Post by Leewah Brown on Nov 27, 2005 20:45:34 GMT -5
I have never been so scared from a movie EVER in my life. This movie left me shaking and in shock!! My friend Nic and I saw it together yesterday afternoon...
www.wolfcreekthemovie.com
What to say about Wolf Creek? It’s clear that the word-of-mouth surrounding this new Australian outback-horror film will ensure its success at the box office, despite its extremely confronting subject matter. This is a dark and unsettling film indeed, and thoroughly R-rated to boot – some of the scenes of violence are genuinely savage. The setup is simple: three twenty-something backpackers (Kestie Morassi, Cassandra Magrath and Nathan Phillips) buy a second-hand car and drive out into the bush heading for the Wolf Creek of the title – when they arrive days later, lo and behold, their car breaks down. When all hope seems lost, in the middle of the night a ute-driving loner (played by John Jarratt) turns up and offers his help. A couple of drinks around his campfire and the three young friends fall asleep, and then the trouble really starts…
In films of this type, the outback has often been the place where Bad Things happen; many people have compared Wolf Creek to Deliverance in this regard. We have our own history of this too: even Peter Weir’s amazing The Cars that Ate Paris depicted the inhabitants of a sleepy country town as depraved, paranoid, and potentially murderous. Wolf Creek, however, goes for the jugular; once the terror starts it is absolutely unrelenting, and many people have found the film too claustrophobic and its violence too intense. Despite that, it is a particularly well-made and effective piece of cinema, and it’s one that is certainly helping to put Australian filmmakers back on the world map (rights to the film have been sold for fantastic sums overseas). Well done to all concerned, but a caution is certainly warranted for cinemagoers: only see Wolf Creek if you have a very strong constitution.
