In a Violent Nature

In a Violent Nature (2024)

Nature is unforgiving.

The enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness unleashes an iconic new killer after a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower that entombed its rotting corpse.

Date of release
2024-05-31
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (622)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Chris Nash
Collection
In a Violent Nature Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0

In a Violent Nature is a 2024 Canadian slasher film written and directed by Chris Nash, and produced by Zygote Pictures, Shudder, and Low Sky Productions. Described as an "ambient slasher", it follows a mute killer who is accidentally resurrected from his grave in the Ontario wilderness by a group of teenagers, whom he then begins stalking and murdering. The events depicted are largely observed from the killer's perspective.

Production

Filming initially took place in the Kawartha Lakes area of Central Ontario, Canada, in 2021, but Nash later recalled that the locale "just felt like it wasn't hitting the right note for us". The film was ultimately shot in Algoma District, Ontario, near Sault Ste. Marie.

Commentators have drawn comparisons between In a Violent Nature and slow cinema. Nash drew inspiration for the film's style from the Gus Van Sant-directed films Gerry (2002), Elephant (2003) and Last Days (2005), which Nash characterizes as "slower, more methodical, more deliberate and follow characters through a scene." Nash cited the work of director Terrence Malick as an influence. Nash was also inspired by the Austrian horror film Angst.

In a Violent Nature emphasizes static long take shots. "We always wanted to treat this almost like a nature documentary," Nash said of the film's stylistic approach. "It's lulling you into a sense [that] the danger isn't quite there. When you see tourists getting really close to bears, they're just like, 'Oh, no, look, it's not doing anything. It's fine.' And then all of a sudden, the bear just turns around and charges at you.

Nash has said that he chose to shoot the film in Academy ratio because "that's how I watched all the slashers as a kid on VHS... That's the slasher aspect ratio." Nash chose not to use a traditional musical score, instead relying primarily on ambient sounds from the surrounding forest. He said the decision was intended to maintain an objective viewpoint and avoid influencing the audience's emotional response.

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