Wolf Creek (2005)
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. (Dimension Films)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Greg McLean
Written By: Greg McLean
Starring: Teresa Palmer, John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Andy McPhee, Kestie Morassi, Cassandra Magrath, Aaron Sterns, Gordon Poole, Jenny Starvall, Guy Petersen
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Adventure, Horror
Franchise: Wolf Creek
Country: Australia
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Wolf Creek belongs to 31 collections
1. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
2. Based on true events (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 12 stars)
3. Road Trip (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 12 stars)
4. Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time (collaborative: moderated by edsu - 5 stars)
5. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
6. Roger Ebert: Your Movie Sucks (collaborative: moderated by Shmendrek - 4 stars)
7. Torture Porn (collaborative: moderated by Leatherface - 4 stars)
8. Slant Magazine's Best of the Aughts (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 4 stars)
9. Aughties Films to See (public: theficionado - 3 stars)
10. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (public: Coheed - 3 stars)
11. Australia (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
12. Australian director (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
13. The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies (book) (public: Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
14. Roger Ebert: Zero Stars (collaborative - 1 star)
15. Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments (collaborative - 1 star)
16. Australian horror (collaborative - 1 star)
17. Duology (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 1 star)
18. The 25 best horror movies since 2000 - The AV Club (public: TychoCelchuu - 1 star)
19. Fantastic Fest 2005 (collaborative)
20. Dead Meat: Kill Count (collaborative: moderated by delollio)
21. 100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema by Scott Hocking (collaborative: moderated by Equanimity)
22. 100 Best Australian Films Of The New Millennium by FilmInk (collaborative: moderated by Equanimity)
23. Australian Films #YOUMUSTSEE Top 100 Films (collaborative: moderated by Equanimity)
24. us-tv McD 101 Horrors (public: timxyz)
25. Genre Films From Around The World Of Interest (public: Coheed)
26. 2005: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
27. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 36 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
28. favoriler (public: ceseth)
29. Djross Australian feature films I've seen (public: djross)
30. The Horror Geek (public: BeeDub)
31. BI - Juven (public: Jobs-Bronson)
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djross | 25 7th |
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Some effective use is made of the isolated locations, but other than that this borrows rather too heavily from precursors and contains logical flaws and a sadistic predisposition that make the film less than convincing and less than appealing. Additionally, the purposeless effort expended at the film's conclusion to leave the false impression that the characters depicted were based on real people undergoing real events seems to me to be a somewhat unethical and sensationalist grab for attention.
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freqflyer | 20 17th |
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A hateful monster of a movie. Yes, it's brutal. Yes, it's horrific. But why? And why does that guy do all those things? Too many unanswered questions, and mostly unengaging -- true torture porn.
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Shmendrek | 1 10th |
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Ugly and nihilistic. I can think of a million things I'd rather do than watch this. A particularly gruesome scene literally violates the laws of physics just to fuck over the audience and dash any small hope they might have had left. Occasionally reminded me of Funny Games, but without the postmodern winking and nodding which at least made that movie tolerable.
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| 2 | eitheror | 20 2nd |
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If someone gave you seven dollars to watch this movie, take it, but know you'll earn it.
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bof | 36 11th |
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Gorgeously shot film of a dumb, sadistic torture-porn script.
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| 1 | thunder7wolf | 75 18th |
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Starts off with Soft Porn and then it just turns you right off!
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Moribunny | 73 79th |
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On the most abstract level, the premise here is far from original - but it's always about the how. I thought McLean did well to avoid many of the genre trappings and cliches, to draw his inspiration from his native Australia and its real-life outback killers (Ivan Milat and Bradley Murdoch), and to insist on great photography (no shaky hand-held crap) and genuinely fearsome acting from his entire cast. It's a work of love, which should appeal to fans of hardcore slasher movies.
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nutcrackr | 65 24th |
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Movie is average, includes far too many stupid decisions made by characters and is mostly filmed in low light with some poor direction. Based on actual events is also a complete joke, it's not based on anything.
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PeaceAnarchy | 46 5th |
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I regretted watching this almost immediately, but first half has enough redeeming qualities with it's shots of the outback and atmosphere that I kept with it. Once the horror aspect becomes clear, though, it's just unending hysteria interspersed with thankfully brief moments of graphic violence. This all made the second half an unnerving chore to watch. That might be a plus for some, but it's not something I have much interest in watching without other strong redeeming qualities not present here
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Suture Self | 3 25th |
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What separates Wolf Creek from other torture porn flicks is the cinematography, showcasing some beautiful landscape shots and some nice sequences in the more isolated and claustrophobic locations. But at the end of the day, this is just another generic torture porn flick, with an unconvincing story and a played out climax that's particularly hell-bent on torture-porning its female characters specifically, most likely because the director has some weird fetishes he needs to sort out privately.
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BillyShears | 25 4th |
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Crikey.
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JohnSandwich | 75 74th |
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I liked it, sort of unconventional, good scary bad guy.
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SirRobbie | 70 53rd |
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I didn't found it scary, however that's it. Besides that, there is NOTHING wrong with this movie. Nobody expects for a chiller like this to be so well made. The cinematograpgy was actually beautiful and I liked the score very much (it really helped in building the tension). I also liked the characters, which was the most surprising. Nice job.
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PianoSama | 65 45th |
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Featuring some solid performances & a genuinely excellent one by Jarratt, as well as a real sense of dread that's rare in modern horror, it does an excellent job of creating atmosphere & tension, as well as building a villain that has gained cult status as one of the genre's most fearsome with good reason. The plot starts strong, but sadly it declines over time & by the end is pretty meh, largely due to several logic holes too big not to notice. Overall, it's still worth a watch.
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| Average Percentile 37.53% from 1711 Ratings |  |