre conventions
The Battery
shared philosophical horror, oppressive atmosphere, and survivors confronting a transformed society
The Road
shared bleak post-apocalyptic survival, minimalist character drama, and morally serious dread
Shaun of the Dead
shared darkly comic apocalypse, eccentric survivors, and stylized genre subversion
Movie Details
- Director
- Robin Aubert
- Release Date
- 2017-09-23
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (497)
Cast
- Marc-André Grondin
- Monia Chokri
- Charlotte St-Martin
- Micheline Lanctôt
- Marie-Ginette Guay
- Brigitte Poupart
- Édouard Tremblay-Grenier
- Luc Proulx
- Didier Lucien
- Robert Brouillette
Common questions
- What is Ravenous about?
- In a devastated Quebec forest, a scattered band of survivors confronts zombies whose unsettling collective behavior makes human civilization itself seem precarious.
- What is Ravenous like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ravenous as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Ravenous violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ravenous as graphic.
- What did critics think of Ravenous?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a boldly cinematic, philosophical, and darkly funny reinvention of zombie survival horror with strong social allegorical dimensions.
- Which films are like Ravenous?
- Films with a similar feel include Night of the Living Dead, The Battery, The Road, and Shaun of the Dead.
- How long is Ravenous?
- Ravenous runs 104 minutes.
