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Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

Horror · Thriller · 2005

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Movie details

Wolf Creek

“The thrill is in the hunt.”

2005 Horror · Thriller 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Wolf Creek?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Greg McLean

Written by

Greg McLean

John Jarratt

John Jarratt

Mick Taylor

Cassandra Magrath

Cassandra Magrath

Liz Hunter

Kestie Morassi

Kestie Morassi

Kristy Earl

Nathan Phillips

Nathan Phillips

Ben Mitchell

G

Gordon Poole

Old Man

G

Guy O'Donnell

Car Salesman

P

Phil Stevenson

Mechanic

Court is in session

Put Wolf Creek on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.