2017 · horror · drama
Raw
Directed by Julia Ducournau1h 38m2017
Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
Our read: Raw (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
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How Raw feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want transgressive French horror that crawls under your skin and refuses polite comfort.”
Skip it tonight — Body horror, gore, and queasy taboo territory make this a terrible casual pick.
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