Vital splat pack! Horror at the peak of it’s class. The early 2000′s era of bullshit horror films. The Splat Pack vs Old School American Horror. The mission of spot-lit aesthetics. The flying tom tom! Lighting a pitch black scene. The infamous horror movie neck slice. Feeling used. The truck. An intervention with the end of High Tension. Greg McLean and Wolf Creek. Building a supernatural killer story arc around a regular man. Cars on the road in Australia. Deserted road car lotto. Goddamnit, not again!
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High Tension: 2:10 | Wolf Creek: 32:56
Also referenced: The Hills Have Eyes, P2, Piranha, Hostel, Saw, Doomsday, The Descent, Dog Soldiers, Repo: The Genetic Opera, Mirrors, The Million Dollar Hotel, REC, Inside, Amelie, Martyrs, Children of the Corn, Carnivale, Rambo, Hard Candy, Halloween, The House of the Devil, Fight Club, Rogue, Monster Man, Hatchet, Star Wars, Star Trek, Frozen, Friday the 13th, A Night in Casablanca, The Great Dictator
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High Tension
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Director: Alexandre Aja
Writer: Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur
Starring: Cécile De France, Maïwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun
Two college friends, Marie and Alexa, encounter loads of trouble (and blood) while on vacation at Alexa's parents' country home when a killer invades their quiet getaway.
Wolf Creek
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Director: Greg Mclean
Writer: Greg Mclean
Starring: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
