Review of Wolf Creek (2005) by Tyson — 06 Apr 2006
This movie was not enjoyable and & left me with some pretty twisted images to shake off after leaving the cinema. However that is precisely the movie's strength. It is baffling to me why when at last a movie is released that is *actually* scary, critics cry murder.
The main criticisms of "Wolf Creek" are it's lack of pace, a sense of misogyny, it's explicitness blah blah blah. However these criticisms are born of matching it with the tired American horror precedents and Hollywood formula in general.
Most mainstream audiences are obviously not used to generous character development and are spoonfed movies with constantly oscilating peaks and troughs. The criticism that 2 of the 3 protagonists were women is ridiculous: one out of three, two out of three - it's not worth discussing.
Criticism here ignores the fact that the movie is based on a real killer Ivan Milat who murdered 7 people, 5 of which were women. If this were an American horror flick, all 7 would have featured and a whole heap of other appealing youths who managed to get away.
"Wolf Creek" is brutal and caution should be applied. This being said if you want to be truely scared by a movie that is fresh and un-cliched - jump right in.
This review of Wolf Creek (2005) was written by Tyson on 06 Apr 2006.
Wolf Creek has generally received mixed reviews.
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