Instead of injecting new life into the horror genre, this subpar genre exercise is a dull photocopy of a dead nature. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Jun 16, 2024

It's a really interesting visual stunt for a while, but the problem here is that the plot is just as dumb as all the other [slashers].

Full Review | Jun 15, 2024

In A Violent Nature has a novel[ish] idea that runs out of steam well before the tedious conclusion.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 13, 2024

The film’s perspective shift creates a quiet, dread-filled character study. The movie reckons with the fact that the main draw of a slasher has always been the villain, and all else is irrelevant. Oddly, the vapid plot feels integral to that reckoning.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2024

It is impossible not to admire the audacity that Nash had in creating an unusual and even experimental production that cannot be appreciated with indifference. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Jun 12, 2024

I do think it's worth your time if you are into original films, you don't mind challenging yourself a little bit in a watch, and you can take a slow-burn.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 11, 2024

In a Violent Nature serves as a powerful allegory about our mistreatment of nature and the life that it bears, and as a reminder that as much as nature nurtures and grows, it can also do terrible, unspeakable things in order to protect itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 10, 2024

Chris Nash pushes the concept forward once again in an ultraviolet film with the killer at center stage. This ingenious twist proves to be not only a gory bit of horror filmmaking, but a new exploration of one of horror’s most beloved tentpoles.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jun 9, 2024

Like a swift axe to the skull, In a Violent Nature is blunt and makes no excuses for itself. How refreshing.

Full Review | Jun 8, 2024

A fun experiment with the slasher genre that rewards fans until the weak ending, though it falls squarely into the style over substance category.

Full Review | Jun 7, 2024

Gorehounds who are strictly in it for that aspect should be happy with In A Violent Nature, but other viewers may be very ready for Johnny to stop strolling through the trees by the time he does.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jun 7, 2024

Putting the killer in the spotlight gives In a Violent Nature more than just novelty value. It makes us rethink what we know about this hoary old genre.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2024

Though In A Violent Nature boasts a unique, fresh viewing experience, stunning cinematography, and sadistic, gory kills, there isn’t enough meat on the bones to keep the audience fully engaged.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 6, 2024

Nash’s film might be, on the most superficial level, one of the most formally interesting slasher films I’ve ever seen, in that it has a single visual idea to it, but that’s like saying it’s better than getting an actual tooth pulled.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2024

Will turn off many with its unrelenting portrayal of endless brutality in an unforgiving world...but its cannily minimalist approach gives its unrelievedly gruesome content an arguably artistic veneer.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jun 6, 2024

In A Violent Nature delivers on gore and beautiful scenery, but fails to commit to its own premise.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Jun 6, 2024

In a Violent Nature works in its execution of it being a slasher. That being said, it’s all about the kills as story and characters come third or fourth in terms of their importance to the overall movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 5, 2024

If the filmmakers had leaned further into creating a sense of tension and intrigue rather than trying to have their arthouse cake and eat it too, maybe In a Violent Nature would be more successful as a slasher.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2024

The curious tonal shifts notwithstanding, it’s a fresh take on one of the more tired horror conventions.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 4, 2024

In a Violent Nature is an experimental horror film that arguably works and executes a viciously unique vision. It isn’t always riveting, but it’s the slasher genre seen through a fresh pair of blood-soaked goggles.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 4, 2024