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Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
Wolf Creek is far from a ripoff (the mention of the Jason Voorhees movies is rather unusual) but close to the best horror films of the past decade, expanding on the stark, cinema verite style of The Blair Witch Project and Open Water rather than pandering to Hollywood productions.
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Parts of it surely are...if you read all the movies I mentioned together with Friday the 13th, and remember back to the beginning of each movie, the terrorising of young gurls, the slashing, etc. you ll notice the similarities...
I ll admit that the cinematography and presentation of various parts of the movie are quite good, esp the crater shots, long-distance cinematography capturing the essence of the bushy and veld-like terrains. Acting was ok, the killer did the most decent part, and the victims were acceptable.
Come to the scene of the gurl runnin naked-foot on the road looking for help in the glaring hot sunny day, and again you are reminded of the similarity to other movies...granted the shots were craftily done, but most parts of the movie still stand as "influenced" from others...