Movie Information
Overall Rank: 19423
Average Rating: 2.1/4
# of Ratings: 53
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/2005
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Greg Mclean
Actors: John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips, Gordon Poole
Plot: A trio of backpackers visit Australia's Wolf Creek National Park in the outback, but have car trouble and are helped by local bushman Mick Taylor. Little do they know their real trouble is yet to come. -- Chris Kavan
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
1/4
Unknown - wrote on 07/09/2008
This was sold as another 'Hostel' type, but it's not even close. There wasn't anything entertaining outside of the villain's personality and I was just plain bored with the immensely slow pace and drawn out torture scenes.
Rating of
2.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/18/2007
If you splice together The Blair Witch Project, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostel and Crocodile Dundee you'll get Wolf Creek. The villain is creepy, the story is OK though not so original. Decent horror fare for late night viewing.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
"Wolf Creek" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/18/2012
Three young tourists travelling in the vast expanses of the outback accept a lift from a seemingly friendly frontiersman but he soon reveals himself to be a sadistic predator. Horror films for the most part are like theme park rides; they provide a few cheap thrills and shocks, and when they are over, it's back to normality. There are no monsters, zombies or vampires in real life. The most disturbing thing about Wolf Creek is that there ARE people like Mick Taylor in the world; men who see other human beings as animals to be preyed upon and who can cheerfully torture and kill them without conscience. I was gripped by this film as soon as he appeared on the screen, the biggest kick in the gut is the sheer believability of it all; the victims seem like genuine people rather than the usual …
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