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John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Gordon Poole ... see more see more... , Andy McPhee , Aaron Sterns

A dream vacation turns into a nightmare in this taut thriller from Australia. Ben (Nathan Phillips), Lizzie (Cassandra Magrath), and Kristy (Kestie Morassi) are three friends who, after a night of cel... read more read more...ebratory drinking, hit the road for a trip to Wolf Creek National Park, where they plan to spend a week hiking and surfing. The three friends are happy to be spending time together, especially after Ben makes the happy discovery that Lizzie is as infatuated with him as he is with her. However, after a long day on foot, Ben, Lizzie, and Kristy make the unpleasant discovery that their car's battery is dead, leaving them stuck in the middle of nowhere. Help arrives in the form of Mick (John Jarratt), a burly but good-natured outdoorsman who happens upon them; Mick tells them that he can fix their car, and offers to give them a ride to his place down the road. Grateful but a bit nervous around the gregarious stranger, Ben, Lizzie, and Kristy offer Mick a wealth of thanks for his help, and give him some money for his troubles before they fall asleep around the campfire. The next morning, the travelers find themselves bound, gagged, drugged, and separated from one another, and they realize Mick is not the good Samaritan they imagined. Wolf Creek was the first feature film from writer and director Greg McLean. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Greg McLean

Release Date: December 25, 2005

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DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006

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  • helpahorse
    May 16, 2012
    helpahorse
    This movie was so incredibly slow. It's not even like they were developing the characters more in the first hour they were just camping and talking and chilling and walking around. I literally fell asleep. I woke up and it was the next day. I had to go back and finish it.

    It ... read morewas really slow and pointless the first hour. Yeah it was 1 motherfucking hour of bullshit where nothing interesting happened at all. Then when things started getting interesting, it was just cliche after cliche of predictable bullshit. So yeah the bullshit continued well past the first hour. The characters running around screaming getting tortured. Then the girl doesn't double tap the mad man she just shot, she just runs away and leaves a weapon right beside him. Smart move, very smart move. Then stealing his truck and crashing into the building, nice job, nice job. Then taking one of her friends and leaving the other one behind nailed to a post, that was very sweet of her. It's a seen it before movie. Even if it was loosely based off of a true story, the movie is not believable in the slightest.

    I thought this movie was going to be good when I saw it, but OMG it was pretty bad. The acting wasn't too bad, it's just the illogical impulsive decisions made by the characters and the outrageous action of the film that made it suck. The ending didn't make any sense also. Why was Ben even in the mine? Why wasn't he with the girls? What the fuck was that rottweiler doing there? Where did it even come from? It was so weird.
  • moonrivers
    March 10, 2012
    moonrivers
    A vacation to the beautiful Australian outback goes terribly wrong once it is visited by horror's smiling answer to Crocodile Dundee. What possibly could go wrong out in the desolate wastes, miles from nowhere? Well ... people disappear.
  • aquateen2
    January 24, 2012
    aquateen2
    The plot is absolutely asinine and totally ridiculous but this typical grindhouse movie was quite a thrill ride and unlike most modern horror movies didn't make me laugh. This independently made kidnap horror flick "based" on a true story is an exceptional debut feature for McLea... read moren and a very unpredictable one.
  • garyX
    January 18, 2012
    garyX
    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, a... read morend 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 Hollywood rent-a-bimbos and the violence is all the more gruesome because it is NOT presented in a sensationalist or exploitative way. In fact, Quentin Tarantino himself described it as "the scariest film I've ever seen". The Hitcher for grown ups.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    July 14, 2011
    LoughnerWasLucid
    Crikey, i got a knife through my spinal cord! ugh, Blimee, i got me fingas cut off by your big sharp-like knife! oh, bloody hell, fuck me rusty, mate. i gots me head on a stick.... crikey.
  • bbcfloridabound
    March 7, 2011
    bbcfloridabound
    Does anyone camp out or really travel in Australia anymore, after watching a number of movies from Australia I think my chances of survival are greater in Newark, NJ and this film is no exception to that. A trio of friends are exploring the outback and visiting a crater left by a... read more meteor, during the visit they notice that there watches have all stopped at the same time and also there car will not start. After sitting in the dark for hours help arrives at least they think help has arrive, but what starts is some of the best gore scenes I've seen in a long while, had to take a breath and turn my head more then once. Plenty of on the edge scenes, bloody and breathtaking. 3 1/2 stars
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    June 8, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Wolf Creek is a solid film that truly delivers on the horror. John Jarratt is a terrific villain in this film as he plays the deranged murderer who captures the backpackers. Simply just insane. Wolf Creek is original, and truly terrifying, it's almost like The Blair Witch Project... read more, because it looks almost like a documentary style film. But it's all real. And what makes this film scarier is the fact that it's based on factual events. Australia has turned out a lot of terrific horror films, and Wolf Creek is a prime example of one of them. Greg Mclean is a terrific horror director and he knows how to pace the film with the right amount of tension to build up the terrifying end. A work of raw, unrelenting power, Wolf Creek is an uncompromising film that truly delivers effective scares.
  • 3niR
    May 16, 2010
    3niR
    This wasn't scary. But it's a good movie to watch. I wasn't bored.
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    Filmed on Mini-DV to give it a realistic feel, Wolf Creek is a real edge-of-your-seat horror. Based on a true story, but what really happened?
  • matertenebraum
    September 8, 2009
    matertenebraum
    Wolf Creek has a completely standard basic story for this kind of genre movie - travelers in isolated location encounter sadistic nut. Despite this, it's what writer/director Greg McLean does with the details which makes a difference.

    The outback locations are rendered with a ni... read morece eye and evoke a sense of spooky isolation - anything could happen to you out here and no-one would know, much less be able to help. There is also the much discussed 'dark side of Crocodile Dundee' element - frankly, I can't believe it's taken so long for someone to conjure this one up, and McLean clearly delights in stabbing a knife through the heart of the mythical Aussie archetype. I think he's actually gotten to an uncomfortable, close-to-the-bone truth about the psyche of certain Aussie males, and John Jarret is eerily similar to the kind of individual one would encounter in many a country pub down under.

    The fact that this is an Australian film also makes it a rare bird indeed. For some unfathomable reason, the Oz industry rarely does genre, and when it does, usually doesn't do it well. With this in mind, Wolf Creek is something of a breath of fresh air. Yes, it hews pretty closely to the codes and rules of its genre, but for the most part it does it well, and for my money, what works about the film is strong enough to make some of the weaker plot moments forgivable.

    Will Gibson's HD camera-work is impressive, maintaining a consistent style from start to finish, aided by solid editing, score and sound design. Now maybe people will stop whining about how 'we can't make genre films here' and we might see some imagination and variety creep into Australian cinema.

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Critic Reviews

Owen Gleiberman
January 4, 2006
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

An unusually crisp and boldly shot Texas Chainsaw Massacre knockoff. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 3, 2006
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

What Wolf Creek offers is a competently made horror excursion with an unfortunate reliance upon clichés balanced off by some legitimate shocks. Full Review

Richard Roeper
December 29, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

It's a depressing exercise in just mutilation and torture. Full Review

Lisa Rose
December 27, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

It's not your typical holiday attraction, but it should lift the spirits of horror devotees, if no one else. Full Review

Bruce Westbrook
December 27, 2005
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

Wolf Creek is wicked and witless -- cruel for the sake of cruelty. Full Review

Mike Clark
December 25, 2005
Mike Clark, USA Today

There's no substitute for bad taste. And this one has it double-barreled, both in the timing of its release and as a movie, one said to be loosely based on fact. Full Review

G. Allen Johnson
December 25, 2005
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

This is some horror flick. Full Review

Steven Rea
December 25, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The four actors fit into their respective roles nicely, though in the case of Jarrat's bushman Mick, nice isn't quite the right word.

Roger Moore
December 25, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Killers don't need motivation anymore, just opportunity. And despite game efforts to throw us off the scene, to surprise us into who will live and tell the tale, there aren't any surprises. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
December 25, 2005
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Just because Dimension considered Greg McLean's nasty exploitation flick worthy of their time and money doesn't mean it deserves yours. Full Review

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    • Ben Mitchell: So, what do you do for a living?
    • Mick Taylor: Well, I can tell you, but then... I'll have to kill you.
    • Ben Mitchell: ...
    • Kristie Earl: ...
    • Liz Hunter: ...
    • Mick Taylor: Hee hee hee!
    • Ben Mitchell: Oh, ha ha!
    • Mick Taylor: Let's play.
    • Mick Taylor: Now, this little procedure is called 'making a head on a stick'. Because once your spine's shattered right... Well that's what you are, eh? Head on a stick!
    • Mick Taylor: Hey! Like your little mate said before, you know? That's not a knife. *This* is a knife.
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