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Wolf Creek

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 26 critic reviews
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Based on 68 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Crime | Foreign | Horror | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Greg McLean
Directed by: Greg McLean
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 25, 2005
DVD: April 11, 2006
Running Time: 99 minutes, Color
Origin: Australia
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Andy McPhee, Kestie Morassi, Guy Petersen, Nathan Phillips, Gordon Poole, Jenny Starwall, and Aaron Sterns
It was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime in the Australian Outback -- full of fun, sun and adventure. But what happened to a trio of twenty-something backpackers took a wrenching detour into the depths of unrelenting terror. Based on true events, Wolf Creek is the haunting story of their unthinkable ordeal -- a mounting white-knuckle nightmare so real it was destined to become horror legend. (Dimension Films)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Film Threat Daniel Bernardi
Every single performance is the result of a cast that has gone to the far reaches of acting ability and even exceeded them.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Easily one of the most brutally realistic horror movies since the original "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974).
Read Full Review >LA Weekly John Patterson
Full of clever reversals, brief triumphs and bitter setbacks, Wolf Creek is consummately well-crafted, unapologetically vicious and leavened with moments of humor that merely intensify the horror.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
Essentially a worst-case-scenario white-knuckler executed with terrifically focused skill and realism.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Holiday counterprogramming at its finest. This gut-churning horror indie is based on true stories of tourists disappearing in the vast Australian outback... This scared the hell out of me.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
What makes Wolf Creek so effective is not its originality (which, let's face it, is practically non-existent), or even its amount of gore (the violence is implied more often than it's shown), but the ways in which McLean tweaks the usual formulas, so what you think is going to happen next almost never does.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Director McLean doesn't let up on the suspense, which builds to an electrifying climax that is greatly abetted by Will Gibson's gritty cinematography and Francois Tetaz' nerves-inducing score.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
While Wolf Creek has clunky moments, when you want to slap the idiot prey until they wake up, the movie embraces a minimalism that feels refreshingly old-school in a field of slasher films drunk on self-referential wisecracks and narrative tricks. And Jarrat's jolly-creepy performance might place Mick in the pantheon of great movie killers.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson
What's Christmas Day without a good serial killer movie?
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Wolf Creek is the kind of well-executed sleazefest that makes audiences feel not just creeped-out but downright dirty, as if it would take a three-hour-long shower just to wash all the grit and grease away.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
Writer-director Greg McLean, who has many shorts and commercials under his belt, makes a significant feature debut here, with unapologetic horror that doesn't compromise.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Wolf Creek, an unusually crisp and boldly shot "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" knockoff, looks as ancient and patterned as a druidic ritual.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Janice Page
Wolf Creek is ultimately all about the torture and the trauma. Happy holidays.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
While it's not exactly the kind of movie many will feel like catching during a holiday break, fans of the horror genre will appreciate the fresh take on a killer's hunt for fresh meat.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter James Greenberg
An auspicious debut from first time Aussie writer/director Greg Mclean, film combines the style of cheesy horror films and the flair of classic thrillers.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
John Jarratt is perfectly creepy as the outback loner gone psychotic survivalist who gets his kicks from the systematic degradation and torture of hapless victims. And make no mistake, the ordeal is excruciating.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
The vogue for retro-horror, particularly the stripped-down shivers of 1970's slasher flicks, continues apace in this nasty little piece of work from Australia.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Wolf Creek (much like the new Saw horror franchise) exists for no reason other than to inflict an acute sense of inescapable and inscrutable torture upon the story's victims – and, by extension, the audience. If that's what you're into, Wolf Creek should be a satisfying assault.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
The ambitions are so paltry that our response should be too: Wolf Creek is unimaginative, light on the grue and heavy on the faux-serious desperation.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
An initially promising horror film that turns exploitive, Wolf Creek fails to deliver the requisite payoff considering its leisurely pace.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
There's no substitute for bad taste. And this one has it double-barreled, both in the timing of its release and as a movie, one said to be loosely based on fact.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
A nasty bit of counter-programming, Wolf Creek is for people sickened by the sentimental excesses of the day and the holiday season and want to hide from them in mayhem, slaughter, torture and degradation.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
This is a movie for genre fans only; there's not an aspect to it that should appeal to the rest of the world. It's neither original nor inventive, and while its young cast works hard, there's not even a standout performance worth recommending.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Just because Dimension considered Greg McLean's nasty exploitation flick worthy of their time and money doesn't mean it deserves yours.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
There is a line and this movie crosses it. I don't know where the line is, but it's way north of Wolf Creek. There is a role for violence in film, but what the hell is the purpose of this sadistic celebration of pain and cruelty?
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.3 (out of 10) based on 68 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ricky M. gave it a10:
Wolf Creek is a visceral as it is terrifying an instant horror classic and modern day cautionary tale for tourists.
D B gave it a6:
Not nearly as scary or gory as some of these reviews might indicate. It's a well crafted, well-shot, well-acted film, but the horror bit kicks in a little late (making the film feel really top-heavy) and the hunting referenced in the film's tag line seems almost matter of fact in its explicitness, rather than horrifying. Like a Michael Haneke film without the playful high concept. What does that mean? Sure, the film comes off real, and that's admirable, but admirable doesn't take the place of juicy thrills and gratuitous violence. Frankly, the Saw movies are more effective genre pictures.
Grant Z gave it a10:
Ignore the reviews that don't give this 8 and above. These people are idiots. They complain that the movie is sick and depraved. It's meant to be, did you walk into the cinema expecting bloody THE HAPPIEST LITTLE ELF. The film is epic, and real creepy, and because of it, it's inspired me and my friends to go their after our GCSE's to film a documentary on it. It really is that good.
Keenan S. gave it a10:
This is one of the best horror films I've ever seen, and one of the twenty best films I've ever seen. For a budget film, it was very effective, frightening, and it felt real. This film is actually terrifying and rather unpredictable at times. This film does start off slow, but once it picks up the pace, it's quite an amazing film. It's brilliant in every way and is destined to be one of the best horror films of the decade.
IR P gave it a10:
There is a feeling of great solitude and tense . It's not plainly torture, there is more realism, more sense-- something you may relate to than any horror-suspense movie out there. The movie has great picture, good acting and good direction. Certainly one of the better of it's kind if not the best.
Hardeep s gave it a10:
It is one of the best gut wrenching, nail biting to the bone, atmospheric and claustrophobic rollercoaster of a ride horror movie i have seen in years. A must-see treat. I'm not easily scared but this movie scared the hell out of me!!
Barry M gave it an8:
Brutal and sadistic, Wolf Creek makes you feel the pain. Obviously not for everyone it well offend the squeamish but its well written acted and directed.
