This horror film (released today) has polarized reviewers, it seems: many love its gratuitous violence while others still have found it repulsive and misogynistic.

I haven't seen the film, although now I am very curious about it.

For some examples as to its polarizing power, check out rottentomatoes.com and Roger Ebert's scathing ZERO STARS review.

Roger Ebert is an idiot when it comes to horror. He also gave Haute Tension zero stars and The Last House On The Left 3.5/4. FUCKING RIDICULOUS.

Anyway, I can't wait to see Wolf Creek.

Let me know what you think when you see it LV. You may get to see it before I do.

As far as Tension, I wouldn't have given it more then two stars, but it had a moment or two, but the ending was so bad and cliche that everything before it just pissed me off.

does anyone know anything about the supposed 'true story' behind this movie?

Probably BS, just like the Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw. Something very loosely based on some horrific thing that happened that had little to do with the plot of the movie it was based on.

Saw the movie tonight, not bad. Some guy in my theatre ended up puking. It was pretty bloody in a few parts.

Ebert doesn't like the more hardcore stuff. He gave the original TCM a horrible review, besically because he felt it was unpleasant. Although I would have given High Tension 2 stars, max.

Yet he loves Last House. I just don't get that guy's thinking sometimes.

I was amazed he was so kind to the Devil's Rejects this summer, strange indeed. That said, I need to see Wolf Creek ASAP, before my expectations and the hype destroy it for me.

i saw this yesterday, thought it was a horrible movie

does this movie have anything to do with that Dawson guy and Tom Cruise´s wife?

I think he likes "Last House" because it is based on a movie by Ingrid Bergman called "The Virgin Spring," a movie he loves. Other than that I can't figure why he would give the movie such a high rating. I thought it was okay, but certainly not a classic.

Well, if that's really his reasoning, that's pretty ridiculous. Dawn of the Dead '04 is based on a movie I love, but I sure as hell don't love that piece of crap. And that movie's still eons better than Last House.

I don't think "Last House" was as bad as you make it out to be, but I don't think it's as good as Ebert said it was. So I guess I'm in the middle of this argument.

Saw it today. How do you make a movie about a crazy murdering Aussie but not have any murders? You can't. This was one boring movie. It was like High Tension minus the gore and the atmosphere.

Just recently, a guy in Australia was found guilty of murdering a British backpacker in the Northern Terittory (the outback). His girlfriend flew back from England to give evidence. She escaped from him but her boyfriend didn’t. His body was never found, his family asked the guilty guy to tell them where he put it. He said no.

As for the movie I have no intention watching it and find no enjoyment watching people getting tortured, real or fake.

SPOILERS FUCKERS!

Saw it today as well, still not entirely sure how I feel.


There was one on screen murder, and I would suppose the other girl's death is implied. I kind of liked that aspect of the film, it didn't play slash by numbers and actually had me giving a shit about the characters, which is the only way to make it work. The setup was pretty slow, but I think it was worth it if it makes you feel anything for the characters. By the time the action got going I kind of didn't want the movie to take the nasty turn I knew it was going to.

There's definitely something to be said for caring for the victims and the tension created by not giving any of them an easy death. That said, I was pretty let down with the gore and overall brutality of the film. As I had feared, this one had been way overhyped in the department. Someone puking in the theater? Come on, there's no gore there! I did appreciate the realism they put on the screen, and the "head on a stick" thing had me wincing but overall I didn't think it went anywhere we haven't already been this year.

Also, you can't talk about this movie without acknowledging the huge debt it owes to the original bad motherfucker, TCM. From the remote locale, to the "out of work animal killer" and of course the daytime road scene, it's pretty obvious someone has studied their Texas dvd well. Nothing wrong with that, and it does it effectively, but there seems to be a glut of these types of films right now and it's impact is diminishing each time another one comes out.

The movie was shot really well. I also liked the first half of the movie because i had no idea what was going to happen. They made it seem like it was going to be alien abduction or something of a mystical nature. I didn't expect it to be a straight up serial killer.

They also made a connection to me with the 2 girls. I actually cared about what happened to them. Therefore, i think it was a mistake to kill both of them off. I needed one of them to live in the end. What horror movie kills off all the girls? Friday 13th, Halloween, TCM...you always let a girl escape at the end. That was not a good ending at all. It seems like they just wanted to leave it open for a sequel.

...What the fuck?