Wolf Creek (2005)
Coming Out at 16 September 2005 in theaters.
Horror, Thriller
Wolf Creek is horror thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Greg McLean and starring John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, and Kestie Morassi. Its plot concerns three backpackers who find themselves taken captive and subsequently hunted by Mick Taylor, a deranged psychopathic xenophobic killer, in the Australian outback. The film was ambiguously marketed as being “based on true events”, while its plot bore elements reminiscent of the real-life murders of backpackers by Ivan Milat in the 1990s and Bradley Murdoch in 2001, both of which McLean used as inspiration for the screenplay.
Produced on a $1.1 million budget, filming of Wolf Creek took place in South Australia; the film was shot almost exclusively on high-definition video. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005. It was given a theatrical release in Ireland and the United Kingdom in September 2005, followed by a general Australian release in November, apart from the Northern Territory, out of respect for the pending trial surrounding the murder of Peter Falconio.
In Broome, Western Australia, 1999, two British tourists, Liz Hunter and Kristy Earl, are backpacking across the country with Ben Mitchell, an Australian friend from Sydney. Ben buys a dilapidated Ford XD Falcon for their road journey from Broome to Cairns, Queensland via the Great Northern Highway.
After stopping at Halls Creek for the night, the trio makes another stop at Wolf Creek National Park. Hours later, the group discovers that their watches have stopped and the car will not start. After dark, a rural man named Mick Taylor comes across them and offers to tow them to his camp to repair the car. The group goes with him to an abandoned mining site several hours south of Wolf Creek. Mick regales them with tall stories of his past while making a show of fixing their car. He then gives the tourists water which causes them to fall unconscious.
Director: Greg McLean
Writer: Greg McLean
Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Cast:
| John Jarratt | … | Mick Taylor |
| Cassandra Magrath | … | Liz Hunter |
| Kestie Morassi | … | Kristy Earl |
| Nathan Phillips | … | Ben Mitchell |
| Gordon Poole | … | Old Man |
| Guy O’Donnell | … | Car Salesman |
| Phil Stevenson | … | Mechanic |
| Geoff Revell | … | Petrol Attendant |
| Andy McPhee | … | Bazza |
| Aaron Sterns | … | Bazza’s Mate |
| Michael Moody | … | Bazza’s Old Mate |
| Andrew Reimer | … | Flashback Dad |
| Vicki Reimer | … | Flashback Mum |
| Isabella Reimer | … | Flashback Girl |
| David Rock | … | Irish Backpacker |
| Jenny Starvall | … | Swedish Backpacker |
| Guy Petersen | … | Swedish Backpacker |
| Paul Curran | … | Pool Party People |
| Christian McMillan | … | Pool Party People |
| Sean Gannon | … | Pool Party People |
| Aaron J. March | … | Pool Party People |
| Eddie White | … | Pool Party People |
| Geoffrey Yu | … | Pool Party People |
| Amy Schapel | … | Pool Party People |
| Teresa Palmer | … | Pool Party People |
| Bow Vayne | … | Pool Party People |
| Renee Chomel | … | Pool Party People |
| Noni Dunstone | … | Pool Party People |
| John Henry Duncan | … | Pool Party People |
| Chloe Gardner | … | Pool Party People |
| Greg Sara | … | Pool Party People |
| Renee Luna | … | Pool Party People |
| Michael Soang | … | Pool Party People |
| Niesha de Jong | … | Pool Party People |
| Leesa Millhouse | … | Pool Party People |
| Alex De Rosa | … | Pool Party People |
| Darren Humphreys | … | Detective |
| Peter Alchin | … | Police Officer |
| Rory Walker | … | Roadhouse Guy |
| Jon Blaikie | … | Roadhouse Guy |
| Greg McLean | … | Old Man’s Body / Police Officer |
| Jacob Francis Worrall | … | Policeman no. 2 |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia