The Untamed

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The Untamed

2017

1h 40m

Drama

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A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.

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The Untamed attempts some ambitious tonal juggling between fantastical and disturbing -- and draws viewers in with its slippery, inexorable pull.

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David Stratton

The Australian

10/20/2017

4/5

Perhaps horror isn't exactly the right word to describe this eerie, bloody, sexy movie.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

09/07/2017

[Amat Escalante's] film may lack the subtlety of Val Lewton's famously allusive RKO chillers, but there's the same sense that the shadowy rooms braved by the characters are no less than the human psyche itself.

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

08/20/2017

4/5

Despite the avowed debt to Andrzej Żuławski's famously disturbing 1981 film Possession, this is bracingly individual stuff. Just don't expect to touch calamari again in a hurry.

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Paul Kanieski

KSQD Community Radio

07/25/2023

The Untamed is a near-perfect psychosexual drama disguised as a creature feature.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

05/06/2022

4/5

The Untamed uses its sci-fi premise to explore grounded notions of masculinity, sexual repression and the all-consuming allure of unbridled sex to great effect.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

05/04/2022

3.5/5

The Untamed is a deeply unsettling and sometimes confounding watch. Escalante doesn't quite stick the landing, but there's plenty here for viewers to sink their tentacles into.

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Korra N

@RT88131552 03/16/2025

Erotic, intense & gripping, The Untamed is a brilliant Spanish-language thriller that's actually bold & unflinching, taking a few leaps that too many filmmakers wouldn't dare to.

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Tom L

@RT84451299 02/05/2025

The Untamed is quite an original and compelling film. An interesting exploration of human sexuality against a backdrop of rural Mexico, with science fiction and body horror in the mix. There are hints of Lovecraft with a creature that descends in a meteorite from space, although the prudish author from Providence would have never approved of the graphic sexual pleasure the creature delivers to its “victims.” Enough is left unexplained to maintain an atmosphere of the weird to the ambiguous conclusion, but there is enough substance to the plot to keep one engaged until the end.

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Simina M

@RT90217724 01/28/2024

Who writes movie infos on this website?? They don't watch the movies!

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Hugo - Shudder F

@Hugo_Shudder 01/06/2023

A raw dissection of our most intimate repressions. "The Untamed" explores the darkness we are dragged into when we are not allowed to live our sexuality to its fullest. It is remarkable how sci-fi elements are used as a metaphor to deliver this erotic horror. Utterly risky and daring!

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Morgan D

@RT17062655 04/28/2022

A gruesome look into the abuses and dark pleasures we allow because we fear being alone.

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10/04/2021

I mean what can you truly say about a film like this except. "Curiosity". The film is extremely compelling, the acting is very good, and the sexual charge and perversion are downright gripping. It flirts with danger, pleasure, and vulnerability in a way that makes it almost impossible not to watch. This film is NOT for everyone. But it is definitely worth the time.

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Synopsis

A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.

Director: Amat Escalante
Producer: Jaime Romandia
Screenwriter: Amat Escalante, Gibrán Portela
Distributor: Strand
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.1K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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