Release: Tara's Wrath

 

Tara's Wrath

Genre: Thriller/Erotic

Director: Lynne Ramsay

Writer: Roy Horne

Cast: Victoria Pedretti, Jacob Elordi, Jade Pettyjohn, Corey Stoll, Jake Cannavale, Justice Smith

Budget: $36,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $45,100,696

Foreign Box Office: $28,590,055

Total Profit: $3,395,505

Reaction: While this third film in the trilogy is easily the highest grossing, it wasn't much more profitable than the first two. A primary reason for this is increased cost - bringing back Jacob Elordi cost a chunk of change.

“Lynne Ramsay’s, Tara’s Wrath pushes the series into its most feverish, unflinching territory yet, blending erotic charge with brutal inevitability. Jacob Elordi returning to this world meant the chemistry was back in droves. Roy Horne’s script is good though occasionally leans too far into melodrama. Victoria Pedretti ups her game from the last film, back to her GRA winning level of performance. While not touching Poison Ivy - it still shows why Horne is the go to for Erotic Thrillers.” Billy Laken, The Washington World

"Tara’s Wrath is a ferocious, hypnotic finale that ends the trilogy on the highest of possible notes. The film is powered forward by Lynne Ramsay's icy precision, writer Roy Horne's understanding of the erotic thriller genre, and the returned chemistry between Jacob Elordi and Victoria Pedretti. Cold, punishing, and intoxicating, the film stands as a rare modern erotic thriller that feels both classical and uncompromisingly contemporary." - Robert Avery, San Jose Mercury

"Tara’s Wrath is a bleak but compelling attempt to reclaim the trilogy’s edge after a misfired second entry, anchored by Lynne Ramsay's always controlled direction and a ferocious central performance from Victoria Pedretti. Jacob Elordi’s return restores the volatile chemistry that made the first film resonate. While the script leans heavily into repetition - sexual manipulation, power reversals, and inevitable doom - it gains traction through mood, performance, and a mounting sense of fatalism rather than plot mechanics. The final act, though clearly steering toward tragedy, lands with a grim inevitability that feels thematically earned. As a trilogy capper, the film is cold, punishing, and occasionally indulgent, but it’s also confident, coherent, and far more focused than its predecessor." - Katie Barnes, Washington Herald

Rated R for strong sexual content and nudity, violence, and language