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Wolf Creek
2005 · Film · 99 min
Directed by Greg McLean
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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Cultural point: Ivan Milat was a serial killer in NSW, the state of Syndey, Australia, in the 90'. He certainly inspired the movie "Wolf Creek", a famous horror movie among backpackers, since it depicts carpooling in the outback with other sane youngsters and getting savagely murdered. The movie is introduced like a documentary, with scary statistics at the beginning, the "based on a true story" at the end, and is very effective at deterring backpackers from doing anything risky in Australia. I would even recommend NOT watching it before a gap year in Australia, or it will kill the adventure.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Milat_(serial_killer) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_(film)
My experience with travelling in the outback is that everyone is well-intentionned, but after a few days on the road in closed circle, tensions arise. Far from the civilization, under the benefit of not being seen by the rest of the world, discussions sometimes heat up and end up as a fight. It's good to be able to walk away as early as possible, like no more than 24hrs after the first tensions. A friend of mine stabbed a redneck who didn't want to let go of his girlfriend; I've had a fight with someone who didn't like my political opinions (he was extreme right) and who practised judo. Just remember to walk away as early as possible... and hitchhiking in case of emergency is a very good way out.