Watch these before you go mate and nothing will scare you
Wolf Creek isnt for the faint hearts of backpackers. In it, they get captured in a sick game of hunt and prey in the Australian outback by a deranged killer. The movie doesnt actually portray real life events even though it as inspired by some.
Between 1989 and 1993, Ivan Milat committed a series of murders in North South Wales. Seven young backpackers international as well as Australian fell victim to him and were found partially buried. In 2001 Bradley Murdoch murdered another backpacker.
The American movie series Saw is an international hit but are you aware of its Australian origins? Saw started as an Australian short horror movie. Its often referred to as Saw 0.5.
Fun fact: the short film was incorporated as a scene in the well-known 2004 feature length American horror movie.
The Babadook has supernatural elements to it and is more a psychological horror than an Australian slasher film. The story revolves around a widow and her six year old son who becomes obsessed over his fear of monsters, particularly the kinda human looking Barbadook.
Strange events start to happen after the mother downplays the monsters existence. An ultimate showdown with Barbadook ensues and the ending takes quite the turn.
Upgrade is a different genre of horror movie, covering elements of science fiction and action. But unlike the other movies (maybe except Saw), its main horror appeal is the body horror that is going on through graphic bodily mutilations.
In the movie, a paralysed man is able to control his limbs through an implanted chip. However, the chip starts speaking to him and he becomes quite the killing machine. Was the accident that lead to the death of his wife and his paralysis maybe planned?
Is Lake Mungo a true story? This low budget Australian psychological horror film certainly looks like a documentary. But its all scripted and played out with real actors, not interviewees.
