Akumangazi ukuthi i-Ravenous ayizange ithole izethameli ngesikhathi ikhishwa okokuqala ngo-1999. Ukukhiqiza bekunenkinga kusukela ekuqaleni, njengoba abaphathi be-Fox 2000 kubikwa ukuthi babephethe iphrojekthi kancane. Umbhali wesikrini u-Ted Griffin wayehlale ecelwa ukuthi anikeze imibhalo kabusha, kuyilapho umqondisi wangempela uMilcho Manchevski wehliswa amasonto amathathu ekukhiqizweni. Umuntu ozovala isikhala sakhe, uRaja Gosnell, kuthiwa unqatshiwe abalingisi nabasebenzi. Ekugcineni, u-Antonia Bird walethwa. Nakuba ayenganelisekile ngokuphelele ngokuhlangenwe nakho, u-Bird wayiqeda ifilimu ngendlela ayeqashelwe ukuyenza. Ekugcineni, ukukhiqizwa kwezigidi eziyishumi nambili zamaRandi kwagingqika nenani elincane lamaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili ehhovisi lebhokisi lasekhaya.

Noma ngabe ukukhiqizwa kukaRavenous bekuhambe kahle, bekuzoba ifilimu okunzima ukuyidayisa. Umzamo we-eccentric uyingxenye yefilimu eyesabekayo, ingxenye yedrama. Ukuqhubekisela phambili iphupho elibi lokumaketha, isihloko sayo esiphazamisayo kusondelana namahlaya amnyama bhuqe. Naphezu kwezingqinamba ezibekwe ngokumelene nayo, nokho, iRavenous iyifilimu enhle kakhulu. Izithameli kungenzeka ziphuthelwe esikrinini esikhulu, kodwa bezilokhu zithola igugu elifihliwe kuvidiyo yasekhaya kule minyaka engu-15 edlule. Ngokukhishwa kwe-Blu-ray nge-Scream Factory, i-Ravenous iqinisekile ukuzuza abalandeli abengeziwe ekhoneni layo.

I-Ravenous iyinganekwane yobuzimu egqugquzelwa indaba yempilo yangempela yephathi ye-Donner. Kwenzeka phakathi neMpi Mexican-American of the 1840s. UGuy Pearce (Prometheus, Memento) udlala izinkanyezi njengoJohn Boyd, ukapteni Wezempi othunyelwa e-Fort Spencer, isiteshi sokukala esingenazihibe eCalifornia. Ngenkathi elapho, yena namanye amadoda akanye nawo eButho bathola indoda ezacile egama layo linguColqhoun (Robert Carlyle, 28 Weeks later). Lo mlisa ulandisa ngonya uColonel Ives, owaphendukela ekubeni yizimuzimu ngemuva kokulahlekelwa iqembu lakhe ebusika obushubile.

Kuyacaca ukuthi uColqhoun ubejabulela ukuthambekela kobuzimu ngaphezu kokuholwa nguye. Yize itulo kuze kube manje selinwetshiwe libe isici ngokwalo, limane liyingxenye yeRavenous. Lapho uColqhoun ohlakaniphile kamuva eba umphathi kaBoyd, uBoyd kumelwe amvimbe ekudleni abantu abengeziwe. Akuwona umsebenzi olula, njengoba - njengoba inganekwane ye-Wendigo ixwayisa - ubuzimu bunamandla okwelapha.

Angiqiniseki ukuthi uPearce wake wasebenzisa kabi ukusebenza kahle, futhi iRavenous iwubufakazi obengeziwe balokho. Njengefilimu uqobo, indima yakhe idlala umdlalo wokushaqeka iye emdlalweni idrama iye kowamahlaya amnyama. UCarlyle usezingeni eliphezulu futhi, okukhumbuza ubuqili bukaChristoph Waltz. UJeffrey Jones (Beetlejuice) naye uhlinzeka ngokusebenza okuvelele. U-David Arquette unendima encane ngokumangalisayo (kucatshangelwa impumelelo yochungechunge lwe-Scream ngesikhathi esifanayo) njengesosha elikhanda ngamatshe. Abalingisi abahle kakhulu babalingisi nobuso obubonakalayo bahlanganisa no-Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), John Spencer (The West Wing), Stephen Spinella (Rubber) kanye noNeal McDonough (Minority Report).

Ithalente elingemuva kwekhamera lihlaba umxhwele njengabadlali. I-Ravenous iphawula ukubhalwa kwesikrini kukaGriffin, okuvula indlela yomsebenzi wakhe wakamuva we-Ocean's Eleven and Matchstick Men. Umdwebi wamasinema u-Anthony B. Richmond's (Candyman, Men of Honor) iso elicophelelayo lithwebula isithombe esimangalisayo sezindawo ezibanzi, ezineqhwa (uPrauge emele i-California yekhulu le-19). Yize ingekho imiphumela ekhetheke kakhulu yokwenza izimonyo, ifilimu imbi kakhulu kunalokho obungakulindela. Futhi awukwazi ukuxoxa ngeRavenous ngaphandle kokusho amaphuzu ayo axakayo, ahlukahlukene. Ukumataniswa komqambi wezingoma onekhono uDamon Albarn (umculi we-Blur no-Gorillaz) kanye nomqambi omncane uMichael Nyman (Upiyano) kube yinhlanganisela ephumelelayo.

Uyakholwa noma ungakholwa, iDVD yokuqala kaFox eyakhishwa iRavenous (kusukela ngo-1999!) yayingeyona inyoni kakhulu ngokwengeziwe: amathrekhi amathathu ahlukene ahlaziya (elilodwa elino-Bird no-Albarn, elinye noGriffin noJones, kanti elinye noCarlyle), lisusiwe. izigcawu ezinamazwana eNyoni, namagalari edizayini yemvunulo nomklamo wokukhiqiza. Lezi zici zithuthwe ngaphezulu, kanye ne-trailer nendawo ye-TV. Womathathu lawa mazwana afanele ukulalelwa, anikezela ngemibono eminingi ngefilimu enqoba umlando wayo onezinkinga.

Ngokungeziwe kokokusebenza okungeziwe okukhona, i-Scream ilandele uJones ngenhlolokhono entsha sha, yemizuzu engama-20. Naphezu kokwaziwa ngezindima zakhe zamahlaya (okuhlanganisa nesikhathi sakhe seRavenous), unikeza umbono ocacile, okhulunywe kahle ngefilimu nezindikimba zayo. Ukudlulisa okusha, okunencazelo ephezulu kubukeka kukuhle futhi, ikakhulukazi uma kuqhathaniswa ne-DVD engeyona i-anamorphic ebesibambelele kuyo yonke le minyaka.

Ngokudabukisayo, uBird ushone ngonyaka odlule, kodwa waphila isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuze abone umzamo wakhe ubongwa. I-Ravenous ifilimu engavezwa njalo, kodwa uma uhlangana nomunye umlandeli wohlobo oyibonile, kuba nesikhashana sokujabula. Ngenxa yokukhishwa okusha kwe-Blu-ray ye-Scream Factory, lelo qembu elilandelayo lizokhula kakhulu njengoba ifilimu ibekwa phambi kwabantu abaningi abazoqonda, bamukele futhi banqobe iphimbo layo eliyingqayizivele.