Wolf Creek Critic Reviews

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Variety | Dennis HarveyAdd Critic to Favorites

Essentially a worst-case-scenario white-knuckler executed with terrifically focused skill and realism.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | G. Allen JohnsonAdd Critic to Favorites

What's Christmas Day without a good serial killer movie?Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Wolf Creek is the kind of well-executed sleazefest that makes audiences feel not just creeped-out but downright dirty, as if it would take a three-hour-long shower just to wash all the grit and grease away.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Wolf Creek, an unusually crisp and boldly shot "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" knockoff, looks as ancient and patterned as a druidic ritual.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Janice PageAdd Critic to Favorites

Wolf Creek is ultimately all about the torture and the trauma. Happy holidays.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

The vogue for retro-horror, particularly the stripped-down shivers of 1970's slasher flicks, continues apace in this nasty little piece of work from Australia.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | James GreenbergAdd Critic to Favorites

An auspicious debut from first time Aussie writer/director Greg Mclean, film combines the style of cheesy horror films and the flair of classic thrillers.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

An initially promising horror film that turns exploitive, Wolf Creek fails to deliver the requisite payoff considering its leisurely pace.Read the full review

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

There's no substitute for bad taste. And this one has it double-barreled, both in the timing of its release and as a movie, one said to be loosely based on fact.Read the full review

Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites

A nasty bit of counter-programming, Wolf Creek is for people sickened by the sentimental excesses of the day and the holiday season and want to hide from them in mayhem, slaughter, torture and degradation.Read the full review

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