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Wolf Creek
2005
A chilling, factually-based, story of three road-trippers in remote Australia who are plunged into danger when they accept help from a friendly local. Read more
| Starring | John Jarratt, Catherine Magrath, Andy McPhee, Kestie Morassi |
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| Director | Greg McLean |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller, World Cinema |
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Wolf Creek
A chilling, factually-based, story of three road-trippers in remote Australia who are plunged into danger when they accept help from a friendly local.
| Starring | John Jarratt, Catherine Magrath, Andy McPhee, Kestie Morassi |
|---|---|
| Director | Greg McLean |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 35 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 16 Jan 2006 Blu-ray: 19 Nov 2007 HD DVD: 17 Dec 2007 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
Wolf Creek (2005)
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Set in the Australian outback, and tapping into contemporary fears about feral killers who prey on vulnerable tourists,... read more on Time Out
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Terrific. Unbelievably gory and unbearably tense.
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104 out of 115 people found this review helpful
WOLF CREEK
A bit of a slow burner, but worth the wait. The story revolves around three backpackers, who are travelling across Australia. They decide to visit a meteor crater, where their car fails to start leaving them stranded in the middle of the Australian outback. There is some great acting, and the tension is brilliantly built up with the eerie atmosphere. This film has been likened to the Blair Witch Project, and I can see the connection with the genuine fright the characters demonstrate. I also feel that the way the story comes together, has a bit of 'My Little Eye' about it. The film is unclear as to whether the events are true, making this film even more scary. A must for horror fans! GO WATCH THIS FILM!!!
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Over-hyped, pointless, nowhere near as scary as it wants to be
After reading all the reviews of Wolf Creek, going on about how scary and sick it was, I was expecting something with at least a bit of a kick, shock-wise, but have to say, I was left disappointed at the end.
The violence and gore was relatively tame, compared to what I was expecting.
The first half of the film could have been cut without damaging the movie that much - it just rambles on in a vague, failed attempt to build character, context and tension.
There is absolutely no insight into the psycho whatsoever - and the justification that these things 'just happen' and that it was 'based' on true events is a cop-out. The character of the psycho is a completely fictional invention, so the film-makers, at the very least, owed us some sort of insight into his motivation beyond: 'I'm an outback psycho who likes seeing out backpackers'.
At the end of the film, I left thinking: 'what was the point of that?' No depth, no real empathy for the characters, riddled with horror cliches ('ooh, I've shot him, he's probably dead right? Oh no, he's not dead, he's just gone a bit more psycho. oops.')
The film seemed to be stuck between a slasher / torture flick (but didn't go far enough to make it worthwhile) or a quiet and creepy 'sneak around trying to avoid psycho' film, but succeeded in neither.
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