WOLF CREEK: Australia's Most Infamous Horror Movie

[@TheWetCatFish]

Fun fact the John Jarratt who plays the murderer lived in my home town and after my mum and I saw Wolf Creek for the first time when it came out on DVD, we bumped into him in Coles THE NEXT DAY

[@alexives9274]

yah but in real life he is super nice and sounds like he is English which is strange .

[@homelesshannah50]

He was also in Picnic at Hanging Rock when he was younger, that was so cool I would have asked him to do the laugh

[@hyde7427]

they had a piece in the paper that wolf creek comes to crystal creek back when he lived there

[@adamn1319]

Grew up in Gawler? He used to live on Blanche St really close to me. Only knew him from McLeods Daughters at that stage then saw Wolf Creek. Long time later spotted him at the central markets in chinatown and thought “fuck me that’s Mick Taylor”

[@adamn1319]

Grew up in Gawler? He used to live on Blanche St really close to me. Only knew him from McLeods Daughters at that stage then saw Wolf Creek. Long time later spotted him at the central markets in chinatown and thought “fuck me that’s Mick Taylor”

[@canadiankazz]

John Jarret frequents the pop culture conventions in Australia and he's a super friendly bloke. What makes his character Mick all the more frightening to people in Australia though isn't just the fact that he's based off of so many real people, it's also because Jarret used to be the host of a children's show in the 80's and 90's, so seeing him as a serial killer when your other memories of him are happy childhood ones is apparently very jarring and unsettling.

[@nerveagent1905]

Truly? Wow! That's like Mr. Rogers playing hannibal lecter

[@lamelwinston7101]

@@nerveagent1905 haha my first thought when I read it but Mr Rogers was a badass marine in real life tho. Go figure. Lol

[@skyemiddletonx9006]

Yeah agreed. That was messed up, like thanks no thanks for doing that to play school lol

[@legendarylia9954]

@@lamelwinston7101 no he wasnt lmao he wasnt a marine at all that's an urban legend. He never served in any branch of the military

[@lamelwinston7101]

@@legendarylia9954 I watched an entire documentary on him. Dude had a great life story. You should check it out.

[@BababooeyGooey]

"I'm not an assassin, Dad, I'm a crazed gunman! There's a difference..."

[@karldunne5703]

I enjoyed this comment sir "One is a Job and the other is Mental Sickness"

[@aliteralhorse5023]

"I think his mate saw me... BANG "YEAH, Yeah he- BANG

[@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35]

Funny thing is? Sniper’s real name? Is Mick Mun-dee.

[@BababooeyGooey]

@@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35 Ha, I always new his last name was Mundee, but I didn't know his first was Mick. That's pretty funny.

[@lucydoesstuff4865]

@@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35 I swear his name was Mun-dee Mundy?? Since his name fron his birth parents was Mun-dee while his adoptives parents last name being Mundy. To be fair, Mick Mundy sounds wayyyy better than Mun-dee Mundy.

[@jcawesomeness531]

"Vile and tasteless in its depiction of violence" I always have to wonder whether news programs realise that violence, shockingly, is quite violent.

[@AnonURnot]

Tabby Smithfield you misunderstood

[@canaisyoung3601]

And that it's no worse than what they report.

[@psyc8407]

La Fee I don’t know if they’re talking about gorn or cannibalism and I don’t want to know

[@jasonbrown172]

As opposed to that highbrow artsy violence? Oh look how graceful he slashes with his machete signifying his inner angst if not having a father figure in his life. Lol

[@havanadaurcy1321]

Since this may be based on Milat combined with what Joanne Lees claims she saw with Bradley John Murdoch (Most I agree with but what I don't is why they asked Bradley to help them if he was going to kill them), I think mny non ussies won't get it.

[@at-least-3-characters-]

As an Australian, I can confirm we already have enough on our hands with the buff two-legged jumping ratmen buggers, we don’t need serial killers to make our lives any worse.

[@MythOne-fr7cx]

He went after backpackers from other countries not fellow aussies so dont worry bruddah we all goods

[@zerotodona1495]

Irish Jester when did an Irish man become a commie?

[@alextoschi2242]

@@MythOne-fr7cx two of his victims were just traveling from Melbourne actually, you ain't safe.

[@nerveagent1905]

@Irish Jester that's where he's been hiding.

[@nerveagent1905]

@@zerotodona1495 somebody please tell him

[@hambert7]

Rare for a male character to be the only survivor, too..

[@TheBonaparteReport]

yeah, i am always torn between whether this movie subverts the gender tropes of the slasher genre or reinforces them. on the one hand, it features absolutely devastating violence against the female victims. on the other hand, it gives them a great deal of agency in the climax, and treats the only male victim as a submissive figure rather than a hero... he is literally penetrated (by nails.)

[@neuralmute]

@@TheBonaparteReport It could also be that the only victim to escape from Ivan Milat, on whom Mick was heavily based, was an English backpacker named Paul Onions, who dove out of the truck when Milat pulled a gun on him. Therefore it makes another reference or parallel to the gruesome, real Milat case, which would have been extremely familiar in Australia (and to true crime buffs worldwide), and makes the movie that much more creepy.

[@pathetic2399]

+Joseph Green Good either way. Violence against female victims in film should be just as bad as it is against male and the survivor should never always be female.

[@razkable]

maybe he killed the girls himself?..maybe hes the serial killer?..

[@ChocolateEffigy]

I don't think so

[@arizonaanalog389]

Youre the first horror channel I follow that talks about this underrated movie. Hope Dead Meat goes over it at some point with the kill count

[@glennb6020]

Send double JJ an email recommending it

[@sthlng2180]

Well, there's really not much to go by for Dead Meat. There's like 3 kills total.

[@MsLucia4179]

@@sthlng2180 hasn't stopped them before

[@grumpylittlebear]

ArizonaAnalog if you like people commenting on less popular horror films, you should check out “spooky rice”

[@arizonaanalog389]

@@sthlng2180 true. At the least it could be on their podcast. The sequel has more kills

[@perochialjoe]

I actually really enjoyed him as a villain. He's probably the most charismatic slasher villain in the genre which really makes him stand out from the ghostlike Michael Myers, psychotic Leatherface, and juggernaut Jason Voorhees.

[@CERTAIND00M]

What about Freddy Krueger?

[@chesterstevens8870]

Mick is probably the third-most charismatic slasher villain out of all of them, after Pinhead and Freddy.

[@realglueman1200]

Jason is my favorite horror villain of all time, but these killers are pretty cool!

[@bereal2479]

@@chesterstevens8870 the Priest is n1! Without a doubt.

[@adariusgibson8796]

Ghostface(the 1st one) and chucky had personality. also as a note Ted bundy was considered very charming,handsome and likeable.

[@TheCulturalBomb]

Ryan has the best catalog of underrated movies on KZbin

[@TimeandMonotony]

I watched both Wolf Creek movies (and a BUNCH of other horror movies I'd never seen) around Halloween for the first time, and I was really impressed by the first one (the second was enjoyable, but not nearly as good, and I agree with what you say about the focus on Mick taking away from his scariness.) I think what stood out to me most about Mick was that he wasn't some supervillain genius like Hannibal Lecter or Jigsaw, or a supernatural entity like Freddy Krueger, or a near-demon like Michael Myers (all characters I enjoy, by the way), he was just some asshole murderer and rapist who enjoyed torturing people. He felt like an actual serial killer, not the romanticized kind we usually see in horror movies. He reminded me of a more humorous version of Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in that way. P.S. Just stumbled across your channel and I'm really enjoying it!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

Mick wasn't a supervillain, but they do establish that there's a clear power imbalance between him and his victims, mainly due to Mick being a very experienced outdoorsman. I thought it was good because it's realistic enough to make Mick believable as a predator and as someone who could legitimately stop a victim from escaping without depicting him as some ridiculous boogeyman with supernatural powers.

[@TimeandMonotony]

@@CopiousDoinksLLC Yeah, I really liked that about the first movie. He seemed like a believably competent outdoorsman who really could hunt people and set traps for them. The second movie made him a little more unrealistic, and the TV show basically made him an unkillable god, which sucked all the tension out of the story.

[@pessien8474]

@@TimeandMonotony haven't watched the tv show but isn't he someone who sells organs on the black market? Thought that way when he thanked that stray organ stored on his driver seat. Car was broken - got himself this kickass new truck, thanks an organ. Thought he was an expert human hunter for the black market but I guess and outsdoorman sounds plausible?

[@TimeandMonotony]

@@pessien8474 Hmm... Did he sell organs on the black market or did he just feed them to his dogs or something? I don't remember.

[@pessien8474]

@@TimeandMonotony I don't know. He was collecting them and put them in coolers so I assumed he was.

[@kuragh]

I'm glad you brought up the gritty darkness of Australia's underbelly. We are often seen as a tourist mecha of beautiful beaches, first world cities and holidays (which does exist), but there is a very dark eeriness surrounding the outback. I grew up spending a lot of time in central country Australia, and the scenes of Mick's cuddy, with trash strewn about and nobody else within miles I've experienced before. Australia's history (at least since European settlement)is drenched in darkness and hardship, complemented by the vast and deadly countryside makes for a PERFECT background for some truely gritty horror. Those scenes of the backpackers having escaped and hopelessly looking out over the empty countryside are perfect. They are truely and utterly hopeless. The fact anyone would find them out there is a miracle

[@ladyredl3210]

I've never been to your country, so I can't generalize, but I always felt like Australia is a dark, harrowing place, the same way Death Valley is in my own state. I'm thinking about the outback here, not the whole country, I know it's a big place. Maybe it's because I'm a student of history, I'm aware of aboriginal suffering, and the fact that many people didn't want to be there, orginally. Please correct any of this if you want.

[@thatbloodypanda6989]

@@ladyredl3210 No you're pretty spot on there. The outback has an eeriness but it really is quite beautiful.

[@ladyredl3210]

@@thatbloodypanda6989 that's nice to know! Thanks!

[@EllenMelon2101]

As an Aussie, I feel like there is nothing scarier than Australian gothic. We have such large expanses of nothing around you. There’s nowhere to hide and no one around and god help you if something happens...

[@marie-helenemartel7147]

Your analysis is spot on. I really like this movie, it's definitely underrated. Thanks for posting!

[@gravepatch]

666 likes noice

[@iGabenewell]

Mick, the literal incarnation of the Australian outback.

[@babsybrrrnz]

Matt deadset though. I used to live in the bush and like majority of the men had the personality, voice and appearance of Mick Taylor.

[@skyemiddletonx9006]

@@babsybrrrnz agreed. I lived in Coober Pedy and too many people there and in Australia in general sounded and acted mostly like Mick.

[@psyc8407]

NEDSTAR06 wtf

[@Ororalt]

"Quasi-Evil Manifestation of Australia" never in my life would I have thought I'd ever hear those words put together in the same sentence.

[@NobodyCaresALot]

It was inevitable. Come on.

[@PIB2000]

I never quite realized until now that Wolf Creek is more of a psychological horror. Mick starts out as such a seemingly charming and endearing type of guy but shows a far more psychotic side as the film goes on. It's very horrifying to think people like Mick actually existed in our world.

[@seanthompson1922]

Existed? Who said such people aren’t around? There are 8 billion human beings on this planet, and out of those billions of people would you say are currently as endearing and as messed up as Mick? After all, we stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realized they could very well be next door.

[@BlueZirnitra]

One of the best things about the film for me is he slow, long descent into the outback. It takes like 3 quarters of the film before the violence kicks in but before that they have been on a symbolic journey into the heart if darkness. You really feel that there is no hope for them, from the moment they first sit with him and things start to feel awkward. No passing cars to give hope, no houses to run to, no signal. Even the sun has abandoned them and they will never see it again. If they escape, they will, die in the desert. Brilliant film.

[@devo3243]

​@@seanthompson1922 there are 2 different killers mick was actually based on, both of them operated within our lifetime. They definitely exist

[@kayleybrett8608]

I’m Australian, and all my childhood i was very curious about this movie, because it seemed like it was infamous around the adults I knew. They all told me they it was insanely gory and I could watch it “when I’m older”, so it’s interesting to see a bigger horror channel like you talking about it.

[@mattysemgame]

Omg same here; my whole childhood this specific movie was like ‘taboo’ hahahha

[@Odddit]

He works great as a villain especially for me & probably other aussies because he reminds me so much of a ton of people I know.

[@Mrkabrat]

They must be interesting fellows

[@neuralmute]

Do you know where they leave the bodies?

[@melissam597]

Yikes lol

[@janusnightshade9848]

To all those replies who aren't Aussie. It just cause he comes of and acts in the beginning. As how most of us carry ourselves with a laid back attitude and care free jokey manner and we help others a lot when it comes to tourist/backpackers who usually end up needing help from locals. It makes us think about the people we know around us because Mick acts just like us. Also the actor for Mick used to be in a lot of kids/younger teens and family programs back then so when it came out it was basically like having your child good friend hero be a murder.

[@lain7783]

Always get excited when your videos show up in my feed

[@pajamapantsjack]

Your horror analysis is really great dude

[@doodle9495]

What in the fuck is ur pfp

[@jasonsantos3037]

Look like you're a big fan in this movie

[@jjj-sl2ok]

I remember when I watched this movie, I had one of my worst nightmares. A serial killer was chasing me, but I never saw its face or full body, because I was too scared trying to run and hide, I just knew it wanted to kill me in a painful way, but I couldn't scape from it, no matter what I did. At the end I just closed my eyes, gave up and let it kill me. But I didn't even wake up there, the nightmare just started again ... But thank god, That's where I woke up

[@lilybatterham6050]

~ As An Australian ~, I know so many guys with the laid back, casual nature that Mick possesses when we first meet him. That a bloke like that could do THAT? Yeh mate Wolf Creek’s a fucken scary movie mate

[@cliffreintzel9836]

The funny thing is, I live in the U.S. and grew up in the Northern regions of the Appalachian Mountains (of course in my area it was more hills then full mountains) and I knew a good number of hill men that reminds me of Mick. Of course culturally different, but usually funny guys who are handy and skillful but enjoy sitting around a fire drinking moonshine and having a laugh. I think the nervousness comes from the thought that these folk live in the wild, they are always armed and they know how to kill but from my experience most of them are friendly and dont want trouble.

[@XxUnluckyGrim777xX]

I'm surprised you didn't relate him to crocodile Dundee, only cause that one scene where liz brings out a pocket knife and he brings out the Bowie saying the line verbatim "THIS is a knife!"

[@MandleRoss]

Well, and the fact that he has the same first name. I always assumed the writers said "What if the killer is a charming old outback ocker like Croc Dundee, AND he doesn't change much after he starts killing." This is what struck me as terrifying when I first saw it: He just goes around cheerfully killing everyone.

[@commentdestroyer9314]

No you’re all wrong, when mick was at the campfire with the lot, the guy goes “ah you must love the freedom” mick gets puzzled by this, as he sees nothing in the the country, except that it’s infested with foreign vermin, and the guy goes “you get to hang out with nature and shit, saying stuff like that’s not a knife, this is a knife!” Mick then gave him a very disturbing stare which I find offensively described because I stare like that and yeah he then later says when mocking the girl with a pocket knife “now like you’re friend said before ‘that’s not a knife, THIS, is a knife” so yeah you’re welcome.

[@NoirFan84]

Good Aussie horror this. Haven't seen it in a number of years though. Loved its bleak ending. Snowtown is more of a messed up Aussie flick though.

[@princesspattycakeswm]

When I saw this title I thought it was the snowtown murders for some reason

[@eamonnelliott9110]

I live literally an hour away from Snowtown. Fuckin scary how barbaric people can live so close

[@AuzzieArtyst]

Snowtown is the only movie that’s made me feel sick to my stomach watching a movie, don’t know what it was but the whole vibe the movie gave off was the most haunting part I honestly wanted to throw up a few times while I was watching

[@MrMmnngghh]

@@AuzzieArtyst you're right - it's the tone of "Snowtown" that is unsettling. It's up there with "Lake Mungo" for supplying the dread feelings.

[@Spleemce]

@@AuzzieArtyst I still feel bad when I think about the bathroom killing scene :(

[@laraanderson9855]

Watched this movie on Netflix recently, what I really liked was the realness of it, as a true crime fan I felt like it really captured the essence of real world horrors like serial killers, and how our lives can be turned upside down or ended so abruptly and we would never even see it coming. Made me paranoid to leave the house for weeks aha! Awesome video dude.

[@RyanHollinger]

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[@dy1nbryan]

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[@landonhagan450]

I've been looking for the name of this movie for literally years. I saw this not long after it came out (not sure if it was in theaters or a rental) and it has always had an impact on me. The whole true-crime/hard-realism angle is a little played out these days, but this was one of the first movies to do it really well. It's also special to me, specifically, because I saw it with my dad and little brother back when we used to watch scary movies together all the time.

[@Challenger-pi2vm]

The scary part is that it could real happen. Australian outback regions are extrenely large and desolate, you could easily take a two day drive in, dump a body, and have it unlikely it will be found.

[@ipwn3du]

That's naut a knoife. THIS is a knoife

[@SpoopySquid]

Noice

[@SuperFamiKing]

Gewd onn ya maoite

[@gagalover2k10]

I swear all y’alls comments made my day 😂😂 thank you 😁

[@sara_208]

Lmaooo

[@dannytardif8143]

That's not a knife that's a spoon.

[@aliceinwonderland42020]

SPOILER: the most frustrating thing is that they could’ve all lived if the main girl hit the dude a second time but noooo she runs off without a plan god damit

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

Yeah that completely took me out of the movie. She had every opportunity to finish the job and she didn't take it. I tried to rationalize it saying that maybe British people are just that dumb but even I don't believe that.

[@SPOOn-tl6ji]

@@LynetteTheMadScientist Even what she did with the truck was stupid from what I could tell. I turned it off after that.

[@BallisticStick]

Hears Australian. kids! bring out the Bunnings snags and the kirks lemonade were on the big screen

[@Greenmountainferns]

I’ve read a lot about the incidents that inspired this movie, Wolfcreek truly captured the horror and depravity of these incidences.. I can’t believe this movie isn’t more highly regarded, great video thanks!

[@jeffwalker6815]

The best quality of this channel Ryan's ability to find value in films where we miss it. Some critics can only drag down movies by pointing out its flaws but here we get solid arguments about what the film actually achieves despite common perception. I honestly like movies I used to dislike simply because I think of them so differently now.

[@eleftheriaeleftheria3302]

"Wolf Creek" (2005) is the best Australian slasher thriller of all time!

[@NickOwens]

Speaking of Australian horror, there are a number of films I'd love for you to talk about: - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead - Body Melt - Razorback - The Cars That Ate Paris

[@MrMmnngghh]

I thought the first half of "Wyrmwood" was pretty good, but the second half was a dud.

[@legendaryrah1032]

I feel like you gotta be Australian to really like wolf creek, cause everyone I know loves the second one way more than the first

[@danelk7172]

as an australian i agree! 2nd one was fucked up

[@cliffreintzel9836]

I always feel like the odd man in the U.S. as so far I'm the only guy who seems to love Wolf Creek. (Of course I'm talking about in person, not online.)

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

@@cliffreintzel9836 Because Americans know how to operate a firearm so that scene with the girl barely able to fire the rifle just looked ridiculous. Also not finishing him off with a knife after she wounded him was just pure stupid.

[@heartquake1100]

I watched this when I was young and its still the scariest movie for me personally for a lot of the reasons you talked about. It was also the only scary movie I've really watched based in my own country with accents and places familiar to me. It made it so much more real. Plus Ivan Milat has always been so freaking scary to me

[@miserableoutcast]

Speaking of charming psychopaths, I’d love to see a retrospective on House of a Thousand Corpses/ Devils Rejects since Three From Hell is coming out soon. Keep up the good work, your analysis and understanding of horror is always fun to watch

[@Echo3zDown]

Absolutely love this movie and the sequel! So glad you cover such underrated horror films

[@nelsontheodoreblack7573]

Was a backpacker in Australia and went to a nature camp where they had a TV we turned on when it was rainy outside. Damn if I could travel back in time, I would have just stayed in the tent

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

I liked Wolf Creek for what it was... A realistic horror scenario with an overportaited yet somehow believable serial KILLER

[@anzacxlag2606]

The whole movie seems like something that could happen simply because it has basis in reality.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

Indeed.. Like it could REALLY happen to yourself

[@Packitagain.]

@@anzacxlag2606 I believe this film is LOOSELY based on the Australian serial kill Ivan Milat

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

@Gold Rose yeah that fire Camp Scene was intense

[@Mexican20067]

I believe the film is based of different serial killers but all in one if u know wat I mean but I don’t know how to explain

[@roflman]

It made for such a compelling villain because if you go to the outback even today you will see people that look like Mick Taylor everywhere, they took a very real trope of the classic friendly aussie bushman and turned it on its head.

[@MrCharlesWidmore]

Brilliant video, some effort made again Ryan Og......you're a credit to Northern Ireland, good man! 👍 🎬 ☘️

[@jogeller5731]

I respect your analysis and I'm starting to appreciate the film from your eyes...buuuut this is where I reached my limit in horror. We all have one. The spine-severing scene got me and I closed the tab, took a walk, tried to move on, had a couple of nightmares, and it proceeded to haunt me like some kind of ghoulish imp.

[@hewhodestroysmorale764]

I think this is a really topical video, given how the news is so focused on a missing European backpacker at the moment. Australian TV and cinema loves to focus on these sorts of characters, especially in the last 15 years, because people like Milat were such a big deal in the news that he still makes headlines even today.

[@ladysparrowlovesmuse]

I'm Australian and from NSW and wolf creek scared the absolute shit out of me. It's so close to home and I know exactly the landscape and character of Mick, my parents remember when Ivan Milat was going around murdering backpackers. There's a fantastic podcast called Casefile: True Crime which has a 5 part series called 'Belanglo' (the state forest where the bodies were found) which goes into detail about every victim, Milat's family etc. highly reccommend!

[@SuperSwordman1]

I use torture porn less as a way to describe a genre or a specific film, and more of an insult against specific scenes. Becasue, at the end of the day, scenes depicting over the top multilation or injury aren't really DOING anything other than dragging the movie out and trying to gross out fans. I may be disturbed by watching a guy cut open their own leg in one of Jigsaw's traps, but I'm also disturbed by a run over deer on the side of the road. Kills like Jason burying his machete in a guy's face or Leatherface swinging his hammer across a guy's skull bring a lot more impact to me.

[@LckD008]

Good point. I use the term to describe movies that are over the top, but I do not exactly make it as an insult. Variety in taking lives for entertainment in art form isn't so bad.

[@IndianaJonas96]

@Kal Reynolds Chill lmao

[@kanemccarthy1979]

Out of curiosity why do kills like Jason's or leatherface's have more impact?

[@SuperSwordman1]

@@kanemccarthy1979 Two words. Brutal simplisticy. Again, death scenes in like Saw or Hostel are so over the top they loose impact. At least to me.

[@kanemccarthy1979]

@@SuperSwordman1 ah yeah I can see that

[@OwlAtHome0]

Excellent & thought-provoking commentary. I haven't seen "Wolf Creek" -- and honestly, I probably won't -- but I'm simultaneously fascinated & repelled by this kind of nihilistic horror film, where there's no catharsis, no resolution, no climactic triumph for the protagonists. Seems like there are quite a few of these films around these days, and I always wonder: why? Why does anyone want to watch (or make) something like this? What do we get from watching innocent people be terrorized & slaughtered, without even the pretext of cheering for one lone survivor or of seeing the bad guy get what he deserves? The first film I saw which did this was "Funny Games", and it still disturbs me to this day. But that one had a pretty explicit purpose of implicating the audience in the violence. Once that point has been made in one film, why do these other films need to exist? Are they trying to make a point about random, meaningless violence, or are they just getting off on watching people be victimized? If we want to be depressed by senseless violence, all we have to do is read about the latest school shooting. I'm not sure how I feel about films like "Wolf Creek" or the fact that some folks really seem to enjoy them.

[@matthewkonig5273]

Almost 400,000 subs? Let's go Ryan!

[@Spectra651]

It's been a long time since I've seen this particular film, but I'm thinking I should give it another watch (as usually happens whenever you release a video about a film I haven't seen, or haven't seen in awhile). And while I admittedly don't remember a lot about it, I DO remember when the killer severed that girl's spine. The idea of that--not being able to move or even struggle while at the total mercy of some deranged psychopath, basically becoming a prisoner in your own body with no possible hope of escape except for death--legit terrified me.

[@StayPuftedMarsh]

Thanks for hearing my request, good video.

[@levarhicks1000]

Mick's laugh gets me everytime

[@seaztheday4418]

I’ve visited one of the towns used in filming Wolf Creek, even braved staying in a motel in Hawker, on my way to Wilpena Pound, a similar bowl-shaped formation (but not a crater). Didn’t run into any crazed serial killers, but did have a memorable time.

[@dropboxmoabit384]

I watched Wolf Creek in 2006 and it scared the living sh*t out of me making me feel uneasy for days. I have most of the images still present in my head today and think about it regularly. Even though I haven't mustered up the courage to watch it again. It is still haunting me. Watched part 2 recently which is totally different and more conventional. It is way easier to stomach than the original. The fact that I am still scared of the first film and can't bring myself to rewatch it is a true testament to its quality and its bleak hopelessness and gritty tone. One of the genre's best.

[@Justinrombough]

This is such an underrated Gem of a horror movie!

[@kellymontgomery8202]

Thank you 😃 I'm subbed to so many channels that talk bout horror movies and rarely do they ever talk about Australian horror movies and as an Australian it's nice to have our movies recognised :)

[@spicybeantofu]

I never trust a stranger especially in a new place or town Ive never been too. Heck I barely trust people Ive known for a while.

[@manabluerose]

Early bird special! Damn, never heard of that movie, but i'm genuinely interested in seeing it now. Those types of horror movies are so terrifying because they feel like real situations. Sick and disturbed people like that exist... and it's scary because hostel really terrified me to travel overseas for years.

[@Capronice]

I think what made Wolf Creek so good is the actor who portrayed the serial killer was so good. He was not a caricature or a moody shadow of a person. He was an every day type of guy you could run into on the road. Isn't that what most real serial killers turn out to be?

[@hogar8792]

As an Australian this movie was even more unsettling as John Jarratt used to be on a very popular kids tv program "play school" that a lot of us watched.

[@themorganrileyshow5520]

Another Australian horror I'd highly recommend is The Loved Ones. It's funny, messed up and all shades of fuckery that I enjoy in horror.

[@snipes1000]

The Tamdoms Show Good movie

[@allannahk]

Also The Hounds of Love. Both films are awesome.

[@crystalsmith5330]

The loved ones Fucked me up for a long time

[@commandercat10]

What is it about

[@casesoutherland4175]

Wolf Creek is now one of my favorite films of all time for two reasons: Number one, the cinematography by the late Will Gibson is gorgeous. Number two, It takes most of the slasher movie cliches and throws them straight out the window. It's also one of the few times where a horror movie villain wins and the only survivor doesn't even get to fight him. All Ben can do is escape! That is pure terror and the sad reality for several unfortunate souls.

[@lindalily69]

Can you talk about the brilliant Thai horror movie "Shutter"?

[@gryla5290]

Coming Soon was also pretty good

[@redscarf20]

That ending was shocking.

[@alessandrajackson3768]

Hungry Hungarian yes! I love that one.

[@laurene988]

I loved that film

[@commandercat10]

Wait is that the one with Leonodeo de capio

[@Dunkage]

"The Exorcist" opened in limited release on Xmas day of 1973 and as a 14 year old in attendance for its first screening the movie began a personal tradition of going out to a horror film when everyone else was trying to give themselves that "warm fuzzy feeling." Needless to say that despite the trailers on TV being very obtuse about the nature of this movie I once again found a seat in the first screening for my area when it opened on Dec. 25th of 2005. While I didn't know which horror genre I was walking into the solid R rating made no bones about the graphic content but this movie managed one thing that only one other horror movie in the 60 years I've been watching them acomplished. I have coined it "The Carrie Effect" but it is really the fiber that has compelled people to return to their favorite operas time and time again. No matter how many times you watch Brian DePalma's origine masterpiece there's a part of you that wants Carrie's dream date to end without her final humiliation and you watch in hope for a change in her inevitable future. Noone will ever look beneath the stage before dismissing the messenger. The genius of Depalma's direction was in shooting this sequence without voices as he realized all the gym teacher needed to hear was was the name of the villian and the "jig would be up" (no pun intened.) As with the former I found myself so indeared to the genuine portrayal of these friends and the sincerity of there personal relationships that at the 25 minute mark I would have been happy if the movie ended before their fortunes changed but from the third person perspective the audience knew this was not going to be the case. Every minute seemed like watching a time bomb as its final moments were at hand and I was hoping that when it finally exploded the victims would be blissfully unaware. Thankfully Greg McClean heard that hope and granted the audience that fleeting, tender mercy before experiencing what these sweet characters faced in what was left of their horrific waking moments and he didn't disappoint. Nobody escapes their destiny at "High Noon."

[@devilsadvocacypress3151]

"...reaches into 'no way did he kill THAT many people,' territory..." No such thing. Look at people like David Parker Ray, or Albert Fish. There's always a few that go uncaught, or victims that go unfound.

[@neuralmute]

Hell yes! Even Ivan Milat's own brother has publicly stated that he's sure that Ivan killed far more people than he was convicted of, and in places other than the one forest where they found all his known victims. And then there's the matter of Israel Keyes, who got bored with confessions and killed himself in prison, leaving a paper trail all over the US and Canada... considering that they just found another of his "kill kits" last year, who knows what else he left behind?

[@pablomendoza2543]

Ryan you come up with some pretty good hidden gems, honestly you saved the horror genre for me, keep it up dude!

[@vAqeii]

Great that a horror related video was uploaded at night

[@flame.alchemist]

I love this movie, I thought your analysis was spot on! It’s so underrated. I think it works well as a movie that makes me all too weary to go backpacking ANYWAY. Great video man, your videos are always so great to me :)

[@tmc421]

You know what? I'm not gonna watch this. I'm gonna wait till it's dark out, I'm in bed, and all the lights are off. THEN, I'll watch it.

[@alexandradonnelly6904]

I've actually heard a lot of news reports about foreigners who have a lifetime of experience as survivalists going missing in the desert. They just went out alone with their equipment and supplies but vanished.

[@michaelceraweed]

i remember this movie first came out when i was 5 and i lived in australia. we moved away to england when i was 14, but my mum let me watch this movie right before we left. i remember to get to the airport, we had to go through the outback to get to the airport. whenever we stopped when someone had to pee or just get fresh air, i was terrified the whole time lmao

[@StilbornReheated]

Mick Taylors ute and numerous props from this film are on permanent display at a local antique store in my town Ballarat, Victoria.

[@lachlancampbell6328]

What I love is how he uses a single shot rifle as that's what he can legally buy here in Australia, unlike in the "tomorrow when the war began" movie when the protagonists find assault rifles, which are practically illegal outside the military and and police on GOD DAM FARMS!

[@tomlevy7701]

The writing in these videos is always on point, keep it up love the content.

[@Bestjamesbond]

I remember watching this film when I was in fourth grade. I went to class the next day and talked about it for a "show and tell" type of setting. I don't remember exactly how it got brought up but I talked about the 'head on a stick' thing in front of a class full of 4th graders and my teacher.

[@WhiteFang4397]

Mick is one of the absolute best horror villains out there, so underrated.

[@jenzie92]

Me and my bf have got a ‘leaving for Australia’ fancy dress party and I’m dressing up as Mick 😂😂

[@juggalo4life247mfrs]

Still to this day,I love wolf creek.i remember watching this movie till I fell asleep,and it would loop the movie untill I woke up.

[@nalaterswa3038]

I remember watching in an interview that years after Wolf Creek, John Jarratt found some backpackers broken down on the side of the road, and pulled over to help them. One of the young women recognised him and was terrified.

[@mikejordan8248]

I've thought the same thing about this movie from the first time I saw it. It took a tired slasher take but executed a much more refined and effective approach that made it real and scary. It is truly a horror gem that deserves the same regard in the U.S as it does in Australia.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"Quasi-evil manifestation of Australia..." Shoulda replaced the main villain with sentient emu tbh

[@at0micl0bster]

Fuzzy Dunlop I think you mean sapient.

[@nomnomnomskylar]

OH MY GOD. after watching this movie as a kid, I got recurring nightmares for a month. The killer was always looking for me, those fucking lights on his truck the only thing alerting me of his presence. The power of a movie!! To leave imprints on me for a month!! True horror, one of the reasons why I love the genre so much

[@gruntskome366]

Oh shit I'm early, love the work Ryan

[@vb_blokeboi7251]

Hey Ryan, love ya work fella. As an Aussie I think it's worth talking about the horror of the Australian landscape. Picnic at Hanging Rock established it and movies such as Wolf Creek and Lake Mungo definitely carried the torch. I think that's what made Mick's disappearance into the Outback so hectic for us Aussies down here.

[@mickc7159]

The build up is torturous. Been down that highway "Stuart hwy" many times too, you don't stop often.

[@abdulqudz89]

fun fact: as they were filming wolf creek, after filming one night, the crew, being miles away from civilisation, were resting and trying to get some sleep when a stranger showed up who looked like john jarrett, right down to the rustic truck. the stranger eventually left and the crew were so spooked, they drove further down to another place to rest and sleep.

[@lordofskulls8888]

Excellent as always, brother. Keep up the good work.

[@gamefiends7420]

One of your best so far. I subscribed for the titles I recognized, but now I just watch each video as they come out

[@solcutta-zt9uw]

Another fantastic upload and yet again goes to places other film commentators just don't have the iq to approach. This man is a god in film analysis.. I've been into horror movies since a young boy In the pre certificate days and had all the movie books to go with it. All the docus etc but there has never been a critique like Ryan hollinger.. This guy is legendary... His input into movies is historically important. Brilliant.

[@TyroneBruinsmaFilms]

As an Aussie filmmaker and film buff-thank you for this very accurate look at this film.

[@Scarshadow666]

I really love that y'all look into lesser-known horror movies from various countries! Definitely recommend checking out the Coffin Joe series someday (I think James Rolfe talked about it from his Monster Madness series)! 🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩

[@alexys_]

I watched this film with my friends and it disturb us so much. I enjoy horror movies and rarely get scared or disturbed but with this film I got nightmares...

[@halcatrazfowkes]

One of the things I found so scary about Mick was that his motivations are not clear at all. Because he is so human, you can’t really see him as a crazed, semi-human monster like Jason. This is just something he does.

[@SpookieD00kie]

I know this is mainly a Movie/Tv focused channel, but I was so suprised to see you haven't covered Silent Hill 2. It seems right up your alley with the way it tells a narrative.

[@baphometsscrote4704]

As an Australian, I excuse any comments on our country and people in advance of watching this video, unless the following terms are used: G’day mate G’day Sheila Shrimp on the barbie Barbie Abbo Crikey “I like Steve Irwin but-“

[@Alatuber]

Even I don't accept "I like Steve Irwin, but-" and I'm Italian! Steve will always be in our heart, no matter what our Country is :'(

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Bodhi O'Keeffe Thats funny, I first heard the term Shelia today and I had an idea of what it was, but I had to look it up. I watched Ozzy Man Reviews today for the first time and he was soooo funny! 😂

[@rumpleforeskin9543]

Your living off the Abos blood from genocide, you should be thankful.

[@champ8605]

@@rumpleforeskin9543 welcome to the world. You are either the colonizer or the colonized.

[@Raelexx]

Abbo isnt that bad

[@lauralee6096]

This is one of the most underrated KZbin channels by far

[@LILBEF]

As an Aussie, I thank you for this analysis.

[@queendom7125]

Speaking of Outback horror, you really need to do a video on the Nightingale. It’s a period piece by Jennifer Kent, the director of The Babadook. I worked at Sundance this last year, where they had the movie showing, and the reaction to it was insane. Like, people fainting and throwing up and straight up leaving the theater in the first 30 minutes because the movie was so jarring. The violence in the film isn’t so much violence for the shock value, but violence for the story, which is interesting to see. It’s a fantastic film, definitely worth checking out.

[@tommycipriani2254]

One of my favorite horror films, such an underrated gem.

[@Ludde90]

I really liked the documentary-style of filming. It feels like you're the cameraman filming everything and you can't change the outcome, only experience it. This is enforced by the lack of cliches in the movie.