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Razorback (1984)

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Release Date: Jun 1, 1984 Wide

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Before he directed the cult classic Highlander (1986), music video creator Russell Mulcahy adapted this stylish, tongue-in-cheek horror film from the novel by Peter Brennan. Gregory Harrison stars as Carl Winters, a grief-stricken American husband who has come to a remote corner of Australia to seek answers in the death of his wife, a TV journalist who was investigating a story on kangaroo poaching. Carl meets Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr), a man obsessed with hunting down what he says is an enormous

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Art House & International, Horror

Directed By: Russell Mulcahy , Arch Nicholson (II)

Written By: Peter Brennan, Everett De Roche

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1984 Wide

On DVD: Aug 31, 1994

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Gregory Harrison
Carl Winters
Arkie Whiteley
Sarah Cameron
Bill Kerr
Jake Cullen
Chris Haywood
Benny Baker
David Argue
Dicko Baker
Judy Morris
Beth Winters
John Howard (II)
Danny
John Ewart
Turner
Don Smith
Wallace
Mervyn Drake
Andy
Redmond Phillips
Magistrate
Alan Beecher
Counsel
Peter Schwartz
Lawyer
Beth Child
Louise Cullen
Peter Boswell
Wagstaff
Brian Adams
Male Newscaster
Jinx Lootens
Female Newscaster
Don Lane
Himself
Chris Hession
TV Cowboy
Chris Heywood

Critic Reviews for Razorback

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Jaws with a wiggly tail! Ferocious and Fun!

October 26, 2008 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

The atmosphere of the Australian Outback makes this a decent oversized-creature-on-the-loose thriller.

October 8, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

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Great movie, bad giant pig.

May 6, 2007

Ken Stachnik

Super Reviewer

Razorback starts off rather grizzly. Killing off a child and thus cementing it's intentions. Razorback isn't gonna take any prisoners. Some years later, a female journalist shows up and through a surprising series of events, her fiancé soon shows up. Razorback is Jaws with a pig, but with a few novel twists. The

August 25, 2009