History Film / DyingBreed

''Dying Breed'' is a 2008 film written by Michael Boughen, directed by Jody Dwyer, and starring Nathan Phillips as Jack, Leigh Whannell as Matt, Mirrah Foulkes as Nina, and Bille Brown as Rowan. An expedition of zoologists go into the bush in search for the last Tasmanian Tiger. Instead, they encounter the cannibalistic bogan descendents of 19th century SerialKiller Alexander Pearce.

* AnimalMotif: The cannibals and the Tasmanian Tigers are both predators living in the remote wilderness of Tasmania, the flashback showing Pearce encountering a one in his flight to freedom; where they both consume parts of a police officer Pearce killed.

** When Nina's sister is trapped between the cannibals who want to recapture her and a sheer drop, she chooses to let herself fall. It's unclear whether she considered death a better alternative or just hoped she would survive the drop, but either way, she dies. [[spoiler: Nina does the same thing when cornered on a bridge over a fast moving river, but survives her fall. [[FateWorseThanDeath Which was probably for the worse.]]]]

* GunsAreUseless: In the prologue set in 1822, a policeman tries to shoot Pearce with a pistol. The gun misfires, and Pearce bites the copper's neck.
* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: The inhabitants of the small TownWithADarkSecret are all descended from Alexander 'the Pieman' Pearce: a real world convict and cannibal.
* HumanResources: The flesh of the cannibals' victims is made into pies, and sold to passing travellers.

* ScaryTeeth: Many of the cannibals have sharp, oversized teeth, most disturbingly [[spoiler: Nina's niece. She keeps them hidden under a set of normal looking dentures and only reveals them when she begins to eat Matt.]]

* ScaryTeeth: Many of the cannibals have sharp, oversized teeth, most disturbingly [[spoiler: Nina's niece. She keeps them hidden under a set of normal looking dentures and only reveals them when she begins to eat Matt.]]

* BeardOfEvil: Pearce's descendents are dirty and unkempt.

* CannibalClan: Pearce's inbred descendants.

* CreepyChild: Nina's niece.

* {{Expy}}: The plot is very similar to contemporary American films about cannibal rednecks such as ''Film/WrongTurn'', ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2006''.
* FangsAreEvil: See ScaryTeeth below.

* {{Gorn}}: Lots of it.

* IAmAHumanitarian: Revealed later in the film.

* LastOfTheirKind: The Tasmanian Tiger.
* LandDownUnder: Combined with elements of the SavageSouth trope.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: As above.
* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: An example with actual pies.

* PowerfulPick: Towards the end of the film, the ferryman's wife then kills one of the cannibals by burying a pick in his chest.

* MyCarHatesMe: The car Matt climbs into to get him and Nina away from the cannibals refuses to start.

* CannibalClan: Pearce's inbred descendents.

* {{Expy}}: The plot is very similar to contemporary American films about cannibal rednecks such as ''Film/WrongTurn'', ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2006''.

'''Dying Breed''' is a 2008 film written by Michael Boughen, directed by Jody Dwyer, and starring Nathan Phillips as Jack, Leigh Whannell as Matt, Mirrah Foulkes as Nina, and Bille Brown as Rowan. An expedition of zoologists go into the bush in search for the last Tasmanian Tiger. Instead, they encounter the cannibalistic bogan descendents of 19th century SerialKiller Alexander Pearce.

* TheAllegedCar: The beat-up yellow Holden pickup owned by the cannibals.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: All of the explorers are murdered except for Matt and Nina, and there is no hope of escape.]]
* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: An example with actual pies.

* DrivenToSuicide: The ferryman's wife slits her own throat out of guilt.

See ''Film/VanDiemensLand'' for a more serious and historically-based take on the Alexander Pearce story

* {{Gorn}}: Lots of it

* TheBadGuyWins: All of the explorers are murdered except for Matt and Nina, and there is no hope of escape.

* BearTrap: The cannibals use these to capture their victims.

* FateWorseThanDeath: At the end, Nina is ChainedToABed so the cannibals can use her as breeding stock.

* IAmAHumanitarian: Revealed later in the film

* {{Expy}}: The plot is very similar to contemporary American films about cannibal rednecks such as ''Film/WrongTurn, Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes''.

'''Dying Breed''' is a 2008 film written by Michael Boughen, directed by Jody Dwyer, and starring Nathan Phillips as Jack, Leigh Whannell as Matt, Mirrah Foulkes as Nina, and Bille Brown as Rowan. In this unofficial sequel to ''Film/VanDiemensLand'', an expedition of zoologists go into the bush in search for the last Tasmanian Tiger. Instead, they encounter the cannibalistic bogan descendents of 19th century SerialKiller Alexander Pearce.

* {{Expy}}: The plot is very similar to contemporary American films about cannibal rednecks such as ''Film/WrongTurn, Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes''.

'''Dying Breed''' is a 2009 film written by Michael Boughen, directed by Jody Dwyer, and starring Nathan Phillips as Jack, Leigh Whannell as Matt, Mirrah Foulkes as Nina, and Bille Brown as Rowan. In this unofficial sequel to Film/VanDiemensLand, an expedition of zoologists go into the bush in search for the last Tasmanian Tiger. Instead, they encounter the cannibalistic bogan descendents of 19th century SerialKiller Alexander Pearce.

IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1064744/