Wolf Creek 2

(Greg Mclean/2012/Australia)

I had very little time for the first Wolf Creek film due to its palpable relish in indulging morbid fantasy around the details of real life murder cases. By meshing two killers into a fictional composite it imagined the horror of their actions writ large on screen. Using tragic events for mass entertainment never sits well with me but combined with the penchant for gore and violence in Australian films in recent years it’s a very unsettling cocktail. This sequel is nothing new to the first but it does include a scene where killer and victim play a quiz which to a small extent betrays the psyche and motivation of the killer. It’s not enough to make this film any easier to watch though.

(2/5)