Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- grisly
- darkly comic
- late night horror marathon
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the film as an inventive, energetic cult horror-comedy whose violent buddy-film excesses outweigh its modest shortcomings.
What sets it apart
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Bart and Joey navigate revenant physiology, violence, and friendship through an irreverent buddy-film dynamic.
Bart uses his revenant condition in a vigilante-oriented conflict involving gangsters and violent retribution.
Bart is explicitly an articulate zombie whose blood consumption temporarily arrests decomposition, combining zombie and vampire traits.
The film emerged from independent companies Putrefactory Limited and Wanko Toys and developed a strong horror-community following.
Films like The Revenant, and why
Return of the Living Dead
Shared comedy horror tone, undead protagonists, and irreverent genre subversion.
Re-Animator
Shared horror comedy, splatter sensibility, and exaggerated supernatural violence.
Fido
Shared darkly comic zombie premise, buddy dynamics, and genre satire.
Dead Heat
Shared violent supernatural vigilante themes and cult-oriented comic-book energy.
Movie Details
- Director
- D. Kerry Prior
- Release Date
- 2009-08-16
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (286)
Cast
- Chris Wylde
- David Anders
- Louise Griffiths
- Jacy King
- Eric Payne
- Bernardo Badillo
- Floyd Van Buskirk
- Mark Elias
- Zoe Simpson
- David St. James
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- IndiePix Unlimited Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, MovieMe
- Buy
- Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Revenant about?
- An Iraq War casualty returns as an articulate, blood-drinking revenant and joins his best friend in a violently comic supernatural quest.
- What is The Revenant like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Revenant as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Revenant violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Revenant as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Revenant?
- Critics broadly viewed the film as an inventive, energetic cult horror-comedy whose violent buddy-film excesses outweigh its modest shortcomings.
- Which films are like The Revenant?
- Films with a similar feel include Return of the Living Dead, Re-Animator, Fido, and Dead Heat.
- How long is The Revenant?
- The Revenant runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Revenant?
- In United States, The Revenant streams on IndiePix Unlimited Amazon Channel.
