| |
|
|
|
Wolf Creek (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
|
List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $9.99
Your Save: $ 4.96 ( 33% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Starring: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt, Gordon Poole
Directed By: Greg Mclean
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019789080
Format: Color
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-04-11
Running Time: 99
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-12-25
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
Welcome to Wolf Creek, where the suspense of The Blair Witch Project meets the horror of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Inspired by Australia’s "Backpacker Killer" who murdered seven backpackers in the ‘90s, Wolf Creek won wide acclaim from critics, filmmakers and audience members alike at the Sundance Film Festival. Three unsuspecting hikers take off for a drive across Australia. When the trio returns from a four-hour hike to Wolf Creek National Park, they find their car is dead. Help comes in the form of big, back-slapping bushman Mick (John Jarratt). Since Mick appears to be more Crocodile Dundee than Freddy Krueger, the trio trusts him…which proves to be a grave mistake. Quentin Tarantino said, "Jarratt delivers a performance that’s destined to go down as one of the greatest film heavies of the last 25 years. "Not since the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre has terror felt so real." Ken Fox, TV Guide
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this new genre
Comment: I love this new genre, gross and gory and frightening. It runs close to the Hostel movies with new horrific posibilites. The great thing about these movies is that they make you feel less safe and maybe think twice when you decide to travel to a new country. Like Jaws made me feel less safe about the ocean, and I used to love the ocean.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Australia Chainsaw Massacre
Comment: When traveling through Australia, two British chicks (sheilas), Liz and Christy, meet a moronic Aussie bloke named Ben. The three decide to take a trip to Wolf(e) Creek National Park, a remote meteorite crater in the Australian wilderness. Prior to their long trip Ben decides to get their wheels: a beat up, red wagon monstrosity costing $1500 quid. Brilliant - buy a used rust-bucket for a trek into the barren, remote outback. Ben eats soup with a fork. After their arrival at Wolf(e) Creek, with the subsequent hike being over, their P.O.S. car doesn't start. Of course it doesn't. Luckily, they meet a friendly bushman named Mick (John Jarrat).
Mick seems friendly enough, in a pedophiliac, overweight, clichéd Crocodile Dundee sort of way, sporting a harsh Australian accent, a filthy akubra, and gloriously huge mutton chops. He attempts to fix their beater, and then eventually tows it to his secluded camp: an abandoned mine site. With complete trust the three travelers, completely unaware of their surroundings, without a reliable mode of transportation, and having only known their friendly mechanic for a few hours, decide to relax and go to sleep. No worries.
It turns out they were drugged, and Mick's time in the wilderness has made him go troppo and lonely; the roos only provide so much love. Liz wakes up bound and gagged in a closet, her friends nowhere in site but experiencing presumably similar predicaments. Let the Aussie version of hillbilly torture porn begin!
For the most part it's a typical horror movie throughout, a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. There were a few moments when the victims did something smart, making me think, "Good onya!" Unfortunately for them, however, they revert to retarded, and the carnage begins anew. (The ridiculously bad decisions are the main negative aspect of the movie)
The filming and scenery are very beautiful at times, reminding everyone what a beautiful country Australia is, with stunning wide-angle looks at the Wolfe Creek Crater, and spectacular, multi-colored sunsets. Conversely, there are scenes with almost indie tones to them, with possible retro-horror tribute to 70s horror flicks' close-ups. The acting is pretty much average for the tearful trio, with a few good screams. Mick, however, is abso-bloodly-lutely brilliant. One moment he's sadistically cheery, and the next eerily creepy. He's a gleeful madman, laughing and taunting his prey like a child charring an ant with a magnifying glass.
With a tense buildup and an evil haze throughout, it's better than most of the garbage Hollywood steals from Japan and passes off as horror nowadays. It's definitely worthy a horror fan's viewing, and probably a good bet for casual fans.
(This review brought to you with random Aussie slang.)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Top quality horror
Comment: Although you could argue that this falls into the recent spate of torture-porn films, in fact its vastly superior to all of these. Yes it follows the old pattern of young good-looking people getting into trouble, but it does it with a verve and style that is missing form say Hostel and Capture.
The main reason it works is because some time is spent developing the characters in the first half of the film. So when things start to go bad for the innocent trio you do have some sympathy with the nightmare that they find themselves in.
Another important point is that this is not a Hollywood movie and as a result it does not do what Hollywood movies do. In the last 1/3 of the film there quite a few unpleasant surprises which you wouldn't get in a Hollywood film.
It is supposed to be based on a true story, although there may have been some artistic licence. Nevertheless even if its only 50% true the events portrayed are truly nightmarish. If you are a fan of horror films you'll like this a lot, otherwise I'd advise caution!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dull and not particularly frightening
Comment: The buildup is very slow in Wolf Creek, allowing the viewers to get to know the three central characters before things go bad for them. But even with almost an hour of buildup and establishment, I still felt no connection to the characters. The characters themselves were just not that interesting to begin with so when the action picks up, I couldn't find any pity or horror towards them.
As for the horror part of this film, well, lets just say it is nonexistant. Perhaps for those who frighten easily, you may find this disturbing and creepy, but in reality, it wasn't all that scary or chilling. Supposedly based on a true story, it just doesn't work onscreen, especially since there were pretty much no witnesses from the original crime, so most of it feels made up, hence, making it less than frightening.
The violence and gore are mediocre, not even remotely comparable to similar torture films, like any of the Saw films, or even Hostel, which is also slow to pick up. Again, for those squeemish people, it may be disturbing, but I felt none of that. The characters themselves suffer from the familiar cliché; doing stupid stuff in a horror movie. Some of it is eye roll inducing. There is one gag that is actually pretty sick, called 'head on a stick', which works really well in the scene, but the event leading right up to that is pretty ridiculous and disbelieving.
The acting is pretty decent by everyone and the film has a sort of Indie look to it, but that is all it has going for it. There really is no actual plot besides the one that picks up about 3/4 of the way in. Just way too slow and lacking in actual scares and tention. There are PLENTY of slasher fics out there that are creepier than this one. Skip it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: JUST A HEAD ON A STICK.....
Comment: I LOVED THIS MOVIE AND IM A HARD ONE TO PLEASE WHEN IT COMES TO HORROR....
A+++++++
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
