Aussie Horror Flick

[Dragons]

I'm just curious to see how far this Aussie Horror flick 'Wolf Creek' has travelled around the world.
It was released about two years ago and is based loosely on factual events.

If you've seen it, what are your thoughts?

[Vodstok]

Saw it last year. Thought it was alright, nothing amazing, but frustrating because there were so many "Dont do that, stupid!" moments where the characters would have been fine if they werent idiots.


All in all, i enjoyed far more than i did Hostel.

[alkytrio666]

I live in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

I enjoyed it quite a bit, I thought it was nicely set up, and I gave a shit about the characters, which is rare these days. What impatient moviegoers saw as being a "slow and boring" beginning I saw as a perfectly horrifying way to start the show. We actually spend time, real, casual, non-panic time with the characters before they get mutilated and slaughtered.

[Burning in Hell]

I am from Montréal, Québec, Canada, and I saw it at a movie theater. I was mildly disappointed with Wolf Creek. Not because of the slow start, which was nicely done, but more because it was hyped as a very nasty and sadistic movie once it got started, and ended up being pretty tame in my opinion.

[Roderick Usher]

I'm from Los Angeles, California and I enjoyed this one quite a bit. I really enjoyed the pacing and the performace by John Jarrat was delicious. Nothing new, but rather well done.

Unfortunately I don't think McLean's next effort, Rogue (a croc movie), will be half as good.

[The_Return]

Eastern Canada

I liked it...doubt that I would buy it, but it was certainly worth the rental fee:)

[Elvis_Christ]

Not as good as the hype had led me to believe. One of the more dissapointing films of 2006 for me. But I've been meaning to rewatch it and give it another chance.

[alkytrio666]

it was ok but 61 mins to get to the kills and 20 mins of running around made it not great :)
You know, sometimes there's more to a good movie than just the "kills".

[Elvis_Christ]

You know, sometimes there's more to a good movie than just the "kills".

That is how this movie was pimped everywhere tho, its legitimate problem/disappointment to have with the flick.

[Dragons]

Interesting thoughts. And I'd have to say that I mirror some of them.
I haven't seen 'Rogue' yet. Largely because I used to live in Darwin where there are alot more crocs than people and I just get the feeling that this one will be full of crap. (Kind of like a Great White Shark hunting people in the tropics).

[ManicOne]

Hey, new here. Don't believe the "based on truth" crap. This film is a work of fiction. Supposedly based on the Ivan Milat backpacker murders, there is in fact no similarity at all to the events of the film.

[Roderick Usher]

Don't believe the "based on truth" crap.

It's never true. It's always a perversion of the truth. That's what movies do best. Who cares about how true it is. All that matters is a good story well told.

Now, have travelers been found brutally murdered in the Outback? Yeah.

It's waaaay more true than the Texas Chiansaw Massacre or The Exorcism of Emily Rose which also tout themselves as "based on a true story". At least Wolf Creek takes place in the correct environment.

[ManicOne]

Relative to TCM and Emily Rose, than yes, Wolf Creek definitely hits closer to the truth. The outback setting was artistic licence though (Ivan Milat killed in Belangelo state forest). Wolf Creek's "head on a stick" scene actually contains elements of truth however, as Milat had a habit of stabbing his victims at the base of their necks, rendering them paralysed.

Edit: So yes, my "no similarities" comment was a bit off base.

[Dragons]

Glad you corrected yourself there mate.

[Damn Heathen]

I live in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

I enjoyed it quite a bit, I thought it was nicely set up, and I gave a shit about the characters, which is rare these days. What impatient moviegoers saw as being a "slow and boring" beginning I saw as a perfectly horrifying way to start the show. We actually spend time, real, casual, non-panic time with the characters before they get mutilated and slaughtered.
Slow is slow. Boring is boring. You're a goddam moron!

[Ferox13]

Slow is slow. Boring is boring. You're a goddam moron!

Snappy come back, 7 and a half years in the making :-)

[Damn Heathen]

Stay out of this, you cotquean. This is between me and numbnuts.

[Straker]

Slow is slow. Boring is boring. You're a goddam moron!

Avoid personal insults, please. Try to only necro posts when you are adding some value or they are relevant.

[Damn Heathen]

This isn't over, alkitrio667!

[horcrux2007]

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[neilold]

like wolf creek and its sequel. I'm English by the way. Original could have done with more gore, but then again i'd complain for more even if there was. True story angle is ridiculous. they really should have dumped that, and it wouldn't have made any difference to the film one way or the other. I liked rougue but doubt the Aussie guy will. It's a classic 'so and so country has dangerous animals so lets exploit that' type creature feature