The Woman

"Not every monster lives in the wild."

2011 1h 42m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 619

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Synopsis

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A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.

“Not every monster lives in the wild.”

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Cast

Pollyanna McIntosh
The Woman
Sean Bridgers
Chris Cleek
Angela Bettis
Belle Cleek
Lauren Ashley Carter
Peggy Cleek
Zach Rand
Brian
Shyla Molhusen
Darlin' Cleek
Carlee Baker
Miss Genevieve Raton
Shana Barry
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lucky McKee
Writers: Lucky McKee, Jack Ketchum
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dead River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lucky McKee, shot by Alex Vendler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sean Spillane. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Zach Passero shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Pollyanna McIntosh and Sean Bridgers and Angela Bettis carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Not every monster lives in the wild.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1714208 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Lucky McKee directs. Alex Vendler behind the camera. Sean Spillane scores. Zach Passero cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 15 years ago.
2Part of the "Dead River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Lucky McKee, shot by Alex Vendler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Sean Spillane. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Zach Passero shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Pollyanna McIntosh and Sean Bridgers and Angela Bettis carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Not every monster lives in the wild.".
8IMDB entry: tt1714208 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "suffering", "sadism", "wound", "gore".

The technical file

Cinematography: Alex Vendler
Original score: Sean Spillane
Editing: Zach Passero
Production design: Krista Gall
Costume design: Sandra Alexandre
Sound: Andrew Smetek
Stunt coordinator: Jared Burke
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Woman (2011)

Awards

Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award

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Part of

Dead River Collection

A horror film series focusing on a tribe of feral cannibals living in the forests and caves surrounding the small coastal town of Dead River, Maine. Based on characters created by Jack Ketchum in his novels "Off Season" (1980), "Offspring" (1991) and "The Woman" (2010, co-authored with Lucky McKee, director of the film version), and his short story "Winter Child" (1998).

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Wuchak2024-02-18
★ 5/10
A family in the Northeast captures Wolf Lady and Dog Girl A lawyer in northwest Massachusetts (Sean Bridgers) likes to hunt near his rural homestead in his spare time. After finding a feral female living in the woods (Pollyanna McIntosh), he imprisons her in his underground shed. How will the rest of the family react? Angela Bettis plays the housewife. "The Woman" (2011) is a quirky backwoods drama with amusing bits mixed with some thrills and gory horror. It’s a sequel to “The Offspring” from two years earlier, but I’ve never seen it (and it’s not necessary to do so in order to understand this one). A second sequel came out in 2019 called “Darlin’,” directed by McIntosh (the wild lass). The set-up is good and the production is professionally made, plus the flick’s witty and the statuesque Pollyanna has a certain appeal in a ferocious way. It’s a slow-burn about a dysfunctional family and a seemingly genial man being a misogynistic sadist who can’t handle a strong woman. That’s all good but, unfortunately, the climax is too over-the-top (in the manner of Tarantino) and leaves a bad taste; for me anyway. There’s a hint of humor so you can’t take the proceedings too seriously, but with themes of slavery, cannibalism, torture, domestic violence, rape, incest and murder, the flick just doesn’t know when to stop. “Cat People” dealt with some of these way back in 1982 and was significantly more effective and entertaining. The film runs 1 hour, 42 minutes, and was shot in northwest Massachusetts with the school sequences done in Montague. GRADE: C

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