Horror film Raw, from first-time writer-director Julia Ducournau, charts a young vegetarian veterinary student named Justine and her descent into cannibalism after she is forced to eat raw meat as part of an initiation ritual. Some of the film's more graphically violent scenes caused a stir at a Toronto Film Festival screening this past September. Several people who attended the Festival's midnight screening of the film were said to have fainted and required medical attention. The French film has garnered much acclaim on the festival circuit, winning the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The explicit trailer shows more of what's in store for audiences - including blood splashing down on students, seeming animal cruelty, jars filled with raw meat and Justine violently itching herself.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 14, 2017 04:03 UTC