Wolf Creek (Movie Review)

I love horror movies. I did not love, or even like, Wolf Creek.

The basic premise is that two gals and a guy are partaking in a road trip across Australia. After an excruciatingly boring 30 minutes of them driving around doing nothing, they finally arrive in the desolate town of Wolf Creek. Here, they encounter a serial killer that proceeds to torture them in ways that were probably pretty cool…unfortunately most of the “good” stuff wasn’t shown. Also, it is not very scary. There isn’t a single moment that you “jump” out of your seat (definitely a setback for a horror movie). However, the main problem is that the 20 or so entertaining minutes in the movie are sandwiched between unbelievably boring segments at the beginning and end of the film.

Prior to seeing this movie I had heard in the media that it was “really gory and gross” and that some critics even considered walking out of the movie. I’ll be honest…that got me really stoked to see this film. Unfortunately, all I walked away with is the knowledge that some people have really weak stomachs, because the torture scenes were not all that different from every other horror movie.

The Good: Not much.
The Bad: Not scary, not funny, not enough victims.
The Ugly: Doesn’t even have a hot girl in the film…a MUST in any good horror flick.

My Recommendation: Watch it on cable…but not until it is already 25-30 minutes into the movie. Believe me, you will not miss anything.