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12/24/05
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Wolf Creek (2005)
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Reviews Counted:105
Fresh:56
Rotten:49
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Though Wolf Creek is effectively horrific, it is still tasteless exploitation.
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $15,948,074
Synopsis: 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 twenty-something backpackers took a wrenching detour... [More]
Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Director: Greg McLean
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12/24/05
At least as unnerving as it is gratuitously sadistic, skin deep, and full of plot holes the size of Ayers Rock.
12/24/05
As horror movies go, this is a pretty good one, at once a tense, visceral and tightly woven tale.
12/24/05
Shoehorning predictable parable and pallid allegory into a hobnail boot full of horror and sadism.
12/24/05
Top CriticYou may need to squirm and recoil a fair bit to get through the film, which involves graphic, sickening violence.
12/24/05
A gorily effective Australian variation of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
12/24/05
Top CriticThe film will probably be too much for the majority of audiences. As for hard-core horror fans, they may become a little restless themselves during the first half of the film.
12/24/05
Mr. McLean uses all sorts of storytelling tricks to keep you guessing while the quartet of unknown actors deliver deeply affecting performances.
12/24/05
Australian writer and director McLean produces what is likely the most riveting horror movie you will see this year.
12/24/05
While the movie is certainly unsettling, and even repulsive in parts, it's not actually frightening; graphic depictions of mindless cruelty are more revolting than scary.
12/23/05
... it's only a movie -- one the Australian Tourism Commission probably doesn't want you to see.
12/23/05
A repulsive and forgettable serial killer movie from Down Under, without a trace of plot, character or theme that would take us beyond the... gore.
12/23/05
To call Wolf Creek's U.S. Christmas opening counter-programming surely understates the strategy.
12/23/05
Unlike so many of its slick counterparts, Wolf Creek is genuinely unnerving and sometimes upsetting.
12/23/05
I found myself genuinely admiring the skill both behind and before the camera, while simultaneously searching for a blowtorch so I could destroy the negative.
12/22/05
The gritty, starkly uncompromising Wolf Creek comes as a breath of fresh air--or, a breath of freshly coughed-up blood.
12/22/05
And that's it: The bad guy with the sideburns tortures them and lets them have it one at a time.
12/22/05
Top CriticThe vogue for retro-horror, particularly the stripped-down shivers of 1970's slasher flicks, continues apace in this nasty little piece of work from Australia.
12/22/05
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.
12/22/05
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