History Film / Ravenous2017

* DaylightHorror: There are virtually no scenes taking place during the night, yet the film remains tense.

* BladeOnAStick: Réal creates a makeshift spear, made out of a stick, shoelace and his pocket knife.

** Pauline and Thérèse first forcibly disarm and make sure [[spoiler: Céline]] is not infected, but once they are done, they let her stay for as long as she wishes.

* MacheteMayhem: Céline is carrying one around with herself as a WeaponOfChoice. She's ''really'' good with killing with it, while in the same time [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it takes her a whole lot of swings]] to decapitate and kill.

''Ravenous'' (French: ''Les Affamés'') is a 2017 [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} French Canadian]] zombie film written and directed by Creator/RobenAubert. Initially screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, it had a short run in theaters and at other film festivals before being picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}} and released outside of Canada on March 2, 2018.

* CombatPragmatist: ''Everyone'' who is still alive after the title card. This includes abusing the fact that the zombies don't have to be instantly killed, but very easily disabled due to their blind charges and lunges. That and the fact they apparently still feel pain.

** [[spoiler: Bonin himself, after being badly bitten by a horde he defeated, is in a process of [[AteHisGun eating his gun]] when Zoé shows up. He stops and ultimately doesn't go through with it, even if sending the girl on a SnipeHunt to get second chance at suicie]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the finale, all characters that are still alive gradually make sacrifices, just for the rest of the group can have a chance at escape. Eventually, there is only Zoé left]].

* LaughingMad: According to Paco, Veazina was this way while killing this zombified family.
* MacheteMayhem: Céline is carrying one around with herself as a WeaponOfChoice. She's ''really'' good with killing thing with it, while in the same time [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it takes her a whole lot of swings]] to decapitate and kill.

* NerdGlasses: Invoked toward Bonin by Demers

* SafeZoneHopeSpot: PlayedWith. Céline knows location of an old shelter and the group considers if it's even worth risking a journey to such location.[[spoiler: Circumstances force them to flee their current location and with no other choice they head to the bunker. Which, to not much surprise, is an old, empty and abandoned facility]].
* SanitySlippage: Demers appears to have undergone this, talking about how a (zombified) tried to bite him and expressing confusion about why she did this.

** Vézina is mentioned as someone who very much loved his wife and kids, but still didn't hesitate to dispose of them.

* TheUnFavourite: Bonin points out the cruel irony of the fact he's the last person of his family still alive, while they always considered him the black sheep and a no-gooder.

** What happened to [[spoiler: the little boy hiding in the tree branches]] when Vézina went into the forest to inspect? We never see him again

* TemptingFate: An ambiguous example comes when Paco tells Bonin that their friend Steevy went to investigate smoke coming from a nearby homestead two days ago and hasn't come back. Bonin speculates that he's been bitten, while Paco expresses doubt that he would have let them. A few minutes later, [[spoiler: after Paco has gone back into the woods, he's attacked by another man wearing camouflage, who is possibly (although not explicitly) Steevy]].

* AmbiguousSituation: It's slightly unclear whether a blood splatter near the end is from [[spoiler: Therese]] we'd been seen being grabbed by zombies a few moments earlier, or [[spoiler: Celine]] who'd been surrounded and fighting them.
** It's also a bit vague if Celine actually did shoot the bitten [[spoiler: Rémi]], due to never having killed any child zombies earlier.
* AntiHero: Most of the protagonists are this once the film goes into full swing. They are very distrustful, selfish, and bitter. Noteably, Bonin and Tania are not anti-heroes, as they form a make-shift family with Zoe.

* BigDamnHeroes: Ti-Cul appearing out of the woods to shoot the zombies chasing Réal right as he was too exhausted to run anymore. Réal iis greatful, but also sad, given that at least two of those zombies were his family.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bonin and Tania become zombies in the end and nearly everyone in their group dies at the same time, but at least Zoe survives.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Realcarries a piece of sharp glass tied to the end of a stick which he uses as a weapon.
* ChekhovsGun: Tania lugs around an accordion with her, though the emotional value is never explained. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:she uses it to attract zombies towards her in order to keep them away from Zoe]].
* ChekhovsGunman: The race car driver from the beginning shows up in the final scene [[spoiler: to serve as a new protector for Zoe]].

* DoNotGoGentle: At the end, [[spoiler:as they are about to be overrun by zombies, Céline stands in the middle of a field, practically daring them to come at her, before slicing them up by the dozens before presumably being overun]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Many of the main characters get one.
** Bonin is first seen making rude jokes with Vezina on the side of the road. When they drive away, the camera reveals they were joking in front of a ''pile of burning corpses.''
** After being attacked by a zombie, Tania freaks out and swears at Bonin and Zoe. This makes it clear that she isn't fit for fighting.
** Celine is introduced by driving to a residential area, opening her car door, and playing loud music to attract zombies. She then brutally kills the only zombie she's lured. After she calms down from the fight, there's a small child silently standing next to her car. Rather than seeing if the child is infected or not, she silently starts her car and abandons the kid. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation although this could also be taken as her thinking the child was infected and not having the heart to kill her]].

* GivenNameReveal: Ti-Cul eventually tells Celine that his actual name is Rémi.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Bonin becomes zombified in the post-credits scene.]]
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Celine wears a skirt suit as she takes on zombies with a machete, with it getting gradually bloodied over the film.

* MacheteMayhem: Céline's weapon of choice.
* MoodWhiplash: A lecture Bonin makes to a tied up and psosbiyl bitten Tania about how Shelley likely turn and have to be killed turns out to have been wasted with the reveal that she had earplugs in the whole time.
* MoralityPet: Zoe is this to Bonin. While Bonin uses humor as a coping mechanism, Zoe brings out his light-hearted side as he tries to make her laugh.
* NotAZombie: The scene which defines the zombies' behavior involves a mother and her daughter standing completely still in the forest. Vézina investigates, assuming they might simply be scared stiff, until realizing too late that that's how zombies behave.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies portrayed in the film have a herd mentality and are generally territorial. If humans get far enough away, they will give up chase (if they're chasing to begin with) and stand perfectly still, waiting for others to get in range. They also build towers out of random objects, for some unknown reason, and gather around them when they're not doing other things.

** When they rest at a cabin, they find a note from another survivor saying that the city they're traveling to is [[spoiler:infested with zombies]]. In a real-life situation concerning an uncontained, highly infectious epidemic, this would likely be the case.
** The group travels to a bunker in order to find food and medicine. However, the outbreak started at least a few months ago, and when they arrive at the bunker, [[spoiler:all they find are beds, sofas, tables, and a painting on the wall]].
* TemptingFate: An ambiguous example comes when Paco tells Bonin that their friend Steevy went to investigate smoke coming from a nearby homestead two days ago and hasn't come back. Bonin speculates that he's been bitten, while Paco expresses doubt that he would have let them. A few minutes later, after Paco has gone back into the woods, he's attacked by another man wearing camouflage, who is possibly (although not explicitly) Steevy.
* TooDumbToLive: Bonin's relative Demers keeps scaring Bonin and his party. The third time he does it, [[spoiler: Tania freaks out and shoots him in the chest on impulse]].

* RealityEnsues: The survivors learn this twice on their journey.
** When they rest at a cabin, they find a note from another survivor saying that the city they're traveling to is [[spoiler:infested with zombies]]. In a real-life situation concerning an uncontained, highly infectious epidemic, this would likely be the case.
** The group travels to a bunker in order to find food and medicine. However, the outbreak started at least a few months ago, and when they arrive at the bunker, [[spoiler:all they find are beds, sofas, tables, and a painting on the wall]].

* DoNotGoGentle: At the end, [[spoiler:as they are about to be overrun by zombies, Céline stands in the middle of a field, practically daring them to come at her, before slicing them up by the dozens before presumably being ovverun]].

** Celine is introduced by driving to a residential area, opening her car door, and playing loud music to attract zombies. She then brutally kills the only zombie she's lured. After she calms down from the fight, there's a small child silently standing next to her car. Rather than seeing if the child is infected or not, she silently starts her car and abandons the kid.

* TemptingFate: An ambitious example comes when Paco tells Bonin that their friend Steevy went to investigate smoke coign from a nearby homestead two days ago and hasn't come back. Bonin speculates that he's been bitten, while Paco expresses doubt that he would have let them. A few minutes later, after Paco has gone back into the woods, he's attacked by another man wearing camouflage, who is possibly (although not explicitly) Steevy.

* DoNotGoGentle: At the end, [[spoiler:as they are about to be overrun by zombies, Céline stands in the middle of a field, practically daring them to come at her, before slicing them up by the dozens]].

* TooDumbToLive: Bonin's relative keeps scaring Bonin and his party. The third time he does it, Tania freaks out and shoots him in the chest on impulse.

* AfterTheEnd: After a brief opening scene at an auto rally, the rest of the film happens at a much later time: after the zombie outbreak is a bit more widespread. It's likely not very long after the end, as the zombies' behavior is still poorly understood.
* AntiHero: Goes for most of the human protagonists -- once the film gets into full swing, they exhibit typical survivor mentalities … distrust, selfishness, and so on.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bonin and Tania become zombies in the end, but at least they're together.]]

* ChekhovsGun: You were probably wondering why Tania kept lugging that accordion with her.
* ClusterFBomb: Tania has a pretty dirty mouth.
** She sets one off when Bonin leaves her tied to a bed. In all it's Québécois glory:
--> Tabarnak d'ostie de câlisse d'ostie de crisse de câlisse de tabarnak d'ostie de crisse.
** Later, after being attacked by a zombie, she rattles off a rant where every other word is "ostie".

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies portrayed in the film have a herd mentality and are generally territorial. If humans get far enough away, they will give up chase (if they're chasing to begin with) and stand perfectly still, waiting for others to get in range. They also build towers out of random objects, for some unknown reason, and gather around them when they're not doing other things.

Not to be confused with the unrelated [[Film/{{Ravenous}} 1999 film]] of the same name.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies portrayed in the film have a herd mentality and are generally territorial. If humans get far enough away, they will give up chase (if they're chasing to begin with) and stand perfectly still, waiting for others to get in range.

* AntiHero: Goes for most of the human protagonists -- once the film gets into full swing, they exhibit typical survivor mentalities...distrust, selfishness, and so on.

''Ravenous'' is a 2017 [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} French Canadian]] zombie film written and directed by Creator/RobenAubert. Initially screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, it had a short run in theaters and at other film festivals before being picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}} and released outside of Canada on March 2, 2018.

* ImAHumanitarian: The zombies will pick someone clean if they're in a large enough horde.