History Film / WolfCreek

* KnifeNut: Despite Mick not being against using projectile weapons, he usually prefer his bowie knife as a WeaponOfChoice.

* ActorAllusion: The spin-off comic ''Desolation Game'' focuses in part on Mick's tour of service in Vietnam. This could be seen as an allusion to Creator/JohnJarratt's role in the 1979 Vietnam War film ''Film/TheOddAngryShot''.

* ArtifactTitle: Of sorts. While it might be occasionally glimpsed in the sequel/prequel entries, the eponymous meteorite crater is definitely not focussed on. Mick and the vast desolate Outback itself are the central, recurring characters, and furthermore the possibly otherworldly aspects of Wolf Creek (implied to fizzle out electronics with it's rare metal deposits, perhaps) are not recurring features in the other works (i.e. cell phones are not really a plot point anymore).

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Ben is travelling with two girls, hot, curvy blonde Kristy, and skinny brunette Liz. Guess who he has a crush on.

* VasquezAlwaysDies: Played straight and subverted. [[spoiler: The tomboyish Liz dies first, but the more girly Christie also dies]].

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: There are a few instances of seemingly paranormal events in the second season. The Indigenous Hunters that encounter Mick call him the Spirit Man. The most damage done to Mick is from [[spoiler: The Aboriginal Singing that causes Mick immediate discomfort and pain before it’s even audible and seemingly kills him.]] Though it’s implied he was faking to get an upper hand. As well the Meteor that made Wolf’s Creek is implied to be alien or exerting influence by some characters, but this is chocked up to infrasound.

* Dramatic Irony: By the time of the second season, long term fans may have watched both movies, read both books and seen the first season. Hence they will be amply aware about Mick's various loathsome prejudices, and have reason to fear for the lives of a group which includes an Englishman (aka a "pommy"), two black men, a gay man, his (Asian) partner, a "butch" (but not really) lesbian, a German family, Canadians, Americans, an apparently autistic, overweight Kiwi, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking tour guide who tells Mick he's too brash.]]

* LandDownunder: The setting for the series, other than the Vietnam War segment of ''Desolation Game''.

* KnifeNut: Despite Mick not being against using fire weapons, he usually prefer his bowie knife as a WeaponOfChoice.

* TooDumbToLive: Liz. [[spoiler: Jack and Lil, the old couple from the second film also qualify.]]

In 2013, [=McLean=] decided to expand on the Mick Taylor mythos with a series of projects across several media. A film sequel was released in 2014, depicting Taylor going after a new set of victims and hunting one male tourist in particular across the country. A pair of prequel novels were written with the aid of well known Australian horror authors, one (''Origin'') exploring [[StartOfDarkness Mick's childhood]] and the beginnings of his proclivities as he comes of age, and the other (''Desolation Game'') showing his time in the Vietnam War and the start of his predatory stalker tendencies back home in the Outback. Most recently, the Wolf Creek television miniseries sequel explores what would happen if someone actually fought back against Mick and tracked him down out of vengeance for him slaughtering her family (in this case, an American girl named Eve) and the various risks she exposes herself to in doing so, including having to evade law enforcement (who quite rightly want to send her back to the US for her own well being and as she's breaking laws in her mission) and various other criminal entities roaming the desert. A second season, featuring Mick targeting a busload of tourists in the Outback, came out in late 2017.

VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory (well, several); two English backpackers named Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi), plus an Australian one they pick up at a party named Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips), are heading out into the [[LandDownunder Australian wilderness]] to see the eponymous Wolf Creek; a crater formed by a meteorite impact. Once they've seen it and are leaving, however, [[MyCarHatesMe they find that their car won't start]]. A seemingly friendly mechanic named Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) that seems to perfectly and flamboyantly embody every Australian stereotype rolls along and offers to tow their car back to his garage and fix their car for them. They accept; [[SerialKiller but it turns out]] [[{{Gorn}} he isn't so friendly]].

* OutGambitted: In an early episode of the miniseries, Mick finds a pair of isolated French "sheilas" with motor trouble. He offers to tow them to his place to repair it. By this point, even a blind fan of the series knows what this is setting up... but the expectation is subverted as several men drive in and interrupt the conversation. The lead guy says he can fix the engine then and there, actually having mechanical expertise and a will to help. He whispers to Mick to fuck off as he knows, at minimum, the creepy old perv is looking for action from these girls. Mick puts his hand on his blade, causing the guy to gulp in hesitation... but Mick doesn't snap this time, probably because he's outnumbered and at least some of the group would escape as living witnesses. The following morning, after an implied orgy, the lead guy is disgruntled and shocked to find his car totalled. But considering [[NoKillLikeOverKill what Mick]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil is capable of]], vehicular vandalism is more like petty retaliation for him.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Mick. Don't let his welcoming Crocodile Dundeeish mannerism fool ya. He's a [[spoiler: SerialKiller]] and has more in common with Hannibal Lecter than Crocodile Dundee.

** [[spoiler: Also played straight in season two of the TV show. Kelly is the only survivor of the tourist group.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Jack in the sequel. As Paul hides in his house, he confronts Mick who is standing outside. Jack sternly and aggressively orders him to leave and to prove that he means business, aims his shotgun at Mick. [[spoiler:Too bad Mick soon gets the upper hand.]]

* [[Main/DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonists]]: [[spoiler: Done in the sequel, which follows a backpacking couple initially until Mick crashes their camp and kills the boyfriend. The girlfriend gets away and manages to hitch a ride with the ''real'' protagonist, Paul. The girlfriend would shortly die afterwards, and we follow Paul the rest of the film as he tries to escape Mick.]]

* KnifeNut: Despite Mick isn't against using fire weapons, he usually prefer his bowie knife as a WeaponOfChoice.