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52-421: A woman named Pauline travels with her teenage daughters Beth and Vera to their recently deceased aunt Clarisse's secluded home after they inherited it in her will. Beth reads an article about a string of home invasions where parents are murdered, but daughters are spared. Unbeknownst to the family, they are being stalked by someone driving a candy truck. Shortly after they settle into the house, two intruders -

104-476: A 93% approval score based on 200 reviews and an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's consensus states: " Raw 's lurid violence and sexuality live up to its title, but they're anchored with an immersive atmosphere and deep symbolism that linger long after the provocative visuals fade." On Metacritic , it has an 81 out of 100 rating based on 33 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Catherine Bray of Variety wrote, " Suspiria meets Ginger Snaps in

156-401: A Ghost Land may satisfy horror fans in search of a nasty kick, but it's narratively flawed and decidedly not for the squeamish." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Hollywood Reporter declared the film to be a "taut—if somewhat corny—slasher flick" and it was "neither for the faint of heart nor

208-855: A Q&A after the screening. The film won several awards in European film festivals, including the top prizes at the Sitges Film Festival , Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer , and the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival . It also won Best Feature Film at the 2016 Monster Fest in Melbourne, Australia. The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States by Focus World starting on 10 March 2017. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports

260-559: A bill making home invasion deaths a capital crime in New Hampshire passed the New Hampshire House without debate. Many U.S. states (particularly those that endorse the castle doctrine ) include defending oneself against forcible entry of one's home as part of their definition of justifiable homicide without any obligation to retreat . Home invasion as such is not defined as a crime in most countries other than

312-434: A building residence while the occupants are inside. The overarching intent of a hot prowl burglary can be theft , robbery , assault , sexual assault , murder , kidnapping , or another crime, either by stealth or direct force. Hot prowl burglaries are considered especially dangerous by law enforcement because of the potential for a violent confrontation between the occupant and the offender. The first published use of

364-496: A failed attempt to steal a burger from the cafeteria, she and Adrien take a late-night trip to a gas station so no one will see her eating meat. Unsatisfied, she eats raw chicken in the morning, and later throws up a long bundle of her own hair she had been chewing on. That night, Alexia attempts to give her a bikini wax , but when Alexia tries to cut the wax off with sharp scissors, Justine kicks her away and Alexia accidentally cuts off her own finger. Alexia faints, and Justine picks up

416-526: A home-invasion robbery in rural Holcomb , Kansas. The murders were detailed in Truman Capote 's "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood . However, the perpetrators were convicted of murder, not home invasion. The BTK Killer – Between 1974 and 1991, a series of sexual assaults and murders was carried out in the Wichita, Kansas area. In most of the attacks, the offender broke into or forced his way into

468-623: A house in December 2000, robbed the five residents, forced them into sex with each other and the attackers and then drove them to a snowy soccer field to be shot execution-style. One woman survived and testified against them in court, where they were given the death penalty. Two paroled criminals were each charged with three counts of capital murder during a home invasion into the Petit family home in Cheshire, Connecticut , on July 23, 2007. During

520-708: A large, mentally impaired man known as the Fat Man and a woman known as the Candy Truck Woman - break in and attack the family. Vera is raped by the Fat Man, while Beth tries to escape, but is accosted by the Woman. When Beth asks what she wants, the Candy Truck Woman replies, "We just wanna play with dolls." Pauline then kills both intruders. Sixteen years later, Beth is a successful horror fiction author living in Chicago with her husband and son. She appears on

572-575: A long time muse of Ducournau's, and Ella Rumpf being discovered from her previous role in the 2014 Swiss-German film, Chrieg . The film was shot on location at a school located in Liège, Belgium , a decision on Ducournau's part due to the "American" style campus that does not really exist in France, according to the director. It took two months of pre-production prep work in Liège , followed by two months of shooting to make Raw. Garance Marillier

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624-413: A muscular yet elegant campus cannibal horror from bright new talent Julia Ducournau." Katie Rife of The A.V. Club gave the film an A− grade, stating, "The strongest of the female-led films I've screened so far at the festival is Raw , Julia Ducournau's beautifully realized, symbolically rich, and disturbingly erotic meditation on primal hungers of all kinds." David Fear of Rolling Stone praised

676-667: A party, where paint is thrown at her as part of another hazing ritual and she is forced to make out with a boy. While kissing, Justine bites the middle of his bottom lip off, leaving the other party guests shocked and disgusted. Justine returns to her dorm and takes a shower, where she picks a chunk of his lip out of her teeth and eats it. Justine confides in Adrien and they end up having sex, during which Justine tries to bite Adrien but instead bites her own arm until it bleeds profusely, seeming to orgasm while doing so. At another party, Justine becomes extremely intoxicated and Alexia takes her to

728-492: A residence, then killed one or more people. Joseph James DeAngelo – A serial killer and rapist who was active in California in the 1970s and 1980s, who is known to have murdered thirteen people between 1975 and 1986. His modus operandi was to break into the homes of his victims in the middle of the night and attack them as they slept. The Night Stalker – A series of home invasion murders, rapes, and robberies plagued

780-438: A result of the incident. Hickson claimed in the lawsuit that "in the course of shooting the scene, the director Pascal Laugier , consistently told Hickson to pound harder on the glass with her fists". While filming another take, the lawsuit states: The glass shattered, causing [her] head and upper body to fall through the door and shards of glass. As a result of the incident, [she] badly cut the left side of her face. Hickson, in

832-530: A sense of humanity to the story." Nick Pinkerton of Sight & Sound gave a rather lukewarm review of the movie, labeling it "another unwieldy metaphor bundled in showy cinematography", citing the movie's "curatorial preciousness" as well as an overall insistence on contrived set pieces . In December 2017, film critic Mark Kermode named Raw the best film of 2017. Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the fluidity and unpredictability of

884-409: A talk show to promote her new novel Incident in a Ghostland , which is based on the events of that night. She receives a frantic phone call from Vera begging her to return to Clarisse's house, where she still lives with Pauline. When Beth arrives, Pauline explains that Vera has been unable to recover from the trauma and has suffered from delusions since the incident, locking herself in a padded room in

936-442: A young vegetarian 's first year at veterinary school , where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for human flesh . The film premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 14 May 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on 10 March 2017 by Focus World , and in France on 15 March 2017 by Wild Bunch . The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Ducournau's direction and screenplay, though

988-492: Is a Canadian and French co-production with Canada providing 69.12% of funding and France providing 30.88%. The film was predominantly shot in Canada. In December 2016, actress Taylor Hickson was facially disfigured while shooting a scene for the film. She was rushed to the hospital and received 70 stitches, but was permanently scarred. In March 2018, Hickson sued the film's production company Incident Productions over lost work as

1040-402: Is a masterpiece. Beth sees Vera screaming for help, and decides to return to rescue her. She escapes from the Fat Man and violently confronts the Candy Truck Woman. Another state trooper arrives in time to gun down both the Fat Man and the Candy Truck Woman. After authorities arrive, Beth sees a vision of her mother waving at them from the house as she and Vera are taken to a hospital. Ghostland

1092-428: Is covered in blood. She pulls off the blankets, finding Adrien dead with most of his right leg eaten and a stab wound in his back. Justine then sees a bloody Alexia slumped on the floor. Justine is initially furious that Alexia killed Adrien but then cleans Alexia and herself up in the shower. Alexia is imprisoned for the murder of Adrien, and Justine is sent back home. There, Justine's father tells her that what happened

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1144-436: Is neither hers nor Alexia's fault. He explains that when he first met their mother, he could not understand why she did not want to be with him. Her father says he finally realized when they kissed the first time, indicating a scar on his lip. He then opens his shirt, revealing scars and missing chunks of his chest, and assures Justine that she will find a solution. Coming-of-age Raw follows Justine's coming-of-age throughout

1196-522: Is strained later on in the movie, as the jealousy over each other's relationship with Adrien sets in. Though this strain leads to tragedy with the death of Adrien, the sisterhood remains intact. Julia Ducournau answers several questions on the production of Raw in her 2017 interview with Nicolas Rapold in Film Comment . One such question she answered was in regards to her deciding on the actresses who play Justine and Alexia, Garance Marillier being

1248-467: The Los Angeles, California area in the mid-1980s. In all, twelve murders were committed in southern California as part of this series. Mr Cruel – An Australian paedophilic serial rapist who entered houses and attacked three girls in the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne , Victoria in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wichita Massacre – brothers Jonathan and Reginald Carr entered

1300-624: The April 20, 2017 home invasion at Mallard Crossing of record producer Jonathan Hay and his teenage daughter. Four people have been charged in the home invasion of Pop Smoke , who was murdered during the robbery in Hollywood Hills on February 19, 2020. Raw (film) Raw ( French : Grave ) is a 2016 coming-of-age body horror drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau , and starring Garance Marillier , Ella Rumpf , and Rabah Nait Oufella. The plot follows

1352-442: The Fat Man molests and breaks. When he attacks Beth, she fights back and flees. She frees Vera and they escape the house. They make it to a road where two state troopers help them, reporting the incident to dispatch. However, both are gunned down by the Candy Truck Woman, who recaptures the girls. Beth mentally retreats to her adulthood fantasy. At a cocktail party, she meets her idol, H.P. Lovecraft , who tells her that her novel

1404-460: The Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, area, later republished on bNet, the online blog posted by Harvard Business School. Hurley posited that, at the time, the crime could be considered an alternative to bank or convenience store robberies, which were becoming more difficult to carry out due to technological advances in security. In the same article, Hurley recommended educating the public about home invasion. Before

1456-665: The US, with offenders being charged according to the actual crimes committed once inside the building, such as armed robbery , rape or murder . In English law, offenders who commit burglary while carrying a weapon can be convicted of the offence of aggravated burglary even if the weapon is not actually brandished or used. In Canada, section 348 of the Criminal Code provides that home invasion can be considered an aggravating circumstance in cases of The Lindbergh Kidnapping – In 1932, one-year-old Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.

1508-682: The Workplace Safety and Health Act," and was fined $ 40,000 by the province of Manitoba. Ghostland was first shown in competition on 3 February 2018 at the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer . Ghostland won three film awards at the festival, including the Grand Prize, Audience Award, and the SyFy Award. The SyFy award was chosen by five bloggers at the festival. Frédéric Strauss of Télérama noted that this

1560-412: The basement. Beth begins to have strange dreams, while Vera claims that their tormentors are still trying to find them. During an episode, Beth finds Vera in chains, made up to look like a doll. Pauline calls an ambulance and tells Beth not to listen to Vera. Beth falls asleep and is captured by the Candy Truck Woman. She awakens to discover bruises all over her face, and finds Vera also visibly injured in

1612-470: The basement. Beth blames her for both of their wounds. Vera implores her sister face the truth, whereupon is revealed that the Candy Truck Woman actually killed Pauline that night - Beth and Vera are still teenagers being held captive in Clarisse's house, and Beth's entire adult life has been a hallucination . The Candy Truck Woman dresses Beth like a doll and leaves her in a room littered with dolls, which

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1664-461: The central familial relationship between the two sisters, Alexia and Justine. The duality of the two sisters is established early on in the film as an idealized good girl and the rebellious older sister. The film follows primarily Justine's journey into a world where Alexia is already well-adapted. Alexia begins to have a predatory relationship, manipulating Justine into becoming a traditionally more feminine version of herself. The sister's relationship

1716-580: The crime and given sentences ranging from 18 years to life imprisonment. In December 2015, a man gained entry to a house in the Swiss town of Rupperswil . After forcing the mother to get him money, he raped her 13-year-old son and then murdered them and another son and his girlfriend, before setting the house ablaze. The man was convicted in 2018 of murder and other crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Three men in Louisville, Kentucky were charged for

1768-541: The definition and punishments vary by jurisdiction. It is not a legally defined federal offense throughout the United States, but is in several states, such as Georgia , Michigan , Connecticut , Illinois , Florida, Texas , Louisiana , and Nevada . Home invasion laws also have been introduced in the South Carolina General Assembly and in the State of Maryland . On March 15, 2011,

1820-534: The feet of householders against the fireplace, to torture them into revealing the hiding places of valuables. Responsible for as many as 18 murders, three of the gang were executed on September 22, 1909. The fourth died on the penal colony on Devil's Island . One well-known home invasion is the November 15, 1959, quadruple murder of the Clutter family by Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Edward Smith during

1872-519: The film highly, giving it a rare perfect score of 4 out of 4 stars; going so far as calling it "a contender for best horror movie of the decade". For The Canadian Press, David Friend wrote from the Toronto International Film Festival that the film "had audiences squirming in their seats and a few queasy patrons rushing for the exits," but he noted it was "far more than a gory horror film. Director Julia Ducournau brings

1924-442: The film was a "disturbing and effective critique of misogynist torture porn," it "may sometimes play like a mindlessly gory slasher clone, but Laugier’s tormented girls consistently prove to be stronger than their brutalized bodies." Home invasion A home invasion , also called a hot prowl burglary , is a sub-type of burglary (or in some jurisdictions, a separately defined crime) in which an offender unlawfully enters into

1976-466: The film. The audience experiences Justine's journey into vet school and her assimilation (or lack thereof) into this new society. Ducournau throughout the film creates references to other classic coming-of-age cinema that came before her film, for example a reference to Carrie being assaulted with pig blood. The film uses cannibalism as an extended metaphor for the horror and uncertainty that can come with entering academia. Sisterhood Raw focuses on

2028-518: The finger, tastes the blood, and starts eating it. Alexia wakes up to find Justine doing this but later tells their parents that her dog, Quicky, ate it. The next morning, Alexia takes Justine to a deserted road, where Alexia jumps in front of a car, causing the two people in it to crash into a tree. Alexia starts eating one of the passengers so that her sister will "learn"; Justine is dismayed. Despite this, Justine's craving for human meat grows and she starts lusting after Adrien. That night, she arrives at

2080-499: The invasion, the mother died of asphyxiation due to strangulation and the two daughters died of smoke inhalation after the suspects set the house on fire. The men were charged with first-degree sexual assault, murder of a kidnapped person, and murder of two or more people at the same time. The state attorney sought the death penalty against the suspects. The first defendant, Steven Hayes, was found guilty of 16 of 17 counts including capital murder on October 5, 2010, and on November 8, 2010,

2132-475: The lawsuit, states that the company failed to take "any and all reasonable steps to ensure that industry standards and practices were adhered to, including but not limited to the use of safety glass and/or stunt doubles as appropriate." Independent of the pending lawsuits, the Winnipeg-based film company Incident Productions, Inc. pled guilty for "failing to ensure the safety and welfare of a worker under

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2184-539: The morgue. The next day, everyone in school stares at Justine, some avoiding her. Adrien shows her a video where Justine is crawling on all fours, attempting to take a bite out of the arm of a corpse as Alexia eggs her on, to boos and cheers from a crowd of watching party guests. Justine confronts Alexia and fights her, eventually biting each other until they are pulled apart by other students. Justine helps Alexia up, and they walk each other back to their dorms. The next morning, Justine wakes up in bed with Adrien and notices she

2236-427: The new class is splattered with blood and is forced to eat raw rabbit kidneys. Justine refuses because of her vegetarianism, but Alexia forces her to eat one. Justine leaves with Adrien and later discovers an itchy rash all over her body. She consults a doctor, who diagnoses her with food poisoning and gives her cream for the rash. The next day, Justine begins having cravings for meat, which makes her feel ashamed. After

2288-621: The sharp of mind". The review noted the dialogue, finding that "for [the director's] second film in English after 2012’s The Tall Man , he could have brushed up more on his dialogue, which rings awfully flat." Dennis Harvey of Variety declared that Ghostland "all seems slick, intense, and unpleasant in the same hollow way "Martyrs" did, because all the cruelty is so meaningless. Replacing that film's empty pseudo-mysticism are villains for whom Laugier doesn't bother providing any motivation or backstory." Simon Abrams of The Village Voice wrote that

2340-421: The term "home invasion" came into use, the term "hot burglary" was often used in the literature. Early references also use "burglary of occupied homes" and "burglar striking an occupied residence." In 2008 Connecticut Congressman Chris Murphy proposed making home invasion a federal crime in the United States. Home invasion differs from burglary in that its perpetrators have a violent intent apart from

2392-696: The term "home invasion" recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is an article in The Washington Post on 1 February 1912, with an article in the Los Angeles Times on 18 March 1925 clearly indicating the modern meaning. "Home-invasion robberies" were highlighted in June 1995, when the term appeared in the cover story of The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin in an article written by Police Chief James T. Hurley of

2444-399: The unlawful entry itself, specific or general, much the same way as aggravated robbery—personally taking from someone by force—is differentiated from mere larceny (theft alone). In some jurisdictions, there is a defined crime of home invasion; in others, there is no crime defined as home invasion, but events that accompany the invasion are charged as crimes. Where home invasion is defined,

2496-645: Was kidnapped from his family's home in East Amwell, New Jersey and later murdered. The offender perpetrated the crime by using a ladder to enter a second floor bedroom of the Lindbergh residence while the family was asleep. The Chauffeurs de la Drôme (The Heaters of Drôme) were a gang of four men who carried out a series of attacks on remote dwellings in the Department of Drôme in south-west France between 1905 and 1908. They became notorious for roasting

2548-511: Was met with some controversy for its graphic content. Lifelong vegetarian Justine begins her first semester at veterinary school, the same one her older sister Alexia is attending and where their parents met. On her first night, she meets her gay roommate Adrien, and they are forced to partake in a week-long hazing ritual, welcoming the new students. They are brought to a party, where Alexia shows Justine old class photos of students bathed in blood, including one with their parents. The next morning,

2600-525: Was replaced by a body double in the waxing scene. Raw was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize . During a screening at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival , some viewers received emergency medical services after allegedly fainting from the film's graphic scenes. Ducournau said she was "shocked" to hear this during

2652-537: Was sentenced to death. His co-defendant, Joshua Komisarjevsky, was convicted of all 17 counts against him in October 2011, and was also sentenced to death. Both men later had their sentences commuted to life without parole when Connecticut abolished the death penalty in 2015. Another home invasion occurred on November 26, 2007, when Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor was murdered during an overnight home invasion of his suburban Miami home. Five men were convicted of

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2704-515: Was the second French co-production in a row that dominated the awards at the festival with the previous years big winner being Raw by Julia Ducournau . The film received a theatrical release in France on 14 March 2018. In some territories, the film was released as Ghostland and in others as Incident in a Ghostland . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 55%, based on 29 reviews with an average rating of 6/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: " Incident in

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