Wolf Creek [DVD]

Let me ask you a quick question: is there anything more sickly, nastily vulnerable than a guy and his chick, strangers in a strange land, driving through the night-gaunt countryside in a really unreliable car?It's not so bad by day, of course, but my God, don't those windows feel big and black and cold and exposed when the hungry darkness comes rolling off the fields and empty spaces, presses its hungry mouth up close to the lips of your beloved?So what it boils down to is this: British co-eds Liz and Kristy hook up with laconic but friendly Aussie Ben, and head out across the sere and empty Australian outback for a chummy road trip into the guts of the country's vast, unpeopled interior.So they party, they drink a little too much, they laugh, they flirt, they tell jokes and make plans.The object of their pilgrimage, and their curiosity, is Wolf Creek National Park, the site of a massive crater pounded into the otherwise freakishly featureless flat plain, the result of a massive meteor impact hundreds of thousands of years before."Wonder why the meteor hit here, and nowhere else?" muses Liz, idly considering the rainswept crater with its dwarfish forest far below.Why, indeed.Maybe for no reason at all. Maybe. Or maybe, as Ben suggests, "maybe it was drawn to something in the Earth".Maybe so.So when our trio get back to their car and discover that it won't start, and their watches have all stopped, and Wolf Creek is rich in tales of drooling terrors drawn from the Stars to this wild haunt of inky darkness---and you start to wonder if our gang isn't about to have a Close Encounter of the Third Kind.And as those lights in the distance, jouncing roughly just above the ground, draw closer---well, turns out aliens are the least of the kids' worries. They're about to have a Close Encounter, alright: a Close Encounter of the Worst Kind.Greg McLean---with only one other indie short to his credit---has captured, on HD digital video and on a shoestring budget, nothing less than the naked, hungry face of Abject Terror.McLean is particularly impish in the way he conjures up his hellish little landscape of death, cruelty, and carnage: the fiend our heroes encounter (John Jarratt, who owns every inch of his role and chews up the scenery and the tourists with equal aplomb) is the very worst sort of predator, one with zero mercy, ferociously cunning, one that hides its black oozing malice beneath a rube's jowly flesh and easy smile.Oh, and did I mention this guy really likes to hunt?McLean has crafted a very precise, clinically merciless, gorgeous-looking monster of a film: it is depraved, and ruthless, and banal, bleak, and nihilistic. It asks no quarter, and in return offers none.It will instantly polarize: you'll be transfixed or repulsed, or both: McLean knows how to find a nasty, fleshy, spongy wound of horror, and poke it, prod it, and then tear it open. Part of the film's pungent, deadly ability to horrify stems, I think, from McLean's decision to contrast the frail mortality of his protagonists against the hard, seamy, craggy infinity of their ancient surroundings.Part of it, no doubt, is the way he makes us voyeurs: we don't want to watch, but we can't look away.And part of it, I'm certain, is the way in which the voyeur ultimately gets served up as victim. And there are, "Wolf Creek" proves, far, far worse fates than death.Watches stopped? Darkness pressed up against the windshield? Lights in the distance, bouncing peculiarly, against the horizon?I'd hope it's aliens, if I were you.JSG

I really loved the movies and the series both to this movie! It’s based on the true story of a serial killer who was very hard to catch, largely to his brilliant madness, and his harsh, and very isolated home in the Outback, which has a special significance to him , which you will learn about in the movie and series. I can tell you it’s very well made and the acting is great! So, it’s NOT some low budget movie. I’m very picky about the horror and suspense movies I do watch and very rarely will I spend money on them but Wolf creek movies and series were well worth the price! I’ll put it to you like this, I watched them well over a year ago and their still with me! So, I hope this will help you all make your decision about renting these, they don’t cost much and there both so worth it!! They keep you on your toes from beginning to end. It’s a crazy ride but once you start watching, you just can’t stop!

Based on a true story (or so says the internet and the DVD cover, I have no idea and wasn’t about to dive down that rabbit hole), this is a truly brutal slasher for fans of credibly cruel, mean-spirited things happening to good people who did nothing wrong and don’t deserve it. That said… loved it.As we are introduced to our twentysomething protagonists awash with rum shots, bleary-eyed party montages, “who likes who” gossip, and haphazard vacation plans, I’m reminded of The Ruins (2008), Indigenous (2014) and so many other horror films with the same standard “meet the players” opening. Likable and relatable, Liz (Cassandra Magrath; Scare Campaign), Kristy (Kestie Morassi; Darkness Falls) and Ben (Nathan Phillips; Chernobyl Diaries) set out for Wolf Creek deep in the Australian Outback for a camping adventure only to find themselves stranded when their car won’t start.As luck would have it, a rustic local stumbles across them and offers a tow back to his camp, where he’ll fix their car and put them up for the night. Mick Tayler (John Jarratt; Boar, Rogue, Next of Kin) seems friendly, but an awkwardly backwoods kind of rough. But, far from the nearest town… what choice do they have but to accept his kindness?Mick is a surprisingly rich character. He explains the history of the outback’s abandoned towns, dust storms, and his work shooting varmints and water buffalo that encroached on farmlands… and all delivered with an off-puttingly Deliverance-ish (1972) sense of humor. Yet such alarming social cues receive no action from our wayward travelers because, once again, what would these three travelers do otherwise?Never boring us with exposition along the way Wolf Creek takes its time, peppers scenes warning about remote landlocked locals and resource scarcity, and lets us patiently settle into our characters for an hour before any horrors transpire. But once it starts, it’s heavy. Mick is ruthlessly cruel and takes tremendous joy in the torment of his victims as he breaks them down as much psychologically as he does physically. Well beyond his actions, his irrefutable comfort in his own menace inform us that he’s quite seasoned in the pastimes of torturing, raping, flaying and hunting his victims.With a dismembered torso hanging about, Mick’s décor may momentarily remind you of Wrong Turn (2003) or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part II (1986). But he’s far more “human” than those inbred hillbilly cannibals—yet every bit as scary. Mick enjoys talking to his victims as he toys with them, lops of fingers with his big knife, and he gleefully severed one’s spinal cord to render her helpless. In retrospect, the “amount” of violence isn’t nearly as high as so many similar movies. But the violence within is sheer brutal soulnessness. And so it leaves a powerful impression. Mick Taylor is an excellent villain.Written and directed by Greg McLean (Rogue, The Belko Experiment, Wolf Creek 2), this is a film in which the worst possible fate befalls our protagonists and they have done nothing to deserve it. They had no reasonable choice but to accept Mick’s offer to help… and for that, they suffered in this excellent Aussie slasher!

Came early

Película innovadora en el género con un villano que no lo parece pero luego es el mismísimo diablo, borda el papel. Tías buenas y buen argumento.

I personally love this movie and the second but needed this one on Bluray. Glad I ordered. It was a good price & delivered early. It states it is Region B and I have a region free player but I am able to play this in my player when set to Region A.

Titolo Originale: Wolf CreekRegia: Greg McLeanCast: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Andy McPhee, Cassandra McGrath, Aaron Sterns, Guy PetersenPaese-Anno/Nazionalità: USA/Australia, 2004Genere: Slasher-Horror/ThrillerDurata: 100 Minuti CircaDistribuzione Italiana: Mikado Film/Cecchi Gori GroupVisto Censura: VIETATO AI MINORI DI 14 ANNIVoto Complessivo al Film: 5/5WOLF CREEK è Stato presentato Al Festival di Cannes riscuotendo un ottimo successo e Rilanciando il nome di John Jarratt e Nathan Phillips.WOLF CREEK è Una Vera e Propria rivoluzione dello Slasher, Un Ambizioso Film di genere che solo Greg McLean poteva portare alla luce.Un Opera Cinematografica Graffiante e Validissima, Che ha anche L'Onore di presentare uno dei miglior Villain mai realizzati:Mick Taylor, Il Leggendario cacciatore di teste. O Meglio, di Turisti. Interpretazione magistrale di John Jarratt. Un Vero e Proprio colosso.Direi quindi che WOLF CREEK Si piazza senza dubbio nel podio ufficiale dei Migliori Horror/Thriller degli ultimi anni.Formato Video/BD (Blu-Ray Disc) - (5/5):24fps/FULL-HD 1080p - 16/9 - 1.77:1@ HD 1080 - 23,98pNessuna lamentela al riguardo. Master HD Strepitoso, Quello della Dolmen Home Video.Masterizzazione Stupenda e Dettagliatissima. PROMOSSO.Lingue/Audio-Sottotitoli (5/5):Il Film contiene 2 Tracce Audio In Italiano (DTS-HD MA 5.1 / Dolby Digital 5.1)Ho Quindi preferito usare la traccia DTS-HD MA 5.1 Su Impianto Audio molto Dotato e Qualificato.Anche qua nessuna lamentela. Audio fisicamente perfetto: Niente Pop, Crepe e Distorsioni.Ogni Percezione Ambientale è ricca di sfumature: Dai Dialoghi sussurrati, Ai Colpi di fucile sparati.Contenuti Extra (5/5):- Riprese Sul Set (Make-Up, VFX/SFX, Etc.)- Interviste Al Cast Tecnico- Spot/Trailers HDDavvero un Bell'Assortimento niente male di contenuti. Ci si può assolutamente accontentare, Dai.Voto Complessivo All'Edizione (5/5):Una Bellissima Edizione BD/Blu-Ray Disc per un Film davvero notevole. Consigliato L'Acquisto.

Inspiré d'une histoire vraie, ce survival australien est d'une efficacité redoutable. Le réalisateur prend son temps et nous laisse près de trois quart d'heure en compagnie des trois futures victimes sans que rien ne vienne ternir leur petite échappée. Passé la moitié du métrage, le trio bascule dans l'horreur, prisonnier d'un tortionnaire particulièrement vicelard. C'est donc dans le survival pur que le métrage se situe et non dans le slasher (On nous épargne donc la série de meurtres dont sont habituellement victimes une bande de jeune plus ou moins décérébrés). Le film gagne énormément en réalisme d'autant que la réalisation ne sombre jamais dans le gore outrancier. On y croit vraiment ! Un film dur qui peut s'avérer sanglant mais sans aucun effet superflu ni surenchère gratuite. De nombreuses scènes sont tournées caméra à l'épaule (proprement et sans saccade) pour une immersion totale. Une tension proche de la suffocation dans une dernière partie implacable lorsque le tueur se met à tirer à la lunette sur sa victime désemparée. Un excellent survival, réaliste et sauvage.