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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... 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 wont 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]
Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Director: Greg McLean
Director: Greg McLean
Screenwriter: Greg McLean
Producer: Greg McLean, David Lightfoot
Composer: Francois Tetaz
Studio: Weinstein Company
Reviews for Wolf Creek
The movie descends into a pool of bloody entrails, with lurid and sadistic killings that are more likely to nauseate than entertain.
At least as unnerving as it is gratuitously sadistic, skin deep, and full of plot holes the size of Ayers Rock.
As horror movies go, this is a pretty good one, at once a tense, visceral and tightly woven tale.
Shoehorning predictable parable and pallid allegory into a hobnail boot full of horror and sadism.
You may need to squirm and recoil a fair bit to get through the film, which involves graphic, sickening violence.
A gorily effective Australian variation of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The film will probably be too much for the majority of audiences. As for hard-core horror fans, they may become a little restless themselves during the first half of the film.
Mr. McLean uses all sorts of storytelling tricks to keep you guessing while the quartet of unknown actors deliver deeply affecting performances.
Australian writer and director McLean produces what is likely the most riveting horror movie you will see this year.
While the movie is certainly unsettling, and even repulsive in parts, it's not actually frightening; graphic depictions of mindless cruelty are more revolting than scary.
... it's only a movie -- one the Australian Tourism Commission probably doesn't want you to see.
A repulsive and forgettable serial killer movie from Down Under, without a trace of plot, character or theme that would take us beyond the... gore.
To call Wolf Creek's U.S. Christmas opening counter-programming surely understates the strategy.
Unlike so many of its slick counterparts, Wolf Creek is genuinely unnerving and sometimes upsetting.
I found myself genuinely admiring the skill both behind and before the camera, while simultaneously searching for a blowtorch so I could destroy the negative.
The gritty, starkly uncompromising Wolf Creek comes as a breath of fresh air--or, a breath of freshly coughed-up blood.
And that's it: The bad guy with the sideburns tortures them and lets them have it one at a time.
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