Killing Ground

Name: Killing Ground
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: July 21, 2017
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Aaron Glenane, Aaron Pedersen, Airlie Dodds, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows

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IFC Films | Release Date: July 21, 2017 | R

Starring: Aaron Glenane, Aaron Pedersen, Airlie Dodds, Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows, Julian Garner, Maya Stange, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Stephen Hunter, Tara Jade Borg, Tiarnie Coupland

Summary: In need of a break from the pressures of their life in the city, Sam (Harriet Dyer) and Ian (Ian Meadows) head to a remote beach for a weekend getaway. When they come across an abandoned campsite, with no trace of its occupants, they’re concerned. When they discover a lone, traumatized child nearby, they’re scared. And when they encounterIn need of a break from the pressures of their life in the city, Sam (Harriet Dyer) and Ian (Ian Meadows) head to a remote beach for a weekend getaway. When they come across an abandoned campsite, with no trace of its occupants, they’re concerned. When they discover a lone, traumatized child nearby, they’re scared. And when they encounter two local sociopaths (Aaron Glenane, Aaron Pederson), they’re in for a hell of a bad time. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Damien Power

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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The Playlist Gary Garrison

Jul 20, 2017

It’s a chilling, assured debut for writer/director Power, packed with promise and a startlingly mundane sort of violence which is all the more shocking for its realism. Read full review

The Guardian Luke Buckmaster

Aug 24, 2017

The elegance of Power’s approach belies the extremities of his blood-splotched, hard-nosed story. Which, as the film escalates conflicts and scampers towards closure, is more than grim – borderline misanthropic, perhaps. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jul 20, 2017

Killing Ground is an effective indie creeper that unnerves the audience with its all-too-realistic violence. Read full review

David Rooney

Jul 20, 2017

The film is a blunt, brutally effective survival tale distinguished by the parallel suspense tracks of its non-chronological structure. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 20, 2017

Lean and relentless, patient and pitiless, “Killing Ground” is the sort of thriller that gives horror movies a good name. Read full review

Jamie Neish

Jul 20, 2017

Killing Ground isn't terrible. Far from it, in fact. It uses the non-linear narrative structure well to toy with the audience and create a sense of mystery around the duel arcs of the characters involved. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jul 21, 2017

The main distinguishing feature of this film is its almost-novel nesting-doll plot structure, and passing thematic interest in its narrative's formulaic nature. Read full review

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Starstruck

Jun 7, 2019

I kinda like horror flicks from Australia...they never seem to disappoint me...

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geewah

Jun 6, 2021

While the violence is realistic, the plot is rather formulatic and you sense we have seen this all before.

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ELAUREYS

Jul 29, 2017

I watched this last night expecting a lot from this movie (because other sites rated this above 80 percent). I was HUGELY disappointed with this. The first hour is all about setup, and you have to pay attention, because it is in chronological order trying to tell the story, but bouncesI watched this last night expecting a lot from this movie (because other sites rated this above 80 percent). I was HUGELY disappointed with this. The first hour is all about setup, and you have to pay attention, because it is in chronological order trying to tell the story, but bounces around. Once you get the story, and the "real action" begins, it is more of a suspense than a horror movie. I read that they compared this (and stated it follows) Wolf Creek--another Australian movie I had seen a few years ago. Another movie that was supposed to be great, but was also disappointing (except for a weird ending). Killing Ground was a huge let-down. I really expected a lot out of this...and the way it came together was bad. Nothing scary or really gory (if you have watched horror movies before). Definitely avoid!… Expand

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morgangray

Dec 27, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My experience with watching this movie was a terrible one, the plot, if you can call it that, was a boring one to say the least. It went from point of view to point of view throughout the film without going into how either are related, this can be done well, but it's done so poorly here that i feel the makers of the film didn't even mean to do anything cinematic with it and instead blatantly forgot to add any connections and leaving it as is. Something finally does happen to the plot at some point, but it's when the antagonists of the film are finally shown to do what they do, which is rape and murder. Films can easily have a hook such as this, but they require a quencher to satisfy the viewers. Of course the quencher of a situation such as this would be that the bad guys lose, so in other words die, and the good guys win. And while the rapists do die, they die in ways that are not anywhere near to comparable to their victims' deaths. and the main protagonist of the film was so weak-willed and spineless that it was so hard to root for him. There were too many moments where he could have had some kind of redemption but chose not to, and each were inhumanly cowardly, until one moment where he had a gun up to his head and shouted "just 'f'ing do it", which was completely out of his character, in no way a redemption, and in my opinion just a really dumb cliche of what a "cool" character would say. Speaking of redemption though, it hinted at one for one of the antagonists of the film, but not a minute later completely forgot about it. You just have to wonder how sober the film makers were while writing. But through all of this, what was probably my least favorite part of the movie was the end. I guess I would have to call it a cliffhanger, but again other movies have done similar ideas so much better that it is difficult to put this in the same category. While I was watching this movie there were many times that I almost walked out, and the only thing keeping me in the room was the sliver of hope that it just might get better, but it never does, it goes from boring story to the rapists winning and ends with an unanswerable question. One thing, on the other hand, that I can't complain about is the acting, while there was nothing great about it, the fact that they got people who could remember their lines for a movie written so poorly is beyond me. There are very few people that i would recommend this movie to, but if you enjoy movies about rape, cowardly protagonists with no redemption, and wondering if a recurring child in the film is dead or not, then I guess this is the one for you, also I wonder what goes on in your head. It is films such as this one that make me wish that ratings could go into the negatives.… Expand

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