Wolf Creek

I consider Wolf Creek to be a good movie because it makes you remember the story and characters after you've watched it I watched this first around the time it was released, and then watched it again during the pandemic lockdowns (2020). The Mick Taylor character (played brilliantly by John Jarratt) is very believable as your typical outback bloke who happens to be a serial killer. There's no over the top back story.

Unfortunately, IMHO, it's these same characteristics that make it a not so awesome movie in this genre. With every rewatch, the "shock factor" gets diluted. Because the damn movie is so good, and you remember what happens next from the last time you watched it. I believe this movie is based on actual events. So, there's only so much the writers can do to in that context.

7/10
Would have been a 6
But
"Mick Taylor" is an absolute treat and a Legend.
Yes we have 50 minutes
Of bull-crap and just watching these three uninteresting backpackers
Lark around to the point I was slightly starting to lose interest, but then
Boom second act kicks in
With Mick and he immediately raises the hole movie instantly with his presence.
The guy is an acting legend and they totally need to utilise him completely in future
movie sequels,
Wow how one man
Can change the complexity of a movie just by
showing up.
I was having fun and enjoying everything from the moment I saw his unmistakable silhouette.

What a Horror icon
He is, he's brutal and nasty
And Hilarious, the things he comes
Out with while he goes to work.
He is awesome and he
is completely
Terrifying.

I love based
On actual events
Stuff so this was
Definitely a win for me
And a Thumbs up.

Right my favourite number 2

Tense, creepy and brutal horror flick. It's a throwback to slasher cinema that tries to rise above and do something different, but ultimately ends up following a well worn formula. Still, it's really well made, with a great boogeyman.

Beautiful scenery and a good cast but ultimately disappointing.

A slow start allows you as the viewer to get to know the three backpackers and therefore feel more invested in their well-being. However, when the antagonist of Mick Taylor shows up it kind of starts to fall apart. John Jarratt does a decent job of conveying an unhinged dimension to his character and the film keeps up the tension with his relentless pursuit of the backpackers, but when all is said and done he's a pretty paper-thin villain who's given no reason for doing any of this. Also, the plot contrivances to facilitate his dominance over the backpackers gave him an almost supernatural quality, which slightly undermined things, in my opinion.

A decent and occasionally grisly watch, I've certainly watched many a worse horror film than Wolf Creek but it felt like it could have achieved quite a lot with just a little story enhancement and refinement.

Big disappointment. Were it not for the F-bombs scattered throughout the movie, this could have - and should have - had a PG-13 rating. While the enticement of gruesome violence was there, the follow-through simply wasn't. This was a very "mild" movie by today's standards. Also, since most of the events occurred late at night, much of the filming was done in very low/poor lighting, making it difficult to follow. I _did_ enjoy the conclusion, but overall, the movie left me disappointed. Of course, with it being "based on actual events", they were understandably limited in how the movie would wrap up so you have to take that into consideration. As a story "based on actual events", it was a decent story. As a film, however, it was just a big letdown.

**09/27/2024** Just finished watching it again as a lead-in to _Wolf Creek 2_ (which I heard was much more gruesome and horrific) and I can't really change my earlier thoughts. If you keep in mind that this was "based on actual events" it _does_ make it a bit more interesting - and saddening - but IMO it just didn't translate to the big screen all that well. Not sorry I watched it a second time but I probably won't ever watch it again; there just wasn't anything there.

There is no story. It's a fly by the seat of your pants adventure.

I was extremely bored through the entire viewing.

There... wasn't really much of a plot. Based off the information given at the end, this seemed mostly made up. Ben got away, but we only really see what happens to him in the last ten minutes of the film and he had no way or seeing or knowing what happened to liz or kristy. i dunno, i expected better.

I'd forgotten how beautifully shot this film is