Starring: John Jarratt & Cassandra Magrath
Based on a "true story," "Wolf Creek" is about three kids who decide to go hiking at Wolf Creek National Park. When they arrive, there isn't a single person to be seen in what looks like in miles. Some national park huh? So they go hiking and just have a grand of a time, but when they return (que scary music please), their car doesn't work. I don't know where the hell they would have walked to, but they decide it will just be better to sleep over night in the car. In the middle of the night, after some poor Darth Vader impersonations, lights begin to approach their car and immediately they assume it is a U.F.O. Right, because that is the most sensible thing to think when stranded in the middle nowhere. But instead, it turns out to be "uncle" Mick, a professional poacher. After a quick look at their car, 'ol Mick claims he has just the parts to fix their vehicle and he would be more than glad to tow them to his place of residence and fix their car, free of charge. After driving for a few hours, they finally reach their destination, share a camp fire, and fall asleep. When they wake up, one of the girls is tied up, another is beaten, tied to a pole and being threatened with a gun by "uncle" Mick, and the third dude is no where to be find.
The girl who is tied up is eventually able to break free and is given the opportunity to find her other two friends and kill or escape from I-have-to-much-knowledge-of-my-surrounding-area Mick.
My 10 initial thoughts after viewing "Wolf Creek" were:
1. It needs more gore.
2. Shot in Australia, the scenery in "Wolf Creek" is beautiful and easy to appreciate.
3. The dialogue spoken among the three kids is believable.
4. More gore should have been used.
5. Due to the phrase "Based on True Events" plastered on the top of the DVD cover, dumb kids that thought Leatherface is real will think this really happened.
6. It needs way more gore.
7. Are all the nice, foreign people that want to help other people, really out to kill them?
8. If this DVD is unrated, where is all the gore?
9. What?! A horror film without excessive nudity?
10. All horror films need a lot of gore.
After my initial viewing, back in 2005, I hated "Wolf Creek." But recently, I read on the Internet positive reviews about "Wolf Creek" from both Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, and since I am just a mindless robot that does what the industry tells me to do, I picked up "Wolf Creek" and watched it again. And you know what? I wasn't disappointed.
Watchable
For Fans of New Wave Horror
6 out of 10
Trailer for "Wolf Creek:"
I found the trailer pretty darn scary, though as you point out qore quantity is minimal.
ReplyDelete"How can they find you when nobody knows that you're missing? Unless you are deranged and don't ever want to be found, you register with the park to get a permit showing where you are going, when you are leaving and returning etc.
Park villians usually keep a low profile by not registering unless they are deranged themselves and want to be caught.
I wonder if Uncle Eddie is mental, on drugs, a killer. or a bored guy waiting for excitement?
I also wonder if anyone survives?
What did Roger Ebert give this movie? Do you even like Ebert's work? I heard that before he became a film critic Ebert used to stalk flim goers in National Forests and once had to fight Smokey the Bear.
Good job
"flim" should have been "film"
ReplyDeleteegg on my face; the yolk is on me
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