WOLF CREEK is a grim and disturbing horror film, based on actual events in the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE vein. It's also beautifully shot, with director Greg McLean (in his feature film debut) making the otherworldly majesty of Australia's outback emerge as a part of the story. Cassandra Magrath and Kesti Morassi play the two young British girls traveling with their Aussie friend, Ben (Nathan Phillips), to Wolf Creek, the remote location of a giant meteor crater. When their car breaks down, a jovial, Crocodile Dundee-type named John Jarrett (Mick Taylor) offers to tow them to his even more remote auto camp. What happens next ensures, among other things, that surviving audience members will never think of Crocodile Dundee in quite the same happy way again.In addition to McLean's painterly use of scenery in establishing mood, the film benefits from the slow, methodical buildup of character detail; the actors are given space to develop a believable rapport, something all too rare in this kind of film. The characters are people, not stock slasher-film types, and this makes the ensuing scenes of cruelty and violence all the more unbearable. Some viewers may find it all too excessive and disturbing, but there should be no doubt that this is one carefully crafted, genuinely scary horror film, and a promising start for a fresh new filmmaking talent.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0796019789080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52181331
Product Key Features
Edition
Unrated
Movie/TV Title
Wolf Creek
Director
Greg Mclean
Format
DVD
Release Year
2006
Genre
Horror, Horror/Suspense
Additional Product Features
Rating
Unrated
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Display Format
Unrated
LeafCats
617
Leading Role
John Jarratt
Release Date
20060411
Film Country
USA
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