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Wolf Creek [2005]


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Disturbing but Good
Review date: 2008-09-03 Rating: 8 out of 10

Wolf Creek is a disturbing film. The way the killer maimes and tortures the 3 backpackers is really disturbing. The film is really good though, just really uncomfortable and disturbing.

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Too gritty
Review date: 2008-01-03 Rating: 4 out of 10

Wolf Creek is the kind of film which goes to painstaking lengths to prove how gritty and horrible it is. Much of the scene-setting - whilst occasionally evocative - does everything it can to make everything docu-soap realistic (kind of like the Blair With Project, but well filmed and with proper actors). I can see why it was filmed this way (to, as I say, give it a brutally real feel) but I don't really class this as entertainment.

The second half of the film is simply a Halloween style hide-and-seek teen hunt - albeit with much stronger violence. Once again, I do not see the entertainment value. It doesn't, IMO, contribute anything. Sure, there are nasty things in the world out there, do we really need to see them portrayed this realistically? Apart from that, this film is just a tired rehash of so many (superior) slasher flicks. *SPOILER* He even turns up in the back seat, yawn...

Impressive, but no fun
Review date: 2007-11-19 Rating: 6 out of 10

Not so much a horror as a video nasty, this is brutal, fearless filmmaking that's trying to push the boundaries. Although well filmed and acted, in the end its simply not enjoyable as a spectacle. Its remorselessness shows that the director has the courage of his convictions, but his attempt to raise its profile on the basis that its 'based on a true story' is just daft, exploitative bunkum. Great villain though.

Painfully boring
Review date: 2007-09-07 Rating: 2 out of 10

'Wolf Creek' begins when 3 backpackers out in the Australian out-back take a journey to a meteor crash site called Wolf Creek. The journey takes them a few days and generally they are having a good time. But once they get to their destination weird things begin to happen - none their watches are working and neither is their car. Stranded and in the middle of nowhere, they decide to stay the night in the car. Then they meet a friendly local who is more than happy to help them out, only to find out he is psychotic killer.

The plot is pretty much the same as we've all seen a hundred times before in films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wrong Turn, The Hills Have Eyes and most recently (and most silmilar) Paradise Lost, the only difference being that this is set in Australia. There's not a lot of good points to highlight in this review as overall the movie is pretty bad. The characters become so annoying that you will actually want them to come to a gruesome end within about 10 minutes of the beginning. The film also is painfully slow getting starting. The three main characters do not actually meet the killer until about 45 minutes in, then it takes another 10 to 15 minutes to find out that he is a madman, so for a 90 minute film, it doesn't leave a lot of time for much action. I actually began to play on my PSP when I got about half an hour in as I was bored waiting for something to happen! And anyone who says this is a gore-filled bloodbath is lying. Other than three (short) bits that I can think of, there is next to no gory scenes at all. Ok, one of the characters has some blood over her, but it is hardly the shocking special effects I'd normally expect from this type of film.

Overall this is a very poor and very dull film which I cannot recommend at all. Do not believe the positive reviews on the cover - this is one of the worst horrors I've seen and one that is making the already tired slasher genre more and more stale each year. Also, the only interesting part (the possible alien activity with the watches) was unexplained and went nowhere. Very disappointing all round.

Avoid at all costs.

Surprisingly Good
Review date: 2007-07-07 Rating: 8 out of 10

The premise has been done to death: a group of young people encountering a crazed psychopath who proceeds to pick them off one by one. Yet in this 2005 Australian Horror, that old cliche actually works to satisyingly ghouslish effect.

Being that it is (alledgedly) based on a true story also adds further credibility, but that, combined with shady characterisation, gloomy sets, naturalistic acting and a gritty camera style means that this is a surprisingly worthwhile horror outing. The three young people in question, two young women and a young man, respond with understandable terror when an apparently harmless Aussie bloke turns psycho. And when I say psycho, I MEAN psycho. The violence is at time, horrendous, the sets are grimy and dank, and the entire atmosphere is one of sickening foreboding. Mercifully, the film also steers clear of the usual horror film cliches, including nudity, gratuitous sex and drug use, instead opting for a more naturalistic and direct approach.

The lack of Hollywood sheen and a great sense of atmosphere definitely go in the films favour and this is a truly horrifying horror film in an age where the horror is largely unimpressive. As is to be expected, there are truly violent moments and some pretty strong language too, but this is pretty much guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Actor(s):
John Jarratt
Catherine Magrath
Andy McPhee
Kestie Morassi

Creators:
John Jarratt (Primary Contributor)
Catherine Magrath (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060034573227
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-01-16
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 94 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: English (Original Language)

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