This is a quite fine film based on the real story of backpacker killer Ivan Milat. Despite problems with rhythm, especially during the first half of the film, it gains momentum due to stylistic simplicity and cinematography. The acting and directing isn’t overly dramatic, which really helps the film; even though I sometimes felt lack of substance, the film compensates this by adding a sense of fear that I seldom see in films. You will find few Hollywood-esque effects here, like strings whenever the killer is close to his prey. The script could have used one more once-over, but given the low budget I say I’d definitely see another film by the same director.

i was expecting to really like this movie….unfortunatly it was a let down, wasn’t as scary as i thought, didn’t really have me on the edge of my seat. maybe i’ve seen too many that it really doesn’t bother me anymore, who knows.

Set in Australia, Wolf Creek is loosely (and I mean loosely) based on Ivan Milat, who was convicted of murdering seven backpackers in Sydney during the 1990s, and suspected of killing and hiding many more in the remote Outback. Similiar in concept to movies such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wrong Turn, Wolf Creek does not offer anything new to the genre. However, having said that it is better than some of the other movies that are of the same theme, mainly due to the new-ness of the Outback as a location and the chillingly real feel of the movie. The characters are fairly one-dimensional and stereotypical – a trio of 20somethings who party and get drunk decide to go on a roadtrip to visit the Wolf Creek crater and find themselves at the hands of a psycho Crocodile Dundee. A fairly watchable.