Wolf Creek
“The thrill is in the hunt.”
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
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Part of Wolf Creek Collection
3 films
Cast
19 people
John Jarratt
Mick Taylor
Known for
Australia
McLeod's Daughters
Cassandra Magrath
Liz Hunter
Known for
The Unlit
Scare Campaign
Kestie Morassi
Kristy Earl
Known for
Childhood's End
Home and Away
Nathan Phillips
Ben Mitchell
Known for
Snakes on a Plane
These Final Hours
Gordon Poole
Old Man
Known for
Shine
Guy O'Donnell
Car Salesman
Also in
Rabbit
The Honourable Wally Norman
Phil Stevenson
Mechanic
Also in
Lucky Country
Geoff Revell
Petrol Attendant
Known for
Cut
Alexandra's Project
Andy McPhee
Bazza
Known for
Pacific Rim: The Black
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Aaron Sterns
Bazza's Mate
Michael Moody
Bazza's Old Mate
Also in
Storm Boy
Starstruck
David Rock
Irish Backpacker
Also in
Predestination
Jack Irish: Black Tide
Greg McLean Director · Frank Tetaz Composer Will Gibson Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $31M · Budget $1M · United States release December 25, 2005
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$30,894,796
Gross vs. budget
30.9×
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
South Australian Film Corporation
Production
403 Productions
Production
True Crime Channel
Production
Best FX (Boom Sound)
Production
Emu Creek Pictures
Production
Dimension Films
Studio · Production
Australia · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Swedish
Release dates
United States · January 24, 2005
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Australia · October 6, 2005
Theatrical · Adelaide, South Australia
United States · December 25, 2005
Theatrical
United States
October 18, 2005 · Premiere · Screamfest Film Festival
Australia
March 1, 2005 · Premiere · Adelaide, South Australia
July 23, 2005 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
November 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 3, 2006 · Theatrical
France
May 17, 2005 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
January 27, 2006 · Premiere · Gerardmer Film Festival
August 9, 2006 · Theatrical
July 14, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Cinémathèque Française
Germany
July 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
October 4, 2005 · Premiere · Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival
November 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
August 28, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
April 21, 2006 · Premiere · Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
New Zealand
December 16, 2010 · Physical · DVD
August 7, 2025 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
September 16, 2005 · Theatrical
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