The Ravenous (Les affamés) (2018, D: Aubert) -- Netflix
03-01-18, 06:59 AM
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The Ravenous (Les affamés) (2018, D: Aubert) -- Netflix
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In a small, remote village in upstate Quebec, things have changed. Locals are not the same anymore--their bodies are breaking down and they have turned against their loved ones. A handful of survivors goes hiding into the woods, looking for others like them.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ravenous_2018/
This won TIFF’s Best Canadian Feature last year. It was aquired by Netflix and premieres 3/2/18.
03-01-18, 09:36 AM
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Re: The Ravenous (Les affamés) (2018, D: Aubert) -- Netflix
Saw this at TIFF last year and thought it was pretty good. Once I'd heard it was picked up for burial on Netflix, I kinda wished I'd saved the money. 
Seriously, though, I will admit that movies like this probably haven't got much hope for meaningful or profitable theatrical/disc releases anymore, so I guess there's few options these days, but considering Netflix's disinterest in actively promoting anything but their most high-profile pickups and in-house crap (CLOVERFIELD, BRIGHT, etc.), I doubt this one will gain much traction.
Another picture I saw at TIFF last year, Paco Plaza's VERONICA, has also been quietly dumped on Netflix in recent days. It's likewise worth a view if you have the service, especially as it will probably never see the light of day on disc now.
Seriously, though, I will admit that movies like this probably haven't got much hope for meaningful or profitable theatrical/disc releases anymore, so I guess there's few options these days, but considering Netflix's disinterest in actively promoting anything but their most high-profile pickups and in-house crap (CLOVERFIELD, BRIGHT, etc.), I doubt this one will gain much traction. Another picture I saw at TIFF last year, Paco Plaza's VERONICA, has also been quietly dumped on Netflix in recent days. It's likewise worth a view if you have the service, especially as it will probably never see the light of day on disc now.
03-06-18, 08:11 AM
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Re: The Ravenous (Les affamés) (2018, D: Aubert) -- Netflix
I only made it through 20 minutes before I stopped and deleted it from my queue. I couldn't get over the lack of makeup for the zombies. I prefer my zombies to be gross/decaying or crazy looking with blood shot eyes and blood all over their face and clothes ala 28 days later.
The zombies here (at least through the 20 minutes I watched) have lightly powdered faces and eye shadow, like Night of the Living Dead from 1968. Yawn.
The zombies here (at least through the 20 minutes I watched) have lightly powdered faces and eye shadow, like Night of the Living Dead from 1968. Yawn.
03-06-18, 09:25 AM
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Re: The Ravenous (Les affamés) (2018, D: Aubert) -- Netflix
They're Canadian zombies, you see, so they're inherently less threatening. 
03-06-18, 10:14 AM
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Re: The Ravenous (Les affamés) (2018, D: Aubert) -- Netflix
Maybe the actual zombies show up after 20 minutes.
