In a Violent Nature Will Slash It Up Again With a Sequel

Back successful May, IFC and Shudder released the slasher flick In a Violent Nature. Directed and written by Chris Nash, the film’s large hook was that alternatively of pursuing a radical of teens avoiding convulsive death, the movie was from the POV of a just-resurrected mute slayer named Johnny. A batch of radical dug the movie and Johnny’s brutal kills, truthful if you were among those ranks, bully news: much of Johnny’s cinematic violence is connected the way.

During a San Diego Comic-Con connected fearfulness movies, Johnny himself (played successful the movie by Ry Barrett) stopped by. After attendees were decently freaked out, helium revealed that a sequel to his movie was already successful the works. Nash was confirmed to beryllium backmost successful a writer capacity, but not director. In a statement, AMC Networks’ movie radical caput Scott Shooman said the first Violent Nature “demonstrated that determination continues to beryllium a yearning for caller perspectives successful the fearfulness landscape. We knew instantly that this distinctive instrumentality connected the slasher would enthrall fans.”

In that aforesaid statement, IFC Films called In a Violent Nature one of its apical highest-grossing films of each clip astatine $4.5 million. The movie’s had a mostly affirmative response, truthful it’s lone fitting it get expanded into a larger franchise. All Shooman could accidental astir the sequel is that Johnny (presumably played again by Barrett) volition beryllium “be bigger, meaner, and his kills tin lone get much impressive.” Given however gnarly the kills successful the archetypal movie were, that should beryllium breathtaking for fans to hear.

Now that you're hooked… travel backmost for more. @IFCfilms and @Shudder contiguous IN A VIOLENT NATURE 2. Coming soon! https://t.co/dlVrMUG4yV pic.twitter.com/KwxJpQtnwU

— IFC Films (@IFCFilms) July 26, 2024

According to shaper Peter Kuplowsky, a sequel was ever successful the cards. The archetypal movie was primitively conceived arsenic a meta-sequel for a nonexistent slasher franchise, truthful this is truly conscionable bringing things afloat circle. “That we present person the accidental to proceed pursuing Johnny connected his restless locomotion has america feeling incredibly grateful to our unthinkable partners,” said Kuplowsky. “We are thrilled to instrumentality for a caller section and are excited to deploy Johnny arsenic a conduit to further experiments successful the genre.”

If you didn’t get a accidental to see In a Violent Nature in theaters, IFC revealed it’ll beryllium heading to Shudder connected September 13. Hopefully it won’t beryllium excessively agelong of a hold to spot who Johnny kills next.

[via Variety]

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