229. 31 Days of Halloween '25: RAVENOUS (1999) dir. Antonia Bird

In RAVENOUS, Captain John Boyd (Guy Pearce) is assigned to a remote fort in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. His recent promotion to Captain comes with some caveats: During a battle with the Mexican army, he dug his head in the sand and played dead. This made him the de facto lone survivor and therefore, the only option for a "hero" the Army could praise.Boyd isn't a crusader. He vomits at the sight of a medium rare steak because it reminds him too much of battlefield carnage.At least the new snowy fort, full of similarly dejected outcasts and drunks, is quiet. That is, until a traumatized stranger (Robert Carlyle) arrives, telling them of a crazed cannibal in the mountains who's been killing and eating members of his party.As the Army does, they investigate. This is a horror movie so as I can assume you'll imagine, things don't go very well.---Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠Throw a couple dollars in the ⁠⁠tip jar!