A Wounded Fawn

A Wounded Fawn is a 2022 American horror film directed by Travis Stevens and written by Stevens and Nathan Faudree. It stars Sarah Lind, Josh Ruben and Malin Barr.

A Wounded Fawn
Directed byTravis Stevens
Written by
  • Travis Stevens
  • Nathan Faudree
Produced by
  • Joe Barbagallo
  • Laurence Gendron
  • Travis Stevens
Starring
CinematographyKsusha Genenfeld
Music byVaaal
Release date
  • December 1, 2022 (2022-12-01) (Shudder)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Sarah Lind as Meredith Tanning
  • Josh Ruben as Bruce Ernst
  • Malin Barr as Kate Horna
  • Katie Huang as Leonora
  • Laksmi Hedemark as Julia
  • Tanya Everett as Wendy
  • Marshall Taylor Thurman as the Red Owl
  • Neal Mayer as auctioneer

Release

The film premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival,[1][2] and was screened at FrightFest London and Fantastic Fest.[2] The film was released on Shudder on December 1, 2022.[2]

Reception

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 47 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The website's consensus reads: "Delightfully dark and impressively ambitious, A Wounded Fawn offers a grimly distinctive treat for slasher fans."[3]

Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was "really all of a piece in the way it toys with expectations, keeping viewers off-balance. Stevens and company put the audience in the place of both the predator and prey."[4] Katie Rife of RogerEbert.com said that the film was "a film that celebrates art and art history, one that reaches back across the millennia for inspiration and pulls out symbolism that still resonates today", giving it 3/4 stars.[5] Nick Schager of The Daily Beast praised Lind's performance, and added, "Stevens' phantasmagoric horror show embraces the incomprehensible, even as it preserves a tether to the Greco-Roman mythology at its core."[6]

Awards

The film was nominated for Best Streaming Premiere Movie at the 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.[7]

References
  1. Goldsmith, Jill (April 19, 2022). "Tribeca Festival Lineup Includes 'Corner Office' With Jon Hamm, Ray Romano's 'Somewhere In Queens', More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  2. Squires, John (November 10, 2022). "'A Wounded Fawn' Trailer – Shudder Original Inspired by Surrealist Art and Greek Mythology". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. "A Wounded Fawn". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. Murray, Noel (December 2, 2022). "Review: Quirky heist movie 'Four Samosas' revels in Artesia's Indian American community". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. Rife, Katie (December 2, 2022). "A Wounded Fawn movie review & film summary (2022)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. Schager, Nick (June 16, 2022). "A Shocking Horror Movie of Feminist Fury and Greek Mythology Wows Tribeca". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. Gilchrist, Todd (January 27, 2023). "Jordan Peele's 'Nope,' Ti West's 'Pearl' Lead Fangoria's Chainsaw Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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