In a Violent Nature Score Details “In a Violent Nature is an ambitious twist on a standard slasher movie that doesn't totally work, but leaves you with plenty to admire nonetheless.” Pros A hypnotic visual style Incredible prosthetic and makeup work throughout A few inspired editorial cuts and moments of body horror Cons A script that explains too much too often An ending that only partly lands Cringey dialogue delivered by shallow characters Writer-director Chris Nash ‘s In a Violent Nature is both a loving homage to the cheap slasher movies of the 1980s and an inspired attempt to bring something new to their familiar formula. It commits itself to both of those endeavors with equal passion — delivering scenes with such laughably bad dialogue that they would have fit in nicely in any of the worst Friday the 13th movies while sticking to a measured pace and visual style that feel directly opposed to the thrown-together aesthetic of so many of the low-budget horror franchise starters it was inspired by.
The result is an overall experience that is simultaneously hypnotic and jarring. The movie, which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, upends the slasher genre by placing its focus not on all of the people who inevitably die throughout it, but the killer responsible for their deaths. This time around, it’s the chatty, often crass adults and teenagers who are relegated to the background of the frame, while their silent, masked murderer is given priority p.