Twenty-somethings Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips) and his two British girlfriends Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi) and Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) travel through the outback of Western Australia with little money. They first stop to hike near a meteor crater in isolated Wolf Creek National Park. On returning to their car, a junker purchased soley for the journey, it does not start and with no civilization in sight, they decide to spend the night in the car. Later, local hillbilly Mick Taylor (John Jarrat) stops his truck and offers to help the trio, finding that the jalopy is easily repairable and proposes to tow them to his camp, where he could fix the car. On accepting the man's proposal, the idyllic Australian vacation turns into a horrific nightmare.
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John Jarratt | Mick Taylor |
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Cassandra Magrath | Liz Hunter |
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Kestie Morassi | Kristy Earl |
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Nathan Phillips | Ben Mitchell |
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Gordon Poole | Old Man |
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Guy O'Donnell | Car Salesman |
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Phil Stevenson | Mechanic |
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Geoff Revell | Petrol Attendant |
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Andy McPhee | Bazza |
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Aaron Sterns | Bazza's Mate |
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Michael Moody | Bazza's Old Mate |
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Andrew Reimer | Flashback Dad |
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Vicki Reimer | Flashback Mum |
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Isabella Reimer | Flashback Girl |
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David Rock | Irish Backpacker |
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Jenny Starvall | Swedish Backpacker |
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Guy Petersen | Swedish Backpacker |
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Paul Curran | Pool Party People |
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Christian McMillan | Pool Party People |
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Sean Gannon | Pool Party People |
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Aaron J. March | Pool Party People |
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Eddie White | Pool Party People |
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Geoffrey Yu | Pool Party People |
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Amy Schapel | Pool Party People |
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Teresa Palmer | Pool Party People |
Director | Greg McLean |
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Writer | Greg McLean | |
Producer | George Adams, Martin Fabinyi, Michael Gudinski, Gary Hamilton, Matt Hearn, Simon Hewitt, David Lightfoot, Greg McLean, Dale Roberts | |
Musician | François Tétaz | |
Photography | Will Gibson |
Owner | Jackmeats Flix |
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Location | Horror Disk 1 |
Purchased | for $ 14.95 at YTS |
Quantity | 1 |
Seen | Nov 18, 2020 |
Added Date | Jul 06, 2017 01:33:47 |
Modified Date | Sep 24, 2018 19:35:28 |
Screen Ratios | 1.78:1 |
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Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] |
Subtitles | Spanish |
Distributor | Weinstein Company |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | Apr 11, 2006 |
My quick rating - 6,3/10. Cannot say the extra 5 minutes changed anything for me. Nor could I tell you what was different either. Still a nicely made serial killer flick that is well acted and creepy. The middle of nowhere is filmed to make sure it feels as such. Mick (John Jarratt) does a spectacular job as the creepy killer and the vacationers do just fine as his prey. Maybe a higher body count and take out some spots of plot that seemed out of place. Even without that, you are still sitting on a good flick.