View Full Version : Movie Wolf creek
ExTasDeeMan
30 Oct 2005, 19:21
What more can i say, a top Australian Film (at long last).
Still bits that give me the willies 1 day after watching it...
superstar
5 Nov 2005, 23:21
Most awful film character ever. I was jumping at shadows on the walk home...
krisholio14
6 Nov 2005, 05:12
im keen to see it. alot of people seem to think the character is gratuitous, but then, people said that about alex in a clockwork orange.
bunsen burner
6 Nov 2005, 07:47
I saw it last night. Pretty good. From what I can tell the guy is based very much on Milat. Looks like him, dresses like him, smiles like him, and gets off on the same stuff.
Kinda puts you off going to the NT doesn't it?
He certainly went weird after Noni Hazlehurst divorced him didn't he?
Graham at the servo was quality though.
Kinda puts you off going to the NT doesn't it?
He certainly went weird after Noni Hazlehurst divorced him didn't he?
Graham at the servo was quality though.
Its actually meant to be set in WA.
Quality movie Wolf Creek....
brilliant!
the landscape was a stunning backdrop for the film.
the first half had alot of similarities too Blair Witch but watch out after that.
Magpiespower
6 Nov 2005, 13:47
Technically, the best Australian film made this year.
By a long way.
In terms of direction, cinematography, editing, soundtrack, it's brilliant.
(Though it is missing a second act.)
Morally, well, that's another story.
And why the 'based on real events' deceit?
Definitely 'inspired' by events surrounding Milat/Falconio (especially the 'head on a stick' reference.)
But it's a work of fiction.
bunsen burner
6 Nov 2005, 16:06
I hate to be a trivial killjoy but near the start when they wake up on the beach and the girl goes swimming at dawn the sun is setting. Sun sets in the east. Should have filmed it at dusk if it was filmed on an east facing shoreline.
Its actually meant to be set in WA.
Quality movie Wolf Creek....
Who can tell, it's orange dirt everywhere.
Plus they were all SA numberplates.
Who can tell, it's orange dirt everywhere.
Plus they were all SA numberplates.
Yeah the good ol SA number plates and the beach at the start that looked nothing like Broome.
But by Greg McLeans own admission Wolf Creek is a 'WA story'. It just turned out WAs own film funding body prefer to fund artistic twaddle about homosexual Islamic dwarfs or something as opposed to something like Wolf Creek that people will go and see...
Does anyone have any idea what the first weekend figures were for it?
bunsen burner
6 Nov 2005, 21:14
Set in WA, filmed in SA.
So many things about this movie just linger in my mind. Scared the absolute crap out of me and like some have already mentioned several people left the screening I was in. I thought about doing that myself. I was scrunched down in my chair trying to get some distance between myself and the screen because of the way it was filmed, or peering through my fingers trying not to see at all.
It would have to be one of the best Aussie films I've seen in a long time and I hope it gets the accolades that it richly deserves.
There appeared to be so many layers to this film and I came away with so much to think about.
Ahh so many questions........... but John Jarrett/Mic Taylor is certainly the scariest dude I can think of at the mo. Thank goodness he is no longer doing that reno show, seeing him hammer a nail would probably see me run and hide.
Edited: to remove possible spoiler.
So many things about this movie just linger in my mind. Scared the absolute crap out of me and like some have already mentioned several people left the screening I was in. I thought about doing that myself. I was scrunched down in my chair trying to get some distance between myself and the screen because of the way it was filmed, or peering through my fingers trying not to see at all.
It would have to be one of the best Aussie films I've seen in a long time and I hope it gets the accolades that it richly deserves.
There appeared to be so many layers to this film and I came away with so much to think about.
Ahh so many questions........... but John Jarrett/Mic Taylor is certainly the scariest dude I can think of at the mo. Thank goodness he is no longer doing that reno show, seeing him hammer a nail would probably see me run and hide.
Edited: to remove possible spoiler.
great post.
i watched the film on Saturday night and i'm still thinking about it today. it takes a special film to do that.
Magpiespower
8 Nov 2005, 11:43
Does anyone have any idea what the first weekend figures were for it?
Absolutely smashed the box office.
$1.225 million in its opening weekend.
like some have already mentioned several people left the screening I was in.
That's funny, because more people walked out of the 'Elizabethtown' screening I attended than they did for the 'Wolf Creek' screening I was at.
Absolutely smashed the box office.
$1.225 million in its opening weekend.
That's funny, because more people walked out of the 'Elizabethtown' screening I attended than they did for the 'Wolf Creek' screening I was at.
Suck it up Cate Shortland and other Australian film industry chin strokers. Suck it up all of you.
No more Somersaults. No more Illustrated Family Doctors. No more.
I just got back from seeing it.. and I was kind of let down.
I think I read up too much on this movie. I had it built up in my mind to be one of the scarier movies I'll ever see. Sure, some bits were a little "off".. but that was about it.
I still thought that it was an awesome movie.. The acting was brilliant. The landscape was spectacular.
Might consider seeing it again.
John Jarretts laugh...and the stare he gives the guy at the campfire...worth the price of admission alone.
A couple of holes plot wise but I'll forgive em.
Blue Red and Gold
9 Nov 2005, 12:23
my thoughts exactly.
It was great though to see the cinema absolutely chockers for an Aussie film.
Catfish Jake
9 Nov 2005, 12:55
I think it's awesome that two of my favourite films of this year are Australian! :thumbsu:
I never knew Jarrett could act, he was fantastic.
Magpiespower
9 Nov 2005, 14:14
I never knew Jarrett could act, he was fantastic.
He was something else.
However, I can see why he might have been overlooked for the acting gongs.
Because he did ham it up a bit.
John Jarretts laugh...and the stare he gives the guy at the campfire...worth the price of admission alone.
A couple of holes plot wise but I'll forgive em.
Ha Ha,yeah you are spot on!
I saw it last Sunday & loved it,Jarrett deserves an AFI award for that,he was brilliant! About 5 or 6 people left during the film,dont blame them :eek:
Jarrett is deadly with that knife! The fingers scene & spinal cord scene would make anyone cringe :eek:
Those who have seen it will know what I'm talking about!
John Jarratt, ********* hell. Scared the ***** outta me.
"You call that a knife?"
Arsene Wenger
9 Nov 2005, 22:36
I reckon it was very weak - nothing special at all... but thats my opinion
Saw it about 3 weeks ago, very good film, good storyline only problem was the ending, did not like that.
Felt sorry for the chick who gets done by the knife.
John Jarrat is a nut in that film, scary shyte, he plays a nut so well, when he said "Now Lizzy, a rifle in the wrong hands can be pretty dangerous SO GIMME THE ********ING RIFLE" made me jump a lil.
I'm not sure that movie was created just for the horror factor as it seemed like a very real and believable story as they were infact closely based on Milat.
TigerFan
10 Nov 2005, 08:39
"You call that a knife?"
THIS, is a knife! ;)
the thing that impressed me most was Cassandra Magrath's fake accent holding up :p - and John Jarratt's character is perhaps the most vile thing I have ever seen on a cinema screen.
all in all, it met my expectations, which is a pretty big achievement
I reckon it was very weak - nothing special at all... but thats my opinion stick to pretty woman, how to make an amrican quilt, beaches, steel magnolios and fried green tomatoes. :D
Arsene Wenger
10 Nov 2005, 10:17
stick to pretty woman, how to make an amrican quilt, beaches, steel magnolios and fried green tomatoes. :D
Did not take long for someone to have a go. Im entitled to my opinion knob ..
Did not take long for someone to have a go. Im entitled to my opinion knob ..sorry tissues!
didn't mean to upset you. sorry for interrupting you watching Sleepless in Seattle for the 50th time.
Lonie_from_50
11 Nov 2005, 12:25
Saw it yesterday...great movie i thought, and was a different type of Aussie movie but still had the same sort of comedy we love. I couldn't help but laugh through some scary bits, such as when he was about to kill him in the shed and she started laughing and saying your a loser and that...but a top SCARY film.
POOFTA capital of the world :D
Saw it yesterday...great movie i thought, and was a different type of Aussie movie but still had the same sort of comedy we love. I couldn't help but laugh through some scary bits, such as when he was about to kill him in the shed and she started laughing and saying your a loser and that...but a top SCARY film.
POOFTA capital of the world :D
what about when she was laughing at him when she ran him off the road when he was chasing her in the car, just after he had shot that old bloke in the head.
Expected a much higher level of violence after all the talk, (reckon "Saw" was more extreme in that aspect). But thought it was well crafted, and there was a lot to like about this film.
Have to agree about the Aussie humour coming out in the middle of a horror situation. "Thanks for wrecking my f****** truck, baitch!" - for some reason was laughing at that.
The menace of the character was really well portrayed through John Jarrett's acting and other ways, like the sihouettes and other images. And the car sitting there revving, waiting to pounce, had all the animal predatory of "Duel".
As for what Ben went through in the end - so true to life.
SaintsSupporter
13 Nov 2005, 09:39
Saw it a few nights back, was a little freaky but a very, very good Australian movie.
Did anyone else notice the name of Mick's property when they drove in....Ivan Milat spelt backwards.......I'm sure there were some other little things that I missed.
Good movie, not as scary as I thought it would be, more disturbing than scary.
Mick's laugh was pure evil.
Did anyone else notice the name of Mick's property when they drove in....Ivan Milat spelt backwards.......I'm sure there were some other little things that I missed.
Good movie, not as scary as I thought it would be, more disturbing than scary.
Mick's laugh was pure evil.
Talim Navl.
Bondi Warrior.
14 Nov 2005, 17:26
Wolf Creek is one great movie.
Very scary indeed!
Loved it!
Flying Joey
15 Nov 2005, 10:36
John Jarretts laugh...and the stare he gives the guy at the campfire...worth the price of admission alone.
A couple of holes plot wise but I'll forgive em.
that stare was priceless.. i found it not so much suspensefull b/c u new in a way he was going to kill them but more gruesome and realistic than any other horror film i have seen... its the sort of movie u dont go see again or get it out on video witha friend who ddnt see it at the movies.. quick ending but a great flik.. made all other scary movies look like disney films..
i still check the back seat of the car b4 i get in
Flying Joey
15 Nov 2005, 10:41
"me and her were good togethor for a few months, till she lost her head"
"saw a bore rip a pitbulls head rite off.. its leg still pumping though"
two of my fav scenes along with the stare and graham the petrol shop attendant
Blues_Man
18 Nov 2005, 15:42
I just got back from seeing it.. and I was kind of let down.
I think I read up too much on this movie. I had it built up in my mind to be one of the scarier movies I'll ever see. Sure, some bits were a little "off".. but that was about it.
I still thought that it was an awesome movie.. The acting was brilliant. The landscape was spectacular.
Might consider seeing it again.
You pretty much summed up my feelings after seeing it ....there was nothing "scary" about it ...but by god it was gruesome ..loved the scenery and characters .
TheGeneral
18 Nov 2005, 18:08
I still check the back seat of the car b4 i get in
That's like that great scene in Halloween when she's rubbing the mirror because she thinks it fogged up.But she realises that it's just the reflection of Michael Myers' white mask! :)
London-Tavern-Is-Filth
20 Nov 2005, 20:27
just watched it, was quite ********ed off, i want my 12.50 back, it wasnt scary it wasnt disturbing, it shouldn't have been R18+, it should have been labelled a comedy
superfraser
21 Nov 2005, 15:44
I'm surprised at all the good reveiws.
It was so similar to texas chainsaw masacre/house of wax with a smaller cast (equals less deaths).
And with a worse ending.
Can someone explain that ending to me? what a let down.
Flying Joey
22 Nov 2005, 08:11
i saw it b4 ppl had a chance to tell me how many times they pooed their pants in it.. so i had no expectations and thought it was a great flic.. however if u read this thread and listen to anyone else who has seen it then u will be disappointed.. either that or ur just a terry toughguy
FrangaRoo
22 Nov 2005, 16:13
Dont see it on a dodgy DVD where all you can see is night time and you are praying for daylight so you can work out what is going on. :D
See it at the movies!
FrangaRoo
22 Nov 2005, 16:15
He certainly went weird after Noni Hazlehurst divorced him didn't he?
.
:D
Minkus_Swan
26 Nov 2005, 22:58
I just got back from seeing it. It's a terrific Australian film and it's disturbed me. Jarratt had it down pat and he's performance was brillant.
What I really enjoyed about the film, was that they actually took the screen time so we could get to know the characters. It wasn't your typical b-grade horror flick that you end up cheering for the killer because the characters are so uninteresting and boring. That look from Jarratt was terrifying....:eek:
jo_lions
28 Nov 2005, 10:36
Saw it last night, couldn't get to sleep afterwards! I thought about walking out but couldn't tear myself away from the screen. Very disturbing, mostly because it rings true with some of the stuff that has happened. But also thought it was very well made and Jarrat did a fantastic job... don't know if I'll ever be able to look at him again though!
And I missed that bit with Ivan Milat spelt backwards... freaky!!!!
Mobbenfuhrer
6 Dec 2005, 10:47
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
Finally got to see it on Sunday. Great set-up : my first time in a cinema without friends/partner, first time seeing a horror at a cinema, had back pain for a couple of days prior and had to get into the back seat of a taxi on the way home from it. If anything was going to scare me, hopefully this was.
I thought it was a great movie but again like others didn't find it as scary as had hoped. Wasn't really that gruesome to me, either, but was still exciting and rivetting.
I think the sign to the property (I'd read this thread before going so knew to look out for it) said something like 'Navithalim' or something similar, it didn't seem to be exact reverse spelling but the point is clear.
Jarratt was very good and all three kids were pretty good too. Reading this thread ruined the 'stare' scene and the 'that's not a knife scene' for me, but pretty well everything else was generally unexpected.
Couple of things that annoyed me : it was billed as being depressing etc so I was incredibly disappointed that one of them actually survived, and also that the roadside slaying was so quick and simple and devoid of further terrorising/torture. I was also let down on the utter disconnection of the guy's predicament from that of the girls'.
Overall, though, I found myself still recommending the movie to others, so I must have liked it. Worth the dough, well not really, no movie is worth the dough they charge at Chadstone, but as close to worth it as one can get.
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
******** SPOILERS ********
benny's buddy
6 Dec 2005, 16:06
I agree with most people here. I read a bit about it before I saw it so I was probably expecting a bit more 'blood and guts' but it's still one of the best Aussie movies made in a while.
Also agreed that's it's more disturbing than scary.
Australian Rules and now Wolf Creek - Nathan Phillips has now been in two of the best Aussie movies of the last five years.
Ferris_rules
19 Oct 2009, 19:02
Saw it again last night and had a few questions.
1) If "based" on a true story it would have been good if the guy that survived witnessed the girls being tortured, because in reality how do we know what really happened to them. Even if he didnt in real life the movie would have a touch more real element to it IMO.
2) I have read on the net why no mobile phones, I think this is obvious a) 1999 cost and not everyone had one back then b)coverage issues
3) A bit unrealistic for the murderer to be sitting in the car waiting for the girl?
4) When they were feeling sleepy surely alarm bells should have been going off? How stupid? but then again this is a horror movie!
5) One thing I just never understand is why when given the chance do they not kill the guy that was torturing them when having the chance? Yes I know its a horror movie!
6) the murderer looks like a Pies supporter!:p
7) the guy that survived lives in Adelaide! :o
danielcan
19 Oct 2009, 19:07
Saw it again last night and had a few questions.
1) If "based" on a true story it would have been good if the guy that survived witnessed the girls being tortured, because in reality how do we know what really happened to them. Even if he didnt in real life the movie would have a touch more real element to it IMO.
2) I have read on the net why no mobile phones, I think this is obvious a) 1999 cost and not everyone had one back then b)coverage issues
3) A bit unrealistic for the murderer to be sitting in the car waiting for the girl?
4) When they were feeling sleepy surely alarm bells should have been going off? How stupid? but then again this is a horror movie!
5) One thing I just never understand is why when given the chance do they not kill the guy that was torturing them when having the chance? Yes I know its a horror movie!
6) the murderer looks like a Pies supporter!:p
7) the guy that survived lives in Adelaide! :o
This old thread might add to your discussion.
I didnt think Wolf Creek was based on a true story... :confused:
But all the same, I really liked this film. Have it on DVD.
5) One thing I just never understand is why when given the chance do they not kill the guy that was torturing them when having the chance? Yes I know its a horror movie!
:o
And yes this point really really pisses me off. You put this murdering/torturing/raping/whatever disgusting prick of a man on the ground.. but you whack him on the back a couple of times with a rifle. Er... wtf... personally i would have gotten a rock and bashed his skull in. But then again I do that the movie is all over after 45 minutes. :D
Ferris_rules
19 Oct 2009, 20:41
thanks much appreciated :thumbsu:
fyi I did look for one, must have missed it ! :eek:
Ferris_rules
19 Oct 2009, 20:48
Couple of things that annoyed me : it was billed as being depressing etc so I was incredibly disappointed that one of them actually survived, and also that the roadside slaying was so quick and simple and devoid of further terrorising/torture. I was also let down on the utter disconnection of the guy's predicament from that of the girls'.
I think the Director missed a golden opportunity here that could have made this a bigger hit.
The total disconnection made me feel that the movie was robbed of a further subplot.
At the start it states its based on a true story (or words to that effect) I am little confused because if the the guy was total disconnected from the girls then how the hell did they know what happened to the girls.
I am assuming in reality he was disconnected from the girls I would have preferred them bending the truth by having the guy witness some of the events that happened to the girl.
Geez must have been a terrifying experience when the penny drops for those travelers that the guy from the outback was a monster.:rolleyes::(
Mobbenfuhrer
19 Oct 2009, 21:43
wow this is friggin AMAZING. Yesterday I got back from seeing Van Diemen's Land, which I thoroughly recommend (though not to everyone's taste). Today while thinking about it, I started making comparisons to Wolf Creek, just the way it was told etc. Suddenly this thread appears in my subscribed threads list! unbloodycanny
I think the Director missed a golden opportunity here that could have made this a bigger hit.
The total disconnection made me feel that the movie was robbed of a further subplot.
At the start it states its based on a true story (or words to that effect) I am little confused because if the the guy was total disconnected from the girls then how the hell did they know what happened to the girls.
I am assuming in reality he was disconnected from the girls I would have preferred them bending the truth by having the guy witness some of the events that happened to the girl.
Geez must have been a terrifying experience when the penny drops for those travelers that the guy from the outback was a monster.:rolleyes::(
IIRC it's based on quite a few different things from Australian serial killer and murder cases, but the actual story is not meant to be true. Which is why it says "based on true events" (or "actual events" in the movie I think?) rather than "a true story"....
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5968/wolfcreekver2.jpg
Can't remember what most of the parts based on reality are, other than the 'head on a stick' being based on Ivan Milat, but there were a lot more than that if I remember right.
Ferris_rules
19 Oct 2009, 22:33
As sad as it would be to see the movie, The Snowtown Murders would be a good movie if it were to come to fruition. :(
Any reason why it hasnt? :confused:
Sorry for the multiple posts, I just really enjoyed watching after so long.
In any case I remember ringing up on talkback radio (at night) about Ivan Milat and was told by the presenter that people listening where just too scared to hear about it any more and that I should change the topic. This was in Adelaide.
I think its just sad we have people in our society capable of committing such horrors, this is one of the few cases where the death penalty needs to be invoked IMO.
Ferris_rules
19 Oct 2009, 22:34
wow this is friggin AMAZING. Yesterday I got back from seeing Van Diemen's Land, which I thoroughly recommend (though not to everyone's taste). Today while thinking about it, I started making comparisons to Wolf Creek, just the way it was told etc. Suddenly this thread appears in my subscribed threads list! unbloodycanny
Your not alone, Im following you........ lol.
I was scared after watching that movie, lol. I had to check all the doors were closed last night, classic. :eek:
Ferris_rules
19 Oct 2009, 22:36
I recommend people google "Wolf Creek based on true story".
A lot of interesting articles.
To me a good movie is usually one where I sit on the net after watching it to read about more about it.
Any talk or chance of a sequel?
Mobbenfuhrer
19 Oct 2009, 23:00
I recommend people google "Wolf Creek based on true story".
A lot of interesting articles.
To me a good movie is usually one where I sit on the net after watching it to read about more about it.
Any talk or chance of a sequel?
yep onto the net to find out more usually means it was worthy seeing :thumbsu: agree wholeheartedly ... apart from some exceptions where it just means it was so haphazard or darkly lit that I couldn't work out what was happening :D (eg: Pandorum)
Crumpler83
19 Oct 2009, 23:20
Lots of horror movies these days tack on the "based on true events" line to promote their movie when they are really just based on a mish mash of different events that can somehow be loosely related back to the plot.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake used this to good effect as well, with a shitload of people believing those events actually took place when it was very loosely based on famous killer Ed Gein who skinned his victims and occasionally liked to don their skin as some sort of fashion accessory.
In the case of Wolf Creek I assume it was just meant to be based on Ivan Milat and his murders. I honestly thought it was quite disappointing tbh. I'm quite into horror movies and I remember when it came out the amount of hype it was receiving, people who generally didn't like horror movies were all praising it, so I was cautious from the start. I waited until it came out on dvd and came away pretty non-plussed. The kills were mediocre, head on a stick excepted, and I honestly didn't find the movie scary at all.
Greg McLean easily topped it with his next movie "Rogue", about a giant croc terrorising a bunch of tourists in the Northern Territory, IMO. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend....although 2 hours of Radha Mitchell is hard work it is a good movie.
Ferris_rules
20 Oct 2009, 13:01
Lots of horror movies these days tack on the "based on true events" line to promote their movie when they are really just based on a mish mash of different events that can somehow be loosely related back to the plot.
The Strangers starring Liv Tyler was not a bad movie based on "true events".
I think there is a sequel coming out next year.
Personally Wolf Creek has to rate as the best ever Oz Horror flick? Surprised no sequel was ever produced, esp given the direction that it could take where it would arguably be more gruesome and "better" than the original.
Has anyone discussed if a "Snowtown Murders" would be made into a movie, disturbing as it would be I would be interested in seeing it! :o
Macca19
20 Oct 2009, 13:18
In the case of Wolf Creek I assume it was just meant to be based on Ivan Milat and his murders. I honestly thought it was quite disappointing tbh.
Ditto. Cant understand all the hype it recieved. I remember all these people saying 'ohm y god its so gory, its hard to watch' but I found it pretty meh to be honest.
Was an ok movie, but wouldnt be in my top 20-25 horror/thriller movies ive seen.
Crumpler83
20 Oct 2009, 15:18
^^^^^
Yeah I remember hearing people talk about how gory it was as well, ludicrous. I reckon it's simply because this movie exposed a whole lot of people who wouldn't normally watch horror movies to that genre so they weren't used to the violence that horror fans watch every other day.
I have a pretty cynical view that if Wolf Creek wasn't an Aussie movie noone would've wanted a bar of it and that's simply where most of its success came from. It's still a decent movie but all too often I hear critics review horror movies in such a negative tone, generally writing the movie off simply because they "didn't think it was neccessary", whereas with WC alot of critics were lining up to praise it regardless of the violence they seem to rail against in other movies of that genre.
Ferris_rules - I was really dissapointed with The Strangers. The premise was really good and I was pumped for it but I dunno, it just seemed like parts of lots of other movies thrown together kinda haphazardly and again, it didn't particularly scare me. The idea of the movie was somewhat frightening but the execution was lacking IMO.
Snowtown would definitely be a good idea for a movie. Did you see the Crime Investigation Australia episode on it? Some of the re-enactments were quite chilling...
Ferris_rules
20 Oct 2009, 15:22
Ditto. Cant understand all the hype it recieved. I remember all these people saying 'ohm y god its so gory, its hard to watch' but I found it pretty meh to be honest.
Was an ok movie, but wouldnt be in my top 20-25 horror/thriller movies ive seen.
Hey Macca but surely no 1 Oz horror/thriller? I cant even think of another one out there?
Ferris_rules
20 Oct 2009, 15:31
^^^^^
Yeah I remember hearing people talk about how gory it was as well, ludicrous. I reckon it's simply because this movie exposed a whole lot of people who wouldn't normally watch horror movies to that genre so they weren't used to the violence that horror fans watch every other day.
I have a pretty cynical view that if Wolf Creek wasn't an Aussie movie noone would've wanted a bar of it and that's simply where most of its success came from. It's still a decent movie but all too often I hear critics review horror movies in such a negative tone, generally writing the movie off simply because they "didn't think it was neccessary", whereas with WC alot of critics were lining up to praise it regardless of the violence they seem to rail against in other movies of that genre.
Ferris_rules - I was really dissapointed with The Strangers. The premise was really good and I was pumped for it but I dunno, it just seemed like parts of lots of other movies thrown together kinda haphazardly and again, it didn't particularly scare me. The idea of the movie was somewhat frightening but the execution was lacking IMO.
Snowtown would definitely be a good idea for a movie. Did you see the Crime Investigation Australia episode on it? Some of the re-enactments were quite chilling...
Crumpler
As Australians we should feel proud of this movie given the budget it worked with and produced here in SA !
It wasnt the best sure, or maybe not even in top 50 horror/thrillers however it was good. I dont like to hear the hype of movies, IMO it ruins the experience.
I stumbled on The Strangers by accident and enjoyed it, simple and chilling. Could have been done better in parts, agreed, similarly Wolf Creek.
I didnt watch the whole Crime Investigation ep only the end and it was good but disturbing. I must say it saddens me :((seriously) that there are real monsters out there. Again if ever there was a need for the death penalty in our judicial system........:o
I think they will make a Snowtown movie, probably simply called SNOWTOWN. If they could make several movies on 9/11 I cant see why they couldnt do one for Snowtown.
From what I have read its really sick and disturbing what took place. The movie could be TOTALLY based on a true story and yet be the most sickest horror movie ever made! It would obviously be rated R 18+.
Macca19
20 Oct 2009, 22:19
Definitely good for an Aussie flick. Still one of the most overrated movies ive seen though. Good, not great. Thought Hostel & Devils Rejects were better from 05, but obviously both would have had higher budgets etc.
Hey Macca but surely no 1 Oz horror/thriller? I cant even think of another one out there?
Houseboat horrors, it'll make you bar up.
andrepetz
21 Oct 2009, 08:57
Hey Macca but surely no 1 Oz horror/thriller? I cant even think of another one out there?
Rogue? I thought that was a pretty good movie.
Ferris_rules
21 Oct 2009, 13:16
Definitely good for an Aussie flick. Still one of the most overrated movies ive seen though. Good, not great. Thought Hostel & Devils Rejects were better from 05, but obviously both would have had higher budgets etc.
I enjoyed Hostel, very good movie!
Horror and European Hotties, how could you go wrong? :thumbsu: :p :D
The sequel wasnt so much so!
Mobbenfuhrer
21 Oct 2009, 18:36
Houseboat horrors, it'll make you bar up.
w8NzZsX-twA