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Ravenous

Summary: In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.

Release Date: March 19, 1999

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Horror

Director: Antonia Bird

Writer: Ted Griffin

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: ETIC Films, Engulf & Devour Productions, Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A., Fox 2000 Pictures, Heyday Films, Engulf & Devour Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Scream Factory, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United Kingdom, Czechia, Mexico, United States, Czech Republic

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,062,405

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american american flag army arsenal asking for help asking to be killed bandage based on true story bear trap black comedy bleeding to death blood blood splatter blood spurting bloody face bloody mouth book bourbon bow and arrow branch broken leg brother brother relationship buried alive california campfire cannibal cannibalism captain cavalry officer cave chaplain chase chase in the woods chess chicken chopping wood cliff colonel cooking corpse covered in blood covered wagon coward cowardice cross crossing a river crucifix cutting wood danger dead horse death death of brother death of friend decapitation deception dismemberment dog dragging a body dripping blood drug use drunkenness eaten alive fainting falling down a mountain falling from height falling over a cliff fantasy sequence fear fight flashback flesh eating fort frostbite gore grave gun hallucination hanging upside down head butt heroism hiding hillbilly horror hit in the face hit with a plank hit with a tree branch homoeroticism horror directed by woman horse human flesh hymn impalement injured leg injury insanity intestines jumping off a cliff knife knife held to throat knife in the thigh knife throwing laughter licking a wound licking blood off finger male nudity male rear nudity malnutrition manic laughter manifest destiny mass murder meat medal mexican mexican american war military military outpost military uniform miner mission moon mountain murder murder of a soldier murder suicide native american night oxen pipe smoking pitchfork prayer pretending to be dead psychopath reference to benjamin franklin reference to jesus christ religion rescue rifle river satire scot self mutilation severed head shock shot in the chest shot in the shoulder shot to death sierra nevada mountains skeleton snow soldier spirit stabbed in the arm stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stabbed in the stomach stabbed to death stabbing steak stew stranger strangulation strength surprise ending survival swimming sword talking to a corpse tears telling a story tension tent threatened with a knife throat slitting timeframe 19th century title directed by female torch tree trying to stay awake tuberculosis twirling one's mustache twirling one's mustache u.s. soldier united states army violence vomiting blood walnut way station weeping wendigo western frontier westward expansion wilderness wound year 1847

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