Greg McLean, who has many shorts and commercials under his belt, makes a significant feature debut here, with unapologetic horror that doesn't compromise.
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01/04/06
Wolf Creek (2005)
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Reviews Counted:105
Fresh:56
Rotten:49
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Though Wolf Creek is effectively horrific, it is still tasteless exploitation.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: , Theatrical Release
US Box Office: $15,948,074
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... [More]
Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Director: Greg McLean
Reviews for Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek is a well-made film, but its technical merits are overwhelmed by the disgust registered as it wallows in some of the nastiest human behavior imaginable.
01/03/06
Inhumane? Yep. Sadistic? Sure. But it works where countless others of the genre have failed, by introducing people we get to know and care about before all hell breaks loose.
01/03/06
What Wolf Creek offers is a competently made horror excursion with an unfortunate reliance upon clichés balanced off by some legitimate shocks.
01/03/06
The transference of nail biting insanity from screen to ticket holders is what ultimately drives the picture and makes it almost an interactive experience.
01/01/06
This violent horror picture is gratuitously vicious, gruesome and repulsive. Don't say you weren't warned!
12/31/05
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12/31/05
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12/31/05
Viewers eager to embrace 90 minutes of footage featuring women being brutalized, beaten, stalked and slaughtered may want to consider some serious introspection.
12/30/05
The film is okay, if you're into that sort of thing, but it's an acquired taste.
12/30/05
A fine, gritty, suspenseful, and yes, enjoyable genre piece.
12/29/05
It’s a depressing exercise in just mutilation and torture.
12/29/05
Top CriticIt's boring, then it's nasty, then it's over. That last one is its only saving grace
12/28/05
Wolf Creek is another one of those formulaic horror movies that'll have you screaming at the screen. Not out of fright mind you, but out of the desire to make the characters hear you yelling at them to stop doing stupid things.
12/28/05
The darkest lump of coal ever dropped down a moviegoer's throat on Christmas Day, bought by the Weinsteins for $3.5 million. Next time, could we get a gift certificate instead?
12/28/05
one of the more disturbing horror films I’ve seen in quite some time.
12/27/05
It's not your typical holiday attraction, but it should lift the spirits of horror devotees, if no one else.
12/27/05
A patient, naturalistic white-knuckled ride of terror.
12/27/05
Wolf Creek is wicked and witless -- cruel for the sake of cruelty.
12/27/05
... the ordeal is excruciating -- for the audience and for the victims...
12/27/05
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