As the sequel hits cinemas, Luke Buckmaster remembers the first time we met Mick Taylor – the spirit of the outback gone very bad indeed
In the pre-title sequence to writer/director Greg McLean’s 2005 cult hit Wolf Creek, twentysomething partygoers busy themselves with the beach, beer and bikinis; swimming pools and shots. Bags are packed, hangovers nursed, a car is loaded and three principal characters – Sydneysider Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips) and British backpackers Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi) – begin their trek to the film’s eponymous location.
McLean follows the Hollywood horror playbook, focusing on a small group of good looking city slickers who take to the sticks and are targeted by a sadistic loner who makes them pay, big time, for the liver-busting tomfoolery they enjoyed in the prologue. A large part of the film’s success (it earned more than $30m internationally) is in...
In the pre-title sequence to writer/director Greg McLean’s 2005 cult hit Wolf Creek, twentysomething partygoers busy themselves with the beach, beer and bikinis; swimming pools and shots. Bags are packed, hangovers nursed, a car is loaded and three principal characters – Sydneysider Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips) and British backpackers Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi) – begin their trek to the film’s eponymous location.
McLean follows the Hollywood horror playbook, focusing on a small group of good looking city slickers who take to the sticks and are targeted by a sadistic loner who makes them pay, big time, for the liver-busting tomfoolery they enjoyed in the prologue. A large part of the film’s success (it earned more than $30m internationally) is in...
- 2/18/2014
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
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