{"product_id":"ravenous-ラビナス-original-first-release-japanese-movie-poster-1999-b2-size-51-73-cm-za686","title":"“Ravenous” (ラビナス), Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1999, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA686","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"394\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"155\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"175\"\u003e1999\u003c\/strong\u003e for the first Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"222\"\u003eRavenous\u003c\/strong\u003e (ラビナス), the cult horror-western directed by \u003cstrong data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"283\"\u003eAntonia Bird\u003c\/strong\u003e and starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"311\"\u003eGuy Pearce\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"331\"\u003eRobert Carlyle\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"350\"\u003eJeremy Davies\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"369\"\u003eJeffrey Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"393\"\u003eDavid Arquette\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"978\"\u003eNow widely regarded as one of the most distinctive horror films of the late 1990s, \u003cstrong data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"491\"\u003eRavenous\u003c\/strong\u003e has built a formidable cult reputation for its unsettling blend of \u003cstrong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"586\"\u003efrontier survival story\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"604\"\u003eblack comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"630\"\u003epsychological horror\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"657\"\u003ecannibal folklore\u003c\/strong\u003e. Although it underperformed commercially on its original release, its reputation has grown steadily over time, and it is now admired for its originality, tonal daring, and deeply unusual atmosphere. 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There he encounters a mysterious survivor, played by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1295\"\u003eRobert Carlyle\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose terrible account of starvation and cannibalism leads the story into increasingly disturbing territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1959\"\u003eWhat begins as a bleak frontier drama develops into a strange and deeply unsettling tale of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003ehunger, violence, supernatural suggestion, and moral collapse\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawing on the legend of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1606\"\u003eWendigo\u003c\/strong\u003e, in which the consumption of human flesh brings monstrous power and an insatiable appetite. 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