I reviewed Wolf Creek a little while ago, and it was good, a very effective horror with some totally genuinely horror moments. Please do read the review, there are never any spoilers in my reviews, and hopefully enough information to let you decide if you want to see it or not.
Except if you’re waiting to see it now, you might be disappointed. The Film Distributors are possibly going to delay the movie because…
…its psychopath main character could influence an Australian murder trial beginning next week. Low-budget thriller Wolf Creek is loosely based on the disappearance of British backpacker Peter Falconio from a remote outback highway in 2001. The body of the 28-year-old has never been found but former mechanic Bradley Murdoch will be tried for his murder in Darwin on Monday. However lawyers in the case are worried the release of the horror movie – about three young travelers abducted in the outback by a violent madman – could prejudice Murdoch’s trial and have pleaded for its release to be delayed.
The decision is supposed to be announced today, and for the sake of the trial I don’t see the real harm in a little delay. However, I’m never gullable enough to believe in this nanny-istic notion that people cannot make their minds up for themselves and view things with subjectivity. The movie isn’t the story of the events that happened to Falconio or what Murdoch did or did not do. Still it looks set for a delay, and there’s no harm done…is there? Surely there’s not enough of a connection to alter the jury’s minds?
