Wolf Creek sees three hikers in their twenties set out to explore Wolf Creek National Park on a hiking expedition. They visit the site of an infamous supposed crashed UFO, however when they return to their car it won’t start. They are rescued by local ˜bushman’ Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) who takes them back to his shack in the middle of the outback to call for help.
What Wolf Creek is able to achieve on a modest budget with an almost unknown cast is relentless levels of tension and terror. It’s an incredible achievement from director Greg McLean who never lets up as the plot goes rocketing toward its shocking and disturbing final third. He cleverly plays with the audiences expectations and then starts throwing out twists quicker than M. Night Shyamalan.
Jarrett, whose Taylor is as convincing and believable as any character in a horror film cleverly plays up to his ˜cheerful journeyman Australian’ image from the start of Wolf Creek and as the plot develops his true intentions slowly bleed through, making him one of the most terrifying villains in many years. There’s even a wonderful reference to Crocodile Dundee and his famous this is a knife’ quote.
At no point in the films modest running length are you bored or distracted, with the actors doing a fine job in creating a level of realism that makes the horror even more engrossing. There is no pretense of style or even worse stylishness in Wolf Creek, which is one of the flaws of the Saw franchise that started the year previous.
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