Are you a Vegetarian? If not, then you might be one after watching this French Thriller...
A young woman has enrolled in Veterinarian School, which is apparently into hazing. That or they just love Carrie.
As part of the initiation, she must eat a piece of rabbit kidney. The problem: she's been born and raised as a Vegetarian.
She comes down with a rash and starts to feel strange. At least there aren't any side-effects...
When a chance to eat something more than animal meat comes to her, will our Heroine do it?
Why is her Sister not exactly a lot of help with the problem?
Will she succumb to her desire to eat others? Will she lose her humanity?
To find out, watch the Film.
A slow-cooked tray of meat. Raw is not a conventional Horror Film. It spends a long time building up the Character and her environment. You don't get the big pay-off for a while. Fortunately, the Acting and Writing make it all feel pretty natural. Having never been a young woman in a Fraternity at a French Veterinarian School, I can't attest to how accurate things are per se. They feel real, so that is what counts. The Film is never that showy or flashy, choosing to just let thing simmer. When things start to happen, they are done quite well. What could be cheap and gory for gore's sake is actually- again- quite real and gross for story's sake. It all works. That said, the Film is quite slow and won't please people looking for stuff like Jump Scares or the like. It is almost a modern Carrie. Raw is not a perfect Film, but it can absolutely wreck you if you are in the right mood...
A slow-burn of a Film. If you're willing to put in the time, it is mostly worth the wait.
To find out, watch the Film.
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