Wolf Creek (DVD, 2006, Unrated)

Just when you thought it was safe to go hiking in the bushes again...along comes Mick Taylor. Kristy, Ben and Liz are three pals in their twenties who set out to hike through the scenic Wolf Creek National Park in the Australian Outback. The trouble begins when they get back only to find that their car won't start. The trio think they have a way out when they run into a local bushman named Mick Taylor. Wait until you get a load of what Mick has in store for them. Their troubles have just begun.

In 1999, Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips) and his two British girlfriends Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi) buy an old car to travel through the outback of Australia with little money. Their first stop is to visit a meteor crater in the isolated Wolf Creek National Park. When they go to their car, they find that it does not start and without option, they decide to spend the night in the car. Later, a local friendly man, the hillbilly Mick Taylor (John Jarrat), stops his truck, offers to help the trio, finds that they need to replace the coil and proposes to tow them to his camp, where he could fix the car. When they accept the proposal, their dreamy vacation turns into a scary nightmare.

This movie is great if you are a Fan of Horror Movies I and my Cousin injoyed it a lot And its bassed on true story which you can read about on the enternet...type in..Wolf Creek..
{Mrs. puman}

2 jerks said this review was not helpful because I compared it with Hills have eyes and did not give credit to the orig 'hills have eyes' of 20 years ago. GIVE ME A BREAK! Get a life. OK, with that past us, here's my take on THE FOLLOWING movie

A great horror flick is hard to write, so I have been lenient on them. With that said, OK, joining the family of movies with folks getting lost only to find gruesome fates, England jumps in with 'Wolf Creek'. If your interested I did the research for the following...

Wolf Creek = 2005 England
Wrong Turn = 2003 Canada
Hills Have Eyes = 2006 U.S.
Detour = 2003 Australia.

Four countries have their own versions of this plot. By date (see above) you can tell who copied who first. It seems that Wolf Creek at the end 'hints' at their story being true. It never comes out clear and says it. I think that's an 'AKA' Blair Witch plot tactic. Wolf creek was OK. It was worth the ebay buy and worth pay per view. $11.00 in a movie house plus $10 for popcorn candy and soda... I may have reduced the rating to below average. As the other ratings said , I agree. Scary and the protagonist is a sick S.O.B. If you saw any of the other 3 movies I listed (AKA-The Family) then you will like Wolf Creek. I don't provide spoilers so that's all I'll say. My opinion though, Wrong Turn was the best! Followed by Hills Have Eyes, then Detour, then Wolf Creek. If the price is right, SEE THEM ALL! You'll have fun like I did comparing them! Wolf Creek is 'suppose' to be based on true events. If that's true, I'll give 'extra credit'.
David

ONE OF THE GREAT HORROR FILM HEAVIES OF THE LAST 25 YEARS.AS REAL AS IT GETS.THREE UNSUSPECTING HIKERS TAKE OFF FOR A DRIVE ACROSS AUSTRALIA. WHEN THE TRIO RETURNS FROM A FOUR-HOUR HIKE TO WOLF CREEK NATIONAL PARK, THEY FIND THEIR CAR IS DEAD.HELP COMES IN THE FORM OF A BIG,BACK-SLAPPING BUSHMAN.SINCE HE APPEARS TO BE MORE CROCODILE DUNDEE THAN FREDDY KRUEGER THE TRIO TRUSTS HIM... WHICH PROVES TO BE A GRAVE MISTAKE.BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.

This was actually a good movie. I think some of the criticism it receieves is due partly because most people have become desensitized by all of the movies with bloody gore and sick horror. Taking it for what it is, Wolf Creek is not a horror movie. Its actually a pretty good suspense-filled drama with a few scenes of graphic horror depicting a Australian Serial Killer and three young kids traveling the country. Wolf Creek shot like a reality show. The first half of it being about their journey, but even that always had the added suspense of not knowing what or when the danger was going to happen. Take it for what it is, Wolf Creek was a good movie in its own right and was not a waste of money at all. If you decide to purchase it, I recommend you get it here on ebay than in a retail outlet store. Enjoy!

We are huge fans of Horror Films, so we bought this movie at the same time as we bought Hostel. I must say I was equally disappointed with both of them. Wolf Creek starts off REALLY slow just as Hostel does, but at least it's a storyline about 3 friends who go on a roadtrip and not some bad soft porn show. I enjoyed this one a tiny bit more only for the fact that "IF" you make it to the end of the film it does actually have a "scariness" about it, (in a very small dose though), and not just a Bloody, Gore fest like Hostel is. Neither movie was anything close to what I call a "scarey" movie. They just don't seem to know how to make em' scarey anymore. If you are thinking of adding this to your Horror collection, my advice would be to rent it first, before you spend your $ on it. And if you want to see one that is really scarey... my suggestion is to look for a movie called "High Tension", it is badly dubbed, but the movie itself is way more scarey!