Andy McPhee, Cassandra Magrath, Guy Petersen
It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime in the Australian Outback -- full of fun, sun and adventure. But, what happened to a trio of 20-something backpackers took a wrenching detour into the ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006
Stats: 5,570 reviews
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?
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 more)
"I'm going to do something now they used to do in Vietnam. It's called making a head on a stick. See? Head on a stick!"...( read more)
Grim, nasty and mostly unpleasant. It does some nice things with a tired formula, though it has become apparent that now ALL slasher films must revolve around backpackers. Sure the unfamiliar territory becomes a character in itself which adds to the tension but it also means we g...( read more)
Typical psychopath movie, but it does have its spectacularly gruesome moments
As far as creepy old dudes go, this one is pretty high up on the list.
This Guy Over Here picks this as one of the Best Horror Films of the 2000s
There is a line and this movie crosses it. I don't know where the line is, but it's way north of Wolf Creek. full review
An austere descent into inexplicable, unbridled mayhem. full review
to the comment below
no, it is not a true story
its just BASED on ACTUAL events.
just like it says in the movie.
some people need to learn to read.
ONCE AND FOR ALL THIS MOVIE IS NOT A TRUE STORY! While it is influenced by similar events (the trial for one of its influences was still on during filming so the release date had to be pushed back)this movie in and of its self is fictional.
It's like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, while the killer in that movie is based off a real killer, the events are entirely fictional. This movie is reminiscent of real murders/murderes but is a fictional story ONLY influenced by reality.
and the person who posted the website below, well i looked at that url and it doesnt exsist!
And seriosuly if you were Ben after going thorugh something like that, would you want to live in a less populated place eg. South Australia, or a big city where Mick is a lot less likely to pop up eg. Sydney?
also like someone below said they didnt really tie up some of the storyline, like how the guys truck was at the emu creek station!
my recommendation don;t watch this movie, its boring, not that gopod and not worth your time
if you have any doubts on whether this story is true or false you should go to this website_-_-_
http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/wolf_creek_true_story.html
it was a brilliant movie, i don't care if it was real or not because a)i watched it late at night on my own in my room b)torture scares me much more than a good story line.
great movie i hope they make more like this, i tuned in luckily when the one of the women was tied up in a room and had to save her friend from being shot with crossbows, yeah i agree how do they know the women's point of view but you might say hannibal lecter is scary but that isnt real (i think)
The ending is Absolutely shit because the main bad guy does not die
and it was obvious from the the start that the hillbilly was going to end up trying to kill them otherwise how would it of been a horror film
I really didn't get this film. How do they know what happened to the two girls if they had never been found? fair enough, the guy would have told most of the story...but he wasn't with the girls when they were being tortured and killed, so ? I suppose it was quite thrillery, but i expected it to be SO much better. Every scene which started, never really ended with a proper answer, if that makes sense. It sort of just cut off. Especially the bit where she was looking through the camera's and found theirs, and at the end of it, it stopped on one of his truck's. But where was he supposed to be? was he one of the people in the station? I was really confused. The best bit was probably when she got in the car and u heard his really creepy laugh, and then he stabbed her. That was freaky. And is it just me, or was there very very very little talking in this film? That confused me aswell. I wouldn't recommend it at all. Was very boring.
To the 3rd comment.
Uhm, they guessed on what happened to the girls.
It is based on a true story.
And that guy, is still alive,
so obviously, he told the story.
And people are just making guesses on the girls.
=/
omg! this was one of the best movies i have seen for like... i don't no.. a while! I love this movie! It was so good and i watched it in my friends basement! it was such a thrill!
me and my best mate watched this while lyin in her room. me not looking at some bits and her watching every single thing!! this film is very good and the fact that it is true scares me lol!! just gutted my mate has lost it coz i love it sooooo much!!! A*****
like the person who wrote before me, they are right how did they know what happened to each of those girls, so it can not be based on a true story if they only thing they got right is it happened near wolf creek, It was a good movie. even some parts scared me, like when he cut the girls fingers off and then stabed her so she would not be able to move, that freaked me out, but how do they know that is something that happened. I have seen movies more better then this and things that are actualy facts not just guessing. MAGINE BASED ON A TRUE STORY THEY MIGHT HAVR ONE OR 2 THINGS RIGHT, THANK GOD I NEVER WASTED MY MONEY IT WAS ON TV
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