Ravenous

"You are who you eat."

Mar 19 1999 R 1h 41m
Adventure, Comedy, Horror

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

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Plot

Captain John Boyd receives a promotion after defeating the enemy command in a battle of the Mexican-American War, but because the general realizes it was an act of cowardice that got him there, he is given a backhanded promotion to Fort Spencer, where he is third in command. The others at the fort are two Indians, George and his sister, Martha, who came with the place, Chaplain Toffler, Reich, the soldier; Cleaves, a drugged-up cook; and Knox, who is frequently drunk. When a Scottish stranger named Colquhoun appears and recovers from frostbite almost instantly after being bathed, he tells a story about his party leader, Ives, eating members of the party to survive. As part of their duty, they must go up to the cave where this occurred to see if any have survived. Only Martha, Knox, and Cleaves stay behind. George warns that since Colquhoun admits to eating human flesh, he must be a Windigo, a ravenous cannibalistic creature.

Written by

Ted Griffin

Directed by

Antonia Bird

Cast

Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

Heyday Films, Adam Fields Productions, 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Engulf & Devour Productions Inc., ETIC Films

Languages

English, Español

Awards

1 win & 6 nominations total

Trailers
Ravenous (1999) - Official Trailer
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# of Votes
44,733
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
46
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