Every single performance is the result of a cast that has gone to the far reaches of acting ability and even exceeded them.
80
L.A. Weekly
John Patterson
Full of clever reversals, brief triumphs and bitter setbacks, Wolf Creek is consummately well-crafted, unapologetically vicious and leavened with moments of humor that merely intensify the horror.
80
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Essentially a worst-case-scenario white-knuckler executed with terrifically focused skill and realism.
70
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Writer-director Greg McLean, who has many shorts and commercials under his belt, makes a significant feature debut here, with unapologetic horror that doesn't compromise.
The vogue for retro-horror, particularly the stripped-down shivers of 1970's slasher flicks, continues apace in this nasty little piece of work from Australia.