‘In a Violent Nature’ Review
Not Your Typical Slasher Movie
Film: In a Violent Nature. Year: 2024. Genre: Drama/Horror/Thriller. Director/Writer: Chris Nash
When you think of a slasher film, buckets of blood, ultra-gory wounds, and sloppy beheadings/stabbings might come to mind. However, there’s almost none in writer/director Chris Nash’s highly experimental slasher debut feature. His In a Violent Nature plays much more with the intensity that comes with a killer waiting for his next prey, as you follow the story from the perpetrator’s POV. Apart from a few moments during which you can see what the killer’s potential victims are up to, the audience remains side-by-side with the monster.
Because of this, you get a front-row seat to witness the gruesomeness the murderer is about to inflict. Yes, Nash’s film clearly turns the classic elements of a horror movie on their heads, which is precisely what makes this approach so captivating, even during the more silent and ‘unhorror-like’ scenes.
The storyline of In a Violent Nature is pretty straightforward, but nevertheless very effective: A demonical barbaric killer, Johnny (portrayed by a terrific Ry Barrett), doing…
