Ravenous (1999) *

Directed by Antonia Bird. With Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle and David Arquette. A bloody tale of murder and cannibalism in a remote outpost in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the 1840's. Gory and meaty, the film was clearly made by militant vegetarians. But a hilariously inappropriate banjo music score undercuts the most dramatic scenes. Not scary enough for a horror movie, and much too somber for a black comedy.