History Film / TurkeyShoot

* FinalSolution: Ritter's proposed solution for deviants would be not even attempting to "reeducate" anyone, but just kill them all.

* KillEmAll: Ritter's proposed solution for deviants would be not even attempting to "reeducate" anyone, but just kill them.

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: A scene which impressed even Creator/QuentinTarantino is [[TheBrute Ritter]] (played by [[GiantMook 6ft, 3"]] Roger Ward) shadowboxing and then beating to death a tiny female inmate, picked at random as a 'lesson' to the NewMeat.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: {{Inverted}}. Thatcher tells the prisoners the administration accepts prisoners having sex, but not getting pregnant. Any prisoner who does will undergo a forced abortion, then be sterilized, in the woman's case. In the man's case, they are castrated/

* BuryYourGays: Thatcher announces that while promiscuity is allowed among the inmates, homosexuality is punishable by death. Jennifer, who's implied to be a lesbian, is also killed near the end.

* BeastMan: Former circus freak Alph is a hairy, beastial man whom Tito uses as an attack dog.

* TheBaroness / PsychoLesbian: Jennifer. Or as critic WebVideo/DiamandaHagan called her, the "crazy, aggressive, rapist, predatory, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking crossbow-obsessed]] lady!"

* BeastMan with AnimalEyes: Former circus freak Alph, whom Tito uses as an attack dog.

* BuryYourGays (InUniverse): Thatcher announces that while promiscuity is allowed among the inmates, homosexuality is punishable by death.

* FinalGirl: It's no surprise that innocent Chris survives while the promiscuous Rita gets lesbianed to death.

* GroinAttack: Red forces himself on Chris in the shower; she pretends to respond favourably, reaching into Red's pants [[spoiler:then suddenly yanking up the zip. Not only this, but Red is later kicked in the crotch by Griff, and finally impaled between the legs by a jungle BoobyTrap. Mallory also cops a dart in the groin moments before he burns to death in the canefield.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Mallory is shot with his own tranquilizer gun, leaving him unable to flee the burning canefield his GiantMook set alight. Ritter has his hands cut off by his own machete. Jennifer gets an explosive-head quarrel in the neck.]]

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Thatcher telling Anders about the hunt; it's obvious that Anders knows it's a set-up, and that [[StepfordSmiler Thatcher realises this]].
* ImAHumanitarian: Alph

* KarmicDeath: The two men who threaten Chris with rape both fall victim to {{Groin Attack}}s.

* NaiveNewcomer / WrongfullyAccused: Chris is arrested when the police chase a man into her shop and start beating him. When she protests, they say he must have been seeking shelter there (why else would she defend him?) and haul Chris off for 'questioning'.

* SentryGun: Twin remotely-controlled 20-calibre guns are in the towers (actually they're [[AKA47 7.62mm MG3's]]). The one time they're used they prove [[AwesomeButImpractical completely incapable]] of destroying a [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy slow, red-painted unarmoured buggy]] and its blatantly-exposed occupants.

* WhipItGood: Red.

The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture and Australia is controlled by a fascist totalitarian government. For the [[AllCrimesAreEqual slightest perceived offenses]], "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

* FinalGirl: It's no surprise that innocent Chris survives while whore Rita gets lesbianed to death.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire conversation about Jennifer's SniperPistol. Not to mention Thatcher's long red buggy, according to critic WebVideo/DiamandaHagan.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Justified because Thatcher wants to break Anders' will first. And when he first catches Anders in his sights early in the hunt he doesn't fire because it would be too easy. After all, the whole point of HuntingTheMostDangerousGame is to get a thrill out of doing it.

* XMeetsY: Brian Trenchard-Smith described the film's initial concept as ''Film/IAmAFugitiveFromAChainGang'' meets ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame''.

* JungleJapes: Ritter does the "hacking insignificant branches in your path with a machette" and [[spoiler:"avoid great swinging BoobyTrap"]] clichés.

* TheBaroness / PsychoLesbian: Jennifer. Or as critic WebVideo/DiamandaHagan called her, the "crazy, aggressive, rapist, predatory, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking crossbow-obsessed]] lady!"

* {{Make an Example of Them}}: A scene which impressed even Creator/QuentinTarantino is [[TheBrute Ritter]] (played by [[GiantMook 6ft, 3"]] Roger Ward) shadowboxing and then beating to death a tiny female inmate, picked at random as a 'lesson' to the NewMeat.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire conversation about Jennifer's SniperPistol. Not to mention Thatcher's long red buggy, according to critic DiamandaHagan.

* RapeAsDrama: So much so that DiamandaHagan invented a DrinkingGame -- every time a character threatens, indicates or suggests they're going to rape someone, take a shot.

* VillainBall: Lampshaded by DiamandaHagan.

* TheBaroness / PsychoLesbian: Jennifer. Or as critic DiamandaHagan called her, the "crazy, aggressive, rapist, predatory, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking crossbow-obsessed]] lady!"

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The plot of the film is fairly [[{{Troperrific}} archetypal]]: it's TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture and Australia is controlled by a fascist totalitarian government. For the slightest percieved offenses, "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow [=VIPs=] Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

Also known as ''Escape 2000'' (in the US) or ''Blood Camp Thatcher'' (in the UK), this CultClassic 1982 Australian [[ExploitationFilm 'ozploitation']] sci-fi action film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, of ''BMXBandits'', ''[[DeadEndDriveIn Dead End Drive-in]]'', ''Film/TheManFromHongKong'' and ''Leprechaun 4'' fame.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Rumor has it that real bullets were fired at the actors in some scenes, though they may have just been BB's (still [[EyeScream capable of causing injury though]]).

* PenalColony: Re-Ed Camp 47 [[spoiler:turns out to be on an island, so there's no escape.]]

Also known as ''Escape 2000'' (in the US) or ''Blood Camp Thatcher'' (in the UK), this CultClassic 1982 Australian [[ExploitationFilm 'ozploitation']] sci-fi action film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, of ''BMXBandits'', ''[[DeadEndDriveIn Dead End Drive-in]]'', ''The Man from Hong Kong'' and ''Leprechaun 4'' fame.

The film is a [[NarmCharm charmingly cheesy]], campy, over-the-top BMovie, that can be a lot of fun if you acknowledge it for what it is and [[MST3KMantra don't think too hard about it]]. Recommended for anyone interested in Australian cinema, or who enjoyed ''MadMax''. QuentinTarantino has cited both the film and its director as among his favorites.

* {{Make an Example of Them}}: A scene which impressed even QuentinTarantino is [[TheBrute Ritter]] (played by [[GiantMook 6ft, 3"]] Roger Ward) shadowboxing and then beating to death a tiny female inmate, picked at random as a 'lesson' to the NewMeat.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Anders is put in a cage out in the sun where he's forced to hold up a heavy weight.

* TheBaroness / PsychoLesbian: Jennifer. Or as Diamanda Hagan called her, the "crazy, aggressive, rapist, predatory, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking crossbow-obsessed]] lady!"

* WhipItGood: Red.

* LesYay: Jennifer gives the female captives a [[PsychoLesbian hungry look]]. Chris looks scared; Rita [[BiTheWay returns her gaze]]. When Jennifer finally catches Rita, she caresses Rita's breast with her quarrel.
-->"I've been looking for you for a long, long time. I'm going to make you...''feel''...like you've...never...felt...before... ''(moves in with tongue waggling)''

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: [[MargaretThatcher Thatcher]] as the name of the chief villain. Plus the rhetoric of the Re-Ed camp seems aimed more at rebels against society's petty rules than political opponents of the regime; an obvious TakeThat aimed at the ever-popular "get tough on delinquents" rhetoric of politicians.