As they struggle to survive, they must confront their deepest fears to escape the nightmare.
What Is ‘Consumed’ About?
Consumption comprises the thematic weight ofConsumed, every character emotionally paralyzed by something.
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Beth cannot escape fears of her cancers return.
Jays stuck on rebooting their romance to blissful normalcy.
Quinn wont rest until theirsupernaturalfoe eats his bullets, because it brutally murdered his daughter Addison.
A married couple’s celebratory camping trip takes a dark turn when they become trapped between a revenge-seeking madman and a skin-stealing monster in the wilderness. As they struggle to survive, they must confront their deepest fears to escape the nightmare.
Even the films reveal of its big baddie, aWendigo, feels less spectacular.
Performances stabilize the experience, especially when Quinn enters the fold.
Sawas dressed-downKraven the Hunteris in the performers wheelhouse, and Beths apprehension is palpable around her armed maybe-savior.
Alas, the film returns to Expectations Boulevard once Quinns motivations are revealed.
The rest is just as traceable as the opening act.
Itd have takenimmaculateprosthetics and creature designs to atone for the films prior pixelated sins, which are absent.
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Something likeBryan BertinosThe Monsterexemplifies how to stretch by-the-books themes into a chilling feature-length duration.
Consumedis now available to stream on VOD in the U.S.
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