The vogue for retro-horror, particularly the stripped-down shivers of 1970's slasher flicks, continues apace in this nasty little piece of work from Australia.
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12/22/05
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
Top CriticThere is a line and this movie crosses it. I don't know where the line is, but it's way north of Wolf Creek.
12/22/05
Top CriticDirector Greg McLean [takes] the plot in unpredictable directions, but the brain-dead characters continuously fail to use their heads.
12/22/05
Only a slight cut above the run-of-the-mill American slasher picture.
12/22/05
A lo-fi masterpiece, an intense ride through your worst nightmares.
12/22/05
Consummately well-crafted, unapologetically vicious and leavened with moments of humor that merely intensify the horror.
12/22/05
A shade better than a lot of the current crop of Hollywood horror movies (Saw II) and remakes and redos of Japanese terror films.
12/22/05
There are many things both slapdash and screwy with Creek, but McLean's biggest sin is the 60-minute set-up before the horror kicks in.
12/22/05
Devastatingly real.
12/22/05
A loathsome low-budget thriller that's only distinguished by its ability to juggle grotesque sadism and stultifying boredom.
12/22/05
Wolf Creek bills itself as "Based On Real Events," a dubious claim since the film is rife with the sort of boneheaded plotting that can only be found in sub-par thrillers of this nature.
12/21/05
Un des films d'horreur les plus mιchants et cruels des derniθres annιes.
12/21/05
Mick Taylor should be in the pantheon of classic horror characters along with Leatherface and Freddy Krueger.
12/20/05
Wolf Creek is unimaginative, light on the grue and heavy on the faux-serious desperation.
12/20/05
Wolf Creek is an unrelenting, grueling experience.
12/18/05
A vicious torrent of blood-letting. What more can we want?
12/08/05
An austere descent into inexplicable, unbridled mayhem.
12/06/05
...its debt to...Texas Chainsaw Massacre is obvious. Still, this is a gritty flick that must be giving Australia's Outback tourism industry a bad case of heartburn.
11/09/05
In this era of horror films soullessly carted out of Hollywood, Wolf Creek immediately stands apart from the pack.
11/05/05
The film's preference for female suffering gives it a misogynist undertow that's even more unsettling than the gore.
09/24/05
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