Two elderly couple living alone in the outback might not be missed after a few weeks, but two patrol officers not reporting in for work will be immediately be put on alert. Plus having burning truck and cars on the roadside, that's a trail of clues.
For sure. If they don’t show up to clock out they’re going to immediately start investigating. They’d find the burned car with two charred corpses inside, one without a head. That SCREAMS murder, and they’d search the area, find Mik’s house, and game over for him
@@blueismissing you're forgetting that Mik uses hacks. He uses an invisibility cheat so he never shows up on the map, and also a teleport code so he can be anywhere at any time. He's basically broken the game
remember kids, if you ever get a chance to disable your attacker, double tap, triple tap to make sure they can't immediately just get back up. Can't tell you how many movie victims die because they can't follow that simple rule. He hits him with a hammer but didn't bother hitting him again? what did his hammer ran out of ammo? Was his ability on cool down?? Then hit them again to make sure in case bad guys suddenly get plot armor. This has been a psa
I feel like it's a lot to ask for the average person to kill another person, but in this case as soon as he saw the human chandelier he should've decided his survival was worth having blood on his hands. Not like Mick doesn't deserve to die. You don't have to feel bad.
Am I the only one who thinks that in the incredibly unlikely event Disney makes a Rescuers Down Under remake, he should play the hunter. It was pretty much who this character is based on (a big scary old guy in the outback with an Akubra hat and a shotgun). They did the idea of an 'evil crocodile dundee' long before Wolf Creek.
@@DrumaholicsAnonymous It would, but seeing as the original cartoon was a flop, this remake will likely not happen. Though a movie that was ALSO heavily influenced by it (Godzilla vs Kong), the plot line was eerily similar - exploiter with a penchant for animal cruelty uses a child to communicate with a giant creature and leading him to a valueable source, except the animal and human were gender swapped), was a huge success. So never say never.
I mean, I don't think it's a matter of Mick's not learning from his mistakes that allows his prisoners to flee, I just think he loves the chase more than the actual kill so he simply leaves his captures some opportunity to try to escape.
@@gemstar7286 he's a cocky guy who thinks that he's smart asf fuck which to his credit he actually is quite smart but main prblm with him is he's way too bratty when something doesn't go his way he throws tantrums like a child.
They didn't have a bone too pick with Aussie drivers lol. The general rule in the Australian Outback is do not hitchhike, or pick up hitchhikers. That's usually how our serial killers operate.
Very true. My mate and I took a road trip through Australia. As soon as we got to Queensland, were were told to head straight to the coast and avoid the mainland, because of all the backpackers who go missing.
True, I'm not from Australia but in my country too in the outback nobody would hitchhike anyone and vice versa, because it's rather clear most either rap!st and robber, when I was young there were a lot of cases involving foreigners backpackers got robbed, we local actually questioned how dumb they were
@@chlorophyll6154 most backpacker tourists are pretty dumb and far too trusting of others and dependent on people's good nature. So often they end up going missing or murdered, I dont know how they could keep coming unless they are just dumb.
I herd in some more remote there people equivalent to villains of mad max movies very uncivilized. And in places where your in hundreds of miles away from help.
This movie being more brutal than the first one can be chocked up to Mick becoming Uber confident and extremely cocky and getting more and more brutal in his methods as the years go on.
That the first car on the road didnt stop is actually pretty true to life, as an aussie you are taught when driving remote if you pass by anything not to stop just to keep driving and call 000 to send out the authorities instead. Keeps you safe and gets the person on the side of the road the help they need
@@gemstar7286 If you actually saw the movie you'd know his legs were still tied to the chair and he couldn't reach him. By the time he cut the zip ties, Mick had already gotten up and started slashing at him with his knife
Mick has become more cartoonish with the second movie and tv show. In the first movie he was more grounded in reality, you could almost believe it was based on a true story (not loosely inspired by Ivan Milat). What makes him terrifying is how he went after completely innocent, likeable characters. Meanwhile Wolf Creek 2 begins with Mick killing two CORRUPT asshole cops as revenge. I love these movies and the tv show, but Mick went from terrifying serial killer to funny villain, like Freddy Krueger.
Yeah I love the first Wolf Creek and I have watched the series and the sequel and I enjoyed them as well. But you're right he became more cartoonish and super-powered as it went on. Back in the days when I watched the first Wolf Creek it was a blind rental and I knew nothing about it and the opening part with the backpackers felt almost documentary like and Mick and his crimes seemed grounded in reality .
Mick leaving his victims with the opportunity to escape is interesting. As though he's saying "I've done this so many times. I have nothing to worry about because I'm so good at what I do, no one will actually escape.". Alternatively, he may give them this opportunity simply for the fun of the hunt. He clearly enjoys the chase and the spectacle of it all.
Love the channel! I'm always waiting for an upload, it makes doing housework that much more bearable when I listen to you. Hopefully you keep this series up, it's genius.
I think you emphasized well how much he likes the hunt. The exact reason he picks a person to leave in a spot where they will be there and he'll have fun, or they have the chance to get out which will lead to him having more fun with a chase. He is the one who knows the area and all so i doubt he is actually worried about a true escape, even if someone gets away he probably isn't worried about being caught as a result.
I was pissed when I was trying to watch the original upload earlier and it kept telling me the video was unavailable 😑 glad you did re-upload. Seen a comment suggesting the brutality of the joyride movies and i second this! And I would love to see vacancy covered.
The first wolf creek movie stayed with me for a while after I watched it years ago but the second one didn't have the same effect on me although it was brutal.. maybe I've just got desensitised to most horror movies now.
Nah, I agree. I’ve seem some really disturbing flicks but Wolf Creek stuck with me too. I had a night terror after watching it the first time. I really loved the second one. While brutal, it’s definitely more campy and comedic at times. The first is just unsettling non-stop, even when Mick cracks his jokes. The acting and the cinematography; it made it feel raw and real, like you were somehow watching something genuine. The ending left me with total despair,
The first felt much more realistic which made it far more disturbing and effective, and although i love this one too it was far more cartoonish with the gore and brutality that it almost becomes numbing...it happens with a lot of movies, opening instantly with a brutal double kill with no build up kind of takes away the mystery and feel that the first one provided, also this being a sequel we already know what to expect and who mick is and what he is capable of...So i'm not surprised you felt that way lol
First one was believable and you genuinely felt bad for the kids, They were decent. This one is way over the top. The two cops in the beginning are complete assholes and although they didn't deserve to die, you definitely didn't feel bad for them
First one gets under your skin. Its 50 minutes in till you first see him. Besides the girl you think is gonna live died first! The second one is disturbing but way more over the top
Fun fact about the younger policeman at the start; He's played Patrick Bateman in the American Psycho Musical! Nice to see him in other stuff, he's actually a pretty talented dude. Actor is Ben Gerrard if you're curious, I'm sure there's videos of his performances in the musical online.
Ive grown up in outback Queensland. I was in my late teens when Wolf Creek came out. The best thing I got out of the movie was whenever I was out camping or isolated travelling. whenever I came across someone random, I’d go over the top with the slang and yobbo talk while regurgitating the annual prediction of next summer being the one we get a good wet season etc😅…. I moved to an even smaller town for a few years and Was going to do some electrical work for the mayor and as we drove past the old meatworks, he calmly and confidently told me how some English backpacker was taken there, tortured and murdered 25yrs earlier.. the scary part is that the case is still legally unsolved 😳 so I’d hate to hear whatever other secrets that town has
I definitely prefer the second one to the first. Though I think the whole 'killing corrupt cops' thing put too many people on Mick's side straight from the get-go. It was nice yeah, but if people start justifying the killer's actions to themselves even once, then he's instantly less horrifying as a person. And people tend to take that view throughout the rest of the film because of it. Seen many comments cheering Mick on in general. Should've maybe started with something to make people uncomfortable instead. Though the atmosphere of 2 was made to be different from the first so idk.
I watched the first Wolf Creek in the cinema when it came out. One of the things I loved about it was that despite the violence and "true story" conceit there seemed to be a self aware sense of humour in it. There is a scene where Mick is chasing down one of the victims in a car and it is practically a frame for frame reshoot of the first time we see Max 's V8 Interceptor in the original Mad Max. Also, seem to remember a direct "that's not a knife, THAT'S a knife" reference in it. Not seen the second film but it looks as if they've lost a bit of that tongue in cheek sensibility with it.
One thing I found interesting was how he calls himself a pig shooter as an obvious cover up job to being a murdering butcher, but he also refers to his victims as pigs. The worst bit is that everyone he kills screams in such a way that sounds identical to a squealing pig, which kind of nails in the symbolism.
You've never seen a Chechen gore videos, aye ? Gruesome execution videos like 'Chechclear', use to infest the internet in the 2000s. I suppose it's for the better that kids today will never experience how wild the internet was, it was so easy to encounter horrifically mutilated bodies of Chechens/Russians on Google.
Some of the gorier moments were edited for it's Australian theatrical release. I have the Directors Cut on Blu-Ray. Seeing the film for the first time I jumped when Mick killed Rutger, which is rare for me. Awesome movies. I haven't seen much of the TV-series but I'm looking forward to Wolf Creek 3😁
Got to love the classic move of "Having weapon in hand and the advantage" and deciding to run off. Paul could've stopped Mick once and for all with that hammer. Glad he didn't though. Mick has that certain charisma that many villains lack. I know he's a terrible person yet I can't help but enjoy seeing him on screen. The actor they got did a great job.
Love this channel! I don't know if you take requests but if you do, would you mind covering The Hitcher? Either the original 1986 version or the 2007 remake would be fine. Thank you! :)
One bizarre fact from this movie as it relates to German Tourists that Mick is chasing. John Jarratt, the Mick Taylor actor, plays a german tourist in another Austrlaian movie called Rogue, about a rogue massive crocodile, and dies horribly in that. it was filmed not too long after Wolf Creek through the same film studios, and was always seen as a way for people who were literally terrified of John's character in Wolf Creek to be killed off in another movie, same actor, different character.
So glad you finally released this video! Due to your wolf creek 1 video, I went and watched both movies. Then saw there was a TV SERIES. And I just finished season 2 of the TV series. Boy oh boy do I love Mick Taylor. I’ll watch anything with him as the antagonist now lol. Thanks for putting me on to this amazing movie / tv series
one thing i cannot stand in horror films is when the victims get the jump on the killer and either dont finish him or take their sweet ass time and let them recover. Like when youve hit the psycho murdering crazy man upside the head with a hammer to where hes staggered on the ground you dont run away YOU BASH HIS HEAD INTO APPLE SAUCE...........THEN you can worry about escaping when you know for certain he is dead.
The elderly man is a great Australian actor, Gerard Kennedy! It gets me how the people who whack Mick never make sure he’s dead! I’d have finished the job, they just run prematurely. Unreal. Thank you!🤗
I practice double taps at the shooting range. Mick would've never gotten up. Never understood the logic of some people. It's like they have no survival instincts.
I would like to add for any non Australians, although the kangaroos are cgi’d seeming them sprint across the road like that is absolutely a normal day & not uncommon at all to write off your car hitting one
Could you please do Daddy's Girl (2018)? This movie recently peaked my interest because its main villain was played by Costas Mandylor, the same actor who played Mark Hoffman in the Saw movies.
I remember watching this at the cinemas a day or so since it came out. It wasn't absolutely packed, was about half full I reckon, and everyone had clearly seen the first. It was amazing to me how a lot of us laughed and (I think) cheered for the psychopath when he was dealing with the dodgy cops. Once things ramped up and got worse there was much less of that, but overall it seemed to be everyone's cup of grog. Honestly, a pretty good evening.
I just wanna say, while I was watching the part with Katerina and Rutger getting attacked - when Rutger hit Mick in the head and Kat was crawling away, I remember screaming at my TV, "GRAB THE KNIFE, WHAT THE FUCK?!", because her hands were free enough for her to grab them. Unlike in the first movie with the group being separated, there were two people that had an opportunity to overtake him. I get everyone responds differently to fear, but that was her boyfriend for God's sake and she had a chance to help him. Hell, I'd even say Rutger should've double tapped or run for the knife himself too after hitting Mick.
I can't remember the name of it now but a dutch or German (its foreign anyway) horror/thriller just came out last year. Its about two families who meet on holiday, they get on really well and after the holiday ends they swap addresses . Anyway they invite one family to come and stay with them and when they arrive to stay with them the family they thought were their friends are very aggressive , rude and bullying and the other family is overly polite , nice and will do anything to avoid conflict . Theres soooo many red flags warning the good family that this bullying family are dangerous and not very nice people and they should leave but they don't , they do leave but the daughter complains she left a toy at their house so they go back to get it and get ensnared yet again. The movie made almost EVERYONE who watched it so angry and frustrated because the bad family kept pushing them and pushing them and they did NOTHING the entire film to stop it and without any spoilers lets just say it doesn't end well and its a very graphic and brutal ending that drove everyone furious
Thats why these kind of movies are fucking stupid and poorly made its not realistic also micks truck is somehow fast and catch up to anything like wtf lol then when she runs while hes cutting up the boyfriends body she runs right infront his truck instead of staying quiet in the dark yeah real smart. There was so many chances to kill mick yet none were taken advantage of lol
@@smoothshot8925 You forget in horror movies people can be athletes and sprint away and all the killer has to do is slowly walk after them and they somehow catch them up lol I guess the same laws of physics apply to mick's truck lol
Guys she's traumatized,it's impossible to think in this state,or even dare to move a muscle, you'll unintentionally freeze the only way was for her to either run or to man up and focus
Ah, Halls Creek, otherwise known as Hell's Crack. It's eerie to realise that my family and I went on a roadtrip to Broome from Perth and we probably drove on the same highway as the one in Wolf Creek
If you live in the middle of nowhere with a serial killer, know who said killer is, are aware of the killer being in the area and have lore on the killer only to try and scare said killer off instead of blowing his brains out, then I'm sorry, but that elderly couple was literally asking to be offed. If that were me in their position, walking outside to see Mick at my front gate saying he'd spare me if I gave him Paul, I'd take my trusty double barrel, place one center mass, then go for a head shot. Reload, pump two more in center mass. Mick would not be walking away unless in a body bag
I’m assuming Paul survived because he’s the namesake of Paul Onions, a big big reason for Ivan Milat being caught. Or maybe they knew they wanted the main protagonist to survive so they gave him the name.
@@Crunch_Buttsteak last time we stopped to help a roo that had been hit by a car, it was missing most of its leg below the knee, we called animal welfare and they basically told us to put it out of its misery, a man pulled up and he beat the top to death with a block of firewood. It was mercy. But honestly I didn’t need to be there for that, all I wanted to do was help.
@@chadh0nkleton774 Damn man...that's kinda fuckin crazy. That guy could've been a sociopath...i mean yeah mercy but still it takes a certain mind for that.
The infuriating part is that Katherine could have grabbed the knife that Mick had implanted into the ground and stabbed him instead of sitting there and watching her boyfriend become mincemeat. I was screaming that entire time for her to grab the bloody knife, but she never did. Mick has the biggest plot armor in a horror movie I have seen. So many characters had ample opportunity to kill him but never did because movie logic.
@@mybloodymelody That would get her boyfriend THE TIME to get loose and fight back OR run together. No one is saying she has to transform into a ninja and kill the dude, lol.
@@mybloodymelody the boyfriend was fighting with the killer for like a whole minute before losing the fight then getting head chopped offit takes 15 seconds to grab the knife and attack double teaming the killer and winning
@@eriklopez1234 idk if i’m the only one who saw mik kill the guy and he has BEEN butchering him up ?? like when would the bf and gf get time to fight him together ?? he’s already been dead and decapitated idk what stabbing him after the fact would do except just anger mik but ok lol
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. It's by no means as good as the OG but by no means a bad film. It borders a little too much on almost comedy for my taster. 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.
I just finished the first one, dunno why I didn't watch it sooner but hey, and was googling reviews for the second when your video popped up. Your narration and analysis is hilarious, you got yourself a new sub!
@@anthonybalista7421 haha no, it’s a not very well known horror movie about a group of you know horny drunk college kids going to stay in one of there ancestors abandoned estate out in Mexico, but there is a spirit there of an old woman who was buried alive and now that’s what she’s trying to do them, I haven’t seen it since I was kid but I remember being HORRIFIED and she was so scary, look up “buried alive 2007” you will see😂
Can we actually see a wolf in a creek this time?! Jesus...talk about clickbait titles. I watched the 1st because I was like "hmm I like wolves, and creeks are pretty cool...", I got neither.
I will never understand why they only knock these dudes once and run. His ass was clearly on the ground hurting - KEEP GOING, DON’T STOP UNTIL YOU SEE THEM TWITCHING. Like seriously dude BEAT THEY ASS
"Apparently Mick is very resourceful" well you forget that Mick stated in the first film that he was a jackaroo which is essentially a young stockman or cowboy in Australia so he should know his way around a horse
I never understood why he let the two guys go in both movies. It felt like lazy writing - they couldn't think how to tie it up and just wrote quick endings where they survived. This feels especially so in the last one with all of the text that tells us what happened after.
Wish a movie is made where the women just don't stand by and scream and do nothing women are alot stronger and smarter these days hell I remember working over nights at a gas station and a fought broke out two guy beating up one guy when out of nowhere the guy girlfriend got her hands on fifty New Amsterdam bottle and join in handling her business
I live only an hour's drive from a lot of the areas in this film. Wolf Creek crater is the real thing when filmed overhead but over 1000 miles from where this film is undertaken. Where the cops get killed is a stretch of road north just a few miles of Hawker in South Australia, just on the outside of the famous Wilpena Pound part of the Central Flinders ranges. In real life the road is fairly quiet but not so much as the film depicts as a lot of tourists and people who travel in Caravans between Queensland and South Australia via outback roads. The roads featuring the semi that Mick drives to hunt down his prey is a road linking Wilpena Pound to Blinman which forks off in another northern stretch from Hawker. Although the Kangaroos are CGI, you do not want to be travelling this road around dusk as literally hundreds of kangaroos can be bounding around near the road.
Why the hell do people run after they smack the killer with a hammer? He's down, kill him and end this! Don't run away when you've gained the upper hand!
If you're not going to kill Mick with the hammer when you have the chance, why then push him into the punji pit to kill him? Why not stay hidden and see how he navigates the hallway leading to the exit, to avoid further traps?
Two elderly couple living alone in the outback might not be missed after a few weeks, but two patrol officers not reporting in for work will be immediately be put on alert. Plus having burning truck and cars on the roadside, that's a trail of clues.
For sure. If they don’t show up to clock out they’re going to immediately start investigating. They’d find the burned car with two charred corpses inside, one without a head. That SCREAMS murder, and they’d search the area, find Mik’s house, and game over for him
Do you know how big the outback is?
Yeah this movie seems pretty dumb. UK guy has no probable motive either for any of the crimes.
@@blueismissing you're forgetting that Mik uses hacks. He uses an invisibility cheat so he never shows up on the map, and also a teleport code so he can be anywhere at any time. He's basically broken the game
You can't take this franchise too seriously. Mick is constantly doing things that are almost supernatural and physically not plausible
remember kids, if you ever get a chance to disable your attacker, double tap, triple tap to make sure they can't immediately just get back up. Can't tell you how many movie victims die because they can't follow that simple rule. He hits him with a hammer but didn't bother hitting him again? what did his hammer ran out of ammo? Was his ability on cool down?? Then hit them again to make sure in case bad guys suddenly get plot armor. This has been a psa
Fr I would have bashed his head until there was nothing left. Like why would you give this dude any mercy
Lol yeah it's always bugged me, if you don't wanna kill the sadistic prick then hobble the fuck with a hit or two to the knee or ankle and your golden
that’s what I’m saying but you can’t even be annoyed cause the directors need more screen time ugh but irl HIT UNTIL THAT HEAD IS MUSH WTF MAN
I feel like it's a lot to ask for the average person to kill another person, but in this case as soon as he saw the human chandelier he should've decided his survival was worth having blood on his hands. Not like Mick doesn't deserve to die. You don't have to feel bad.
@@snowpey3751 I feel like in a situation like this you don’t even think about it just act on instincts and survival
Jarrat's performances in these two films are criminally underrated. He is fucking SCARY as hell. He's a true sociopathic murder machine.
Am I the only one who thinks that in the incredibly unlikely event Disney makes a Rescuers Down Under remake, he should play the hunter. It was pretty much who this character is based on (a big scary old guy in the outback with an Akubra hat and a shotgun). They did the idea of an 'evil crocodile dundee' long before Wolf Creek.
Joe Brat, that would be freaking hilarious
@@DrumaholicsAnonymous It would, but seeing as the original cartoon was a flop, this remake will likely not happen. Though a movie that was ALSO heavily influenced by it (Godzilla vs Kong), the plot line was eerily similar - exploiter with a penchant for animal cruelty uses a child to communicate with a giant creature and leading him to a valueable source, except the animal and human were gender swapped), was a huge success. So never say never.
He is crazy talented!!!
If you’ve watched the tv series aswell he is equally as scary there. He’s genuinely one of my favourite horror icons ever.
I mean, I don't think it's a matter of Mick's not learning from his mistakes that allows his prisoners to flee, I just think he loves the chase more than the actual kill so he simply leaves his captures some opportunity to try to escape.
I just think he isn't about the details.
@@cronobreakers1 Yet he set ridiculous traps with spikes
@@gemstar7286 those aren’t details.
@@gemstar7286 he's a cocky guy who thinks that he's smart asf fuck which to his credit he actually is quite smart but main prblm with him is he's way too bratty when something doesn't go his way he throws tantrums like a child.
he is the hunter
and they are his prey
They didn't have a bone too pick with Aussie drivers lol. The general rule in the Australian Outback is do not hitchhike, or pick up hitchhikers. That's usually how our serial killers operate.
Very true. My mate and I took a road trip through Australia. As soon as we got to Queensland, were were told to head straight to the coast and avoid the mainland, because of all the backpackers who go missing.
True, I'm not from Australia but in my country too in the outback nobody would hitchhike anyone and vice versa, because it's rather clear most either rap!st and robber, when I was young there were a lot of cases involving foreigners backpackers got robbed, we local actually questioned how dumb they were
@@chlorophyll6154 most backpacker tourists are pretty dumb and far too trusting of others and dependent on people's good nature.
So often they end up going missing or murdered, I dont know how they could keep coming unless they are just dumb.
I herd in some more remote there people equivalent to villains of mad max movies very uncivilized. And in places where your in hundreds of miles away from help.
This movie being more brutal than the first one can be chocked up to Mick becoming Uber confident and extremely cocky and getting more and more brutal in his methods as the years go on.
That the first car on the road didnt stop is actually pretty true to life, as an aussie you are taught when driving remote if you pass by anything not to stop just to keep driving and call 000 to send out the authorities instead. Keeps you safe and gets the person on the side of the road the help they need
WHY DO THEY NEVER DOUBLE TAP, ANYONE IN THAT SITUATION WOULD TURN MICK'S BRAINS INTO CRANIAL STEW BEFORE THEY TRY TO LEAVE
That's what i hate with these type of horror movies, why don't they ever make sure the psychopath is dead.
Thank goodness i didn't watch it, the lunatic Mick character would irritate me too much.
@@gemstar7286 If you actually saw the movie you'd know his legs were still tied to the chair and he couldn't reach him. By the time he cut the zip ties, Mick had already gotten up and started slashing at him with his knife
OR THE OLD MAN WITH THW GUN COUKD HAVE SHOT HIM DEAD BUT NOOOO LETS SHOOT SOME GARDEN STATUES
@@gemstar7286 maybe give it a watch instead of watching a video
Mick has become more cartoonish with the second movie and tv show. In the first movie he was more grounded in reality, you could almost believe it was based on a true story (not loosely inspired by Ivan Milat). What makes him terrifying is how he went after completely innocent, likeable characters.
Meanwhile Wolf Creek 2 begins with Mick killing two CORRUPT asshole cops as revenge. I love these movies and the tv show, but Mick went from terrifying serial killer to funny villain, like Freddy Krueger.
He has more screentime than he should have. Too much of him made him look less dangerous.
It's a necessary evil. The opening of wolf Creek 2 is a masterpiece
agreed, it was like a michael myers remake.
I loved every second of micks/johns performance tho
though I see what you mean
Yeah I love the first Wolf Creek and I have watched the series and the sequel and I enjoyed them as well. But you're right he became more cartoonish and super-powered as it went on. Back in the days when I watched the first Wolf Creek it was a blind rental and I knew nothing about it and the opening part with the backpackers felt almost documentary like and Mick and his crimes seemed grounded in reality .
Mick leaving his victims with the opportunity to escape is interesting. As though he's saying "I've done this so many times. I have nothing to worry about because I'm so good at what I do, no one will actually escape.". Alternatively, he may give them this opportunity simply for the fun of the hunt. He clearly enjoys the chase and the spectacle of it all.
Love the channel! I'm always waiting for an upload, it makes doing housework that much more bearable when I listen to you. Hopefully you keep this series up, it's genius.
Agree 100%.
Same
I think you emphasized well how much he likes the hunt. The exact reason he picks a person to leave in a spot where they will be there and he'll have fun, or they have the chance to get out which will lead to him having more fun with a chase. He is the one who knows the area and all so i doubt he is actually worried about a true escape, even if someone gets away he probably isn't worried about being caught as a result.
I was pissed when I was trying to watch the original upload earlier and it kept telling me the video was unavailable 😑 glad you did re-upload. Seen a comment suggesting the brutality of the joyride movies and i second this! And I would love to see vacancy covered.
i hate when people in horror movies get the jump on the killer but dont ensure that they are no longer in the mortal world
The first wolf creek movie stayed with me for a while after I watched it years ago but the second one didn't have the same effect on me although it was brutal.. maybe I've just got desensitised to most horror movies now.
Nah, I agree. I’ve seem some really disturbing flicks but Wolf Creek stuck with me too. I had a night terror after watching it the first time. I really loved the second one. While brutal, it’s definitely more campy and comedic at times.
The first is just unsettling non-stop, even when Mick cracks his jokes. The acting and the cinematography; it made it feel raw and real, like you were somehow watching something genuine. The ending left me with total despair,
The first felt much more realistic which made it far more disturbing and effective, and although i love this one too it was far more cartoonish with the gore and brutality that it almost becomes numbing...it happens with a lot of movies, opening instantly with a brutal double kill with no build up kind of takes away the mystery and feel that the first one provided, also this being a sequel we already know what to expect and who mick is and what he is capable of...So i'm not surprised you felt that way lol
First one was believable and you genuinely felt bad for the kids, They were decent. This one is way over the top. The two cops in the beginning are complete assholes and although they didn't deserve to die, you definitely didn't feel bad for them
First one gets under your skin. Its 50 minutes in till you first see him. Besides the girl you think is gonna live died first! The second one is disturbing but way more over the top
3:32 this truck is my mate's contracting business! Though it was unintentional, they're very proud they got to feature in the film!
Fun fact about the younger policeman at the start; He's played Patrick Bateman in the American Psycho Musical! Nice to see him in other stuff, he's actually a pretty talented dude. Actor is Ben Gerrard if you're curious, I'm sure there's videos of his performances in the musical online.
they made a musical out of American Psycho? 🤣🤣🤣 that's awesome
@@tupacalypse88 Sure did! It's not too bad either, I quite like it!
@@strangeandinteresting I gotta check this out thanx for alerting me to it's presence👍
Ive grown up in outback Queensland. I was in my late teens when Wolf Creek came out. The best thing I got out of the movie was whenever I was out camping or isolated travelling. whenever I came across someone random, I’d go over the top with the slang and yobbo talk while regurgitating the annual prediction of next summer being the one we get a good wet season etc😅….
I moved to an even smaller town for a few years and Was going to do some electrical work for the mayor and as we drove past the old meatworks, he calmly and confidently told me how some English backpacker was taken there, tortured and murdered 25yrs earlier.. the scary part is that the case is still legally unsolved 😳 so I’d hate to hear whatever other secrets that town has
Hughendon?
and one of the greatest things about this movie is as he's chasing and killing he's still cracking jokes. I absolutely love it
Anyone else on a binge of this channel right now? Good stuff man keep it up
Why not watching the actual movies?
@@MarkGelderland idk most of these horror movies aren't great but the commentary is and I like it
I definitely prefer the second one to the first. Though I think the whole 'killing corrupt cops' thing put too many people on Mick's side straight from the get-go. It was nice yeah, but if people start justifying the killer's actions to themselves even once, then he's instantly less horrifying as a person. And people tend to take that view throughout the rest of the film because of it. Seen many comments cheering Mick on in general. Should've maybe started with something to make people uncomfortable instead. Though the atmosphere of 2 was made to be different from the first so idk.
I watched the first Wolf Creek in the cinema when it came out. One of the things I loved about it was that despite the violence and "true story" conceit there seemed to be a self aware sense of humour in it. There is a scene where Mick is chasing down one of the victims in a car and it is practically a frame for frame reshoot of the first time we see Max 's V8 Interceptor in the original Mad Max. Also, seem to remember a direct "that's not a knife, THAT'S a knife" reference in it. Not seen the second film but it looks as if they've lost a bit of that tongue in cheek sensibility with it.
One thing I found interesting was how he calls himself a pig shooter as an obvious cover up job to being a murdering butcher, but he also refers to his victims as pigs.
The worst bit is that everyone he kills screams in such a way that sounds identical to a squealing pig, which kind of nails in the symbolism.
The fact that the old man of the couple could have ended it then and there but just didn't brings me so much pain
Right? It'd not like he have to deal with cops out there lol
For me being German, it was quite irritating that Rutger was very very obviously NOT a native German. His weird accent took me out of the scenes.
My sister and I watched this last year. I definitely prefer the original since it was more grounded.
I don't think any Mick kill is going to top Rutger's death. It was so savage and barbaric, really unnerving.
It was awful!! So disturbing! Very SAD!!
You've never seen a Chechen gore videos, aye ? Gruesome execution videos like 'Chechclear', use to infest the internet in the 2000s. I suppose it's for the better that kids today will never experience how wild the internet was, it was so easy to encounter horrifically mutilated bodies of Chechens/Russians on Google.
Some of the gorier moments were edited for it's Australian theatrical release. I have the Directors Cut on Blu-Ray. Seeing the film for the first time I jumped when Mick killed Rutger, which is rare for me. Awesome movies. I haven't seen much of the TV-series but I'm looking forward to Wolf Creek 3😁
@@Mana-xd2tp We're talking about movies bro chill out with the edgyness
@@danielcopsin6211couldn't have said it better
Got to love the classic move of "Having weapon in hand and the advantage" and deciding to run off. Paul could've stopped Mick once and for all with that hammer.
Glad he didn't though. Mick has that certain charisma that many villains lack. I know he's a terrible person yet I can't help but enjoy seeing him on screen. The actor they got did a great job.
i really love this guy’s script writing. he covers films well & manages to squeeze in jokes without them being so obvious & overbearing
Love this channel! I don't know if you take requests but if you do, would you mind covering The Hitcher? Either the original 1986 version or the 2007 remake would be fine. Thank you! :)
One bizarre fact from this movie as it relates to German Tourists that Mick is chasing. John Jarratt, the Mick Taylor actor, plays a german tourist in another Austrlaian movie called Rogue, about a rogue massive crocodile, and dies horribly in that. it was filmed not too long after Wolf Creek through the same film studios, and was always seen as a way for people who were literally terrified of John's character in Wolf Creek to be killed off in another movie, same actor, different character.
So glad you finally released this video!
Due to your wolf creek 1 video, I went and watched both movies. Then saw there was a TV SERIES. And I just finished season 2 of the TV series.
Boy oh boy do I love Mick Taylor. I’ll watch anything with him as the antagonist now lol. Thanks for putting me on to this amazing movie / tv series
John Jarrett is a great actor, no matter what character he's playing
THE ACTING IS SO GOOD!!! THE WAY THEY ALMOST PERFECTLY SHOW SCARED AND SHOCKED IS AMAZING OMFG
one thing i cannot stand in horror films is when the victims get the jump on the killer and either dont finish him or take their sweet ass time and let them recover. Like when youve hit the psycho murdering crazy man upside the head with a hammer to where hes staggered on the ground you dont run away YOU BASH HIS HEAD INTO APPLE SAUCE...........THEN you can worry about escaping when you know for certain he is dead.
You make it sound so easy
So fustrating
Whats so difficult about bam bam bonk?
@@gravybate2283Adrenaline will make it easy.
To be fair, Mick didn't get KO'd, and he'd fight back with him being hit with a hammer
The elderly man is a great Australian actor, Gerard Kennedy! It gets me how the people who whack Mick never make sure he’s dead! I’d have finished the job, they just run prematurely. Unreal. Thank you!🤗
I practice double taps at the shooting range. Mick would've never gotten up. Never understood the logic of some people. It's like they have no survival instincts.
@@DroneStrike1776exactly. Panic takes over.
I would like to add for any non Australians, although the kangaroos are cgi’d seeming them sprint across the road like that is absolutely a normal day & not uncommon at all to write off your car hitting one
Dude, the credits of your channel are such a constant in my life. Shoutout to Dom.
cop: *burns in car*
will: "Its a slow burn"
i'm very happy you posted the second video! could you also do the series by any chance lol
I think it was wolf creek 2 but when I saw it when I was younger was a main reason why I didn't want to visit Australia as a foreigner
Could you please do Daddy's Girl (2018)? This movie recently peaked my interest because its main villain was played by Costas Mandylor, the same actor who played Mark Hoffman in the Saw movies.
I remember watching this at the cinemas a day or so since it came out. It wasn't absolutely packed, was about half full I reckon, and everyone had clearly seen the first. It was amazing to me how a lot of us laughed and (I think) cheered for the psychopath when he was dealing with the dodgy cops. Once things ramped up and got worse there was much less of that, but overall it seemed to be everyone's cup of grog.
Honestly, a pretty good evening.
From what I heard there’s a TV show based on Wolf Creek, with John Jarrett reprising his role as Mick Taylor, so maybe check that out if you want
Did you know Wolf Creek 3 is coming this year? I hope you will cover that one aswell ^^
Really? If that is true, I hope Paul gets his revenge
lol what will it also be based on true story??
@@s.p.m8424 idk, just randomly saw that it will come out this year when i looked up something about the second one ^^
There is also a TV series from 2016.
I just wanna say, while I was watching the part with Katerina and Rutger getting attacked - when Rutger hit Mick in the head and Kat was crawling away, I remember screaming at my TV, "GRAB THE KNIFE, WHAT THE FUCK?!", because her hands were free enough for her to grab them. Unlike in the first movie with the group being separated, there were two people that had an opportunity to overtake him. I get everyone responds differently to fear, but that was her boyfriend for God's sake and she had a chance to help him. Hell, I'd even say Rutger should've double tapped or run for the knife himself too after hitting Mick.
Same. Such a useless woman. She screamed and screamed and then screamed some more.
I can't remember the name of it now but a dutch or German (its foreign anyway) horror/thriller just came out last year. Its about two families who meet on holiday, they get on really well and after the holiday ends they swap addresses . Anyway they invite one family to come and stay with them and when they arrive to stay with them the family they thought were their friends are very aggressive , rude and bullying and the other family is overly polite , nice and will do anything to avoid conflict . Theres soooo many red flags warning the good family that this bullying family are dangerous and not very nice people and they should leave but they don't , they do leave but the daughter complains she left a toy at their house so they go back to get it and get ensnared yet again. The movie made almost EVERYONE who watched it so angry and frustrated because the bad family kept pushing them and pushing them and they did NOTHING the entire film to stop it and without any spoilers lets just say it doesn't end well and its a very graphic and brutal ending that drove everyone furious
Thats why these kind of movies are fucking stupid and poorly made its not realistic also micks truck is somehow fast and catch up to anything like wtf lol then when she runs while hes cutting up the boyfriends body she runs right infront his truck instead of staying quiet in the dark yeah real smart. There was so many chances to kill mick yet none were taken advantage of lol
@@smoothshot8925 You forget in horror movies people can be athletes and sprint away and all the killer has to do is slowly walk after them and they somehow catch them up lol I guess the same laws of physics apply to mick's truck lol
Guys she's traumatized,it's impossible to think in this state,or even dare to move a muscle, you'll unintentionally freeze the only way was for her to either run or to man up and focus
your voice is so calm talking about murders, sometimes I use your videos to go to sleep.
haha same
Ah, Halls Creek, otherwise known as Hell's Crack. It's eerie to realise that my family and I went on a roadtrip to Broome from Perth and we probably drove on the same highway as the one in Wolf Creek
Nice vid mate. Noticed the slight "bully" soundtrack in background towards end of video haha
If you live in the middle of nowhere with a serial killer, know who said killer is, are aware of the killer being in the area and have lore on the killer only to try and scare said killer off instead of blowing his brains out, then I'm sorry, but that elderly couple was literally asking to be offed. If that were me in their position, walking outside to see Mick at my front gate saying he'd spare me if I gave him Paul, I'd take my trusty double barrel, place one center mass, then go for a head shot. Reload, pump two more in center mass. Mick would not be walking away unless in a body bag
Shiver me timbers
U good mate
I’m assuming Paul survived because he’s the namesake of Paul Onions, a big big reason for Ivan Milat being caught. Or maybe they knew they wanted the main protagonist to survive so they gave him the name.
I wonder what his farts are like 😂
It gets me so angry in these films when the victims become the ones blamed for the crimes. Infuriating.
"Two non-consensual holes in the face." Great stuff, Will.
Nah, never stop when driving through the outback, that’s the rule. I’ve stopped a few times to help, never ends up good, NEVER
Any quick anecdotes??
@@Crunch_Buttsteak last time we stopped to help a roo that had been hit by a car, it was missing most of its leg below the knee, we called animal welfare and they basically told us to put it out of its misery, a man pulled up and he beat the top to death with a block of firewood. It was mercy. But honestly I didn’t need to be there for that, all I wanted to do was help.
@@chadh0nkleton774 Damn man...that's kinda fuckin crazy. That guy could've been a sociopath...i mean yeah mercy but still it takes a certain mind for that.
The infuriating part is that Katherine could have grabbed the knife that Mick had implanted into the ground and stabbed him instead of sitting there and watching her boyfriend become mincemeat. I was screaming that entire time for her to grab the bloody knife, but she never did.
Mick has the biggest plot armor in a horror movie I have seen. So many characters had ample opportunity to kill him but never did because movie logic.
so ur telling me you would go up to a man currently butchering ur boyfriend and STAB him ???? like he wouldn’t clearly overpower you ???
@@mybloodymelody That would get her boyfriend THE TIME to get loose and fight back OR run together. No one is saying she has to transform into a ninja and kill the dude, lol.
@@Solararisa her boyfriend who has his head decapitated is gonna run away ??💀yeaaaaa righttt
@@mybloodymelody the boyfriend was fighting with the killer for like a whole minute before losing the fight then getting head chopped offit takes 15 seconds to grab the knife and attack double teaming the killer and winning
@@eriklopez1234 idk if i’m the only one who saw mik kill the guy and he has BEEN butchering him up ?? like when would the bf and gf get time to fight him together ?? he’s already been dead and decapitated idk what stabbing him after the fact would do except just anger mik but ok lol
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. It's by no means as good as the OG but by no means a bad film. It borders a little too much on almost comedy for my taster.
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.
Puss
As you did The Road, please do a video on an even more brutal John Hillcoat film; The Proposition
Mick didn't let the girls escape through incompetence. He let them escape to hunt them again. Its not the having, its the getting.
I just finished the first one, dunno why I didn't watch it sooner but hey, and was googling reviews for the second when your video popped up. Your narration and analysis is hilarious, you got yourself a new sub!
The irony of talking about the most brutal films of all time while you play chill hop as your background music
My favorite details is Micks laugh during Pauls phone call before finding the girl.
Big Will did you ever follow up on my request for you to review “Buried Alive 2007”? Also of course another great video!
Is that the one where John Stamos is the husband?? I’ve been trying to find that particular movie for years and I don’t know what to look for.
@@anthonybalista7421 haha no, it’s a not very well known horror movie about a group of you know horny drunk college kids going to stay in one of there ancestors abandoned estate out in Mexico, but there is a spirit there of an old woman who was buried alive and now that’s what she’s trying to do them, I haven’t seen it since I was kid but I remember being HORRIFIED and she was so scary, look up “buried alive 2007” you will see😂
I got real sad when it went private but now it's back!
I was confused
Thank God! It's been a long time since you last uploaded, finally another video. Thank you!
One of the best horrors ever Mick is my favourite villain.
love your videos Big Will madd respect helps me get through the day
please do "midsommar" I heard it was good and the creators of hereditary did it or something but I haven't had the chance to watch it.
That scene of mick on horseback made me realise...There are actaully 5 horsemen of the apocalypse, the fifth one just went down-under for a while
if I'm driving and there's a bloody women screaming for help I would leave her and drive away so quickly
Coward
Wolf Creek 2 is awesome. I can’t wait to see what they come up with in Wolf Creek 3!
Can we actually see a wolf in a creek this time?! Jesus...talk about clickbait titles. I watched the 1st because I was like "hmm I like wolves, and creeks are pretty cool...", I got neither.
Didn't know Jschaltt could play the role of a psychopath perfectly well
The murders this was based on, have haunted me for years
Mick is the Terminator. nobody can tell me different.
If you ever get the bad guy down, do NOT let them live. How many times do you hit them? As many as it takes...plus three.
Its always quite strange when a 2000s horror movie randomly gets a sequel in the 2010s or 2020s
I will never understand why they only knock these dudes once and run. His ass was clearly on the ground hurting - KEEP GOING, DON’T STOP UNTIL YOU SEE THEM TWITCHING. Like seriously dude BEAT THEY ASS
Watch the movie. His legs were tied up.
"Apparently Mick is very resourceful" well you forget that Mick stated in the first film that he was a jackaroo which is essentially a young stockman or cowboy in Australia so he should know his way around a horse
id love to see your analysis on the series, i really enjoyed it
YAY ITS BACK!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Its so weird to see John Jarratt go from Picnic at Hanging Rock, to this😭
I know it was just used to brutally murder a lovely Australian elderly couple, but that's a beautiful Lee Enfield.
Fun fact, the actor that played Mick was the star of a children's show (Playshool) for years
I wonder if he also does fun and wholesome diy projects with the kids 😂
@@RubykonCubes3668 you probably say that ironically knowing this, but for everyone else... Fun fact:
he was also in better homes and gardens! haha
@@justinnewman5533 i was wondering genuinely, though i see you have brought some fun fact yourself, so thanks for that 👀✨️
Always looking forward to to your new uploads :D
Thats the most brutal and probably believable act of complete terror, horror and mental scarring the actress did i ever seen.
All these backpackers that have gone missing in this exact location and they never found Mick's trophy room of human skulls. Ok.
I never understood why he let the two guys go in both movies.
It felt like lazy writing - they couldn't think how to tie it up and just wrote quick endings where they survived.
This feels especially so in the last one with all of the text that tells us what happened after.
Tbf, that first cop got off lucky I think
Love these. What are your thoughts on doing Apostle?
do the brutality of dead tone 2007
Wish a movie is made where the women just don't stand by and scream and do nothing women are alot stronger and smarter these days hell I remember working over nights at a gas station and a fought broke out two guy beating up one guy when out of nowhere the guy girlfriend got her hands on fifty New Amsterdam bottle and join in handling her business
Love the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 reference 😂❤️ keep up the great job
You never stop in the outback
I live only an hour's drive from a lot of the areas in this film. Wolf Creek crater is the real thing when filmed overhead but over 1000 miles from where this film is undertaken. Where the cops get killed is a stretch of road north just a few miles of Hawker in South Australia, just on the outside of the famous Wilpena Pound part of the Central Flinders ranges. In real life the road is fairly quiet but not so much as the film depicts as a lot of tourists and people who travel in Caravans between Queensland and South Australia via outback roads. The roads featuring the semi that Mick drives to hunt down his prey is a road linking Wilpena Pound to Blinman which forks off in another northern stretch from Hawker. Although the Kangaroos are CGI, you do not want to be travelling this road around dusk as literally hundreds of kangaroos can be bounding around near the road.
Why the hell do people run after they smack the killer with a hammer?
He's down, kill him and end this! Don't run away when you've gained the upper hand!
I mean Mick likes the chase . He knew the girl would escape.
can you do the brutality of the blair witch project(1999) ?
He already did th-cam.com/video/DDOsR1gBC-c/w-d-xo.html
Love the Canis Canem Edit theme in the background😂
If you're not going to kill Mick with the hammer when you have the chance, why then push him into the punji pit to kill him? Why not stay hidden and see how he navigates the hallway leading to the exit, to avoid further traps?
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dont underestimate the power of an outback Australian truck. those things will chase cars uphill with 3 trailers behind them
The Lion Sleeps Tonight was my school theme song. The LinnMar lions in Marion IA. Rawr!
You could do "Incident in a Ghostland"!