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Wolf Creek (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 105 Fresh: 55  Rotten:50 Average Rating: 5.5/10
 
Consensus: Though Wolf Creek is effectively horrific, it is still tasteless exploitation.
 

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Rated: 18

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Theatrical Release: 16-09-2005

Synopsis: It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime in the Australian Outback – full of fun, sun and adventure. But what happened to a trio of twenty-something backpackers took a wrenching detour into the depths of unrelenting terror. Based on true events, WOLF CREEK is the haunting story of... It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime in the Australian Outback – full of fun, sun and adventure. But what happened to a trio of twenty-something backpackers took a wrenching detour into the depths of unrelenting terror. Based on true events, WOLF CREEK is the haunting story of their unthinkable ordeal – a mounting white-knuckle nightmare so real it was destined to become horror legend. WOLF CREEK is a startlingly intense motion picture experience of rapidly escalating dread and suspense. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film – written and directed by Melbourne's Greg McLean – was acclaimed as a daring, original blend of visually hypnotic thriller with unbearably scary movie. The chillingly believable events begin as freewheeling, college-aged pals Liz (Cassandra Magrath), Kristy (Kestie Morassi) and Ben (Nathan Phillips) head out for a holiday hike in stunning Wolf Creek National Park to see its mysterious meteor crater. When they return, their car won’t start. Trapped in the vast emptiness of the wilderness – all they can do is wait for rescue. Luckily, as night falls, along comes colorful local bushman Mick (John Jarratt) and his massive truck, offering a tow to safety. But as the sun comes up the next morning, it becomes shockingly apparent that Mick has no intention of fixing their car or letting them leave the Outback...ever again. As Liz, Kristy and Ben search for any conceivable way out, WOLF CREEK plunges towards an unforgettable climax. --© The Weinstein Company [More]

Genre: Horror, Theatrical Release

Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi

Director: Greg McLean
Screenwriter: Greg McLean
Producer: Greg McLean, David Lightfoot
Composer: Francois Tetaz

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 12, 2007

[DVD Details]

HD DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Greg McLean - Director
  • Bonus Featurette - 1. The Making of WOLF CREEK
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Sneak Peek - 1. ROGUE

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12/31/05
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The film's preference for female suffering gives it a misogynist undertow that's even more unsettling than the gore.

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09/24/05
Matthew Leyland
BBC
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Wolf Creek is well-made and well-acted but it's also a horrific, downbeat and viciously nasty horror flick that's often extremely difficult to watch %u2013 you have been warned.

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09/24/05
Matthew Turner
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2/5

Nothing more than the Australian man's Texas Chainsaw Massacre; another film that's a little to liberal with a certain title card...

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09/18/05
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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09/16/05
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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09/15/05
Time Out
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3/5

One of the most viciously nasty horror thrillers in recent memory. But the extreme grisliness is purely gratuitous.

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08/07/05
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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For all its efforts at avoiding the usual slasher movie nonsense, it does fall back on some familiar, lame plot devices.

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07/17/08
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter
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It is almost as if a hardcore survival horror film had been infiltrated (and slyly undermined) by the quieter mysticism of Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock...

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08/16/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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A sustained plunge into abject horror that isn't meant to be laughed at or shaken off easily.

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03/01/07
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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12/30/06
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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2.5/4

...an effective and thoroughly tense horror flick that's stylish without being obtrusive.

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07/08/06
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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1/5

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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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We know these characters are headed for slaughter, so the fun comes in seeing how long the filmmakers can sustain the suspense before clubbing us over the head.

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05/08/06
John Larsen
Light Views
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3.5/5

A solid flick that was robbed a bit in its theatrical release

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04/21/06
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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It's competently made, but that alone doesn't make it a good film.

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04/11/06
Dennis Schwartz
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4/5

Esta é a refilmagem que O Massacre da Serra Elétrica merecia.

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02/03/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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01/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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01/11/06
Steven Snyder
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01/09/06
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