History Film / WolfCreek

* DefensiveFailure: Subverted. The woman shoots the killer, but the bullet just grazes his neck, causing him to pass out.

* LargeHam: Mick. He loves to shout a lot and being bombastic while he tortures innocents.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Almost half the film is pretty aimless build-up.

* ShoutOut: Ben quotes ''CrocodileDundee'' (see IronicEcho above)

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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 is already in the making and will feature Mick targeting a busload of tourists in the Outback.

%%* AxCrazy: Mick.

%%* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Kristy]]

* AssholeVictim: The cops in the second film who try to nail Mick for speeding even when he was under the speed limit.

* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:[[GenderFlip Inverted gender-wise]]. Both girls die. Ben survives]].

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty:[[spoiler:Mick Taylor's finally runs out in the miniseries. Just when it looks like he will kill the protagonist Eve and once again get away with his crimes,she get's her hands on a poker. Cue KarmicDeath.]]

* ActionGirl: Both of them, though Liz a bit more than Kristy.

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.

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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.

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* {{Flanderization}}: In the first movie, Mick lets a "jokes" slip about how [[Main/PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he sees foreigners as "vermin"]], but doesn't express this belief for the remainder of the movie. Come the sequel, xenophobia is his defining motive to kill.

* LargeHam: Mick. He loves to shout a lot and being bombastic while he torture innocents.

* LargeHam: Mick. His AxCrazy tendencies bring him over everybody else in the cast.

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

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 and various other criminal entities roaming the desert.

* ArtefactTitle: 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).

* DisproportionateRetribution: Mick cuts Liz's fingers off because she wrecked his truck.

* {{Gorn}}: ''Heavily'' present in both, but the "Head on a Stick" scene is particularly graphic.
* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Mick says this in response to Ben asking him what he does for a living.

* LandDownunder: The setting for both movies

* OnceIsNotEnough: At one point, Liz is able to grab one of Mick's guns and shoot him. She grabs the rifle, instead of the shotgun, and shoots Mick once in the neck. And of course, that just pisses him off. If she hadn't also picked up the IdiotBall she would have [[MakeSureHesDead given him a few shots in the face just to be sure]]; there was no reason she couldn't have done this.
* SerialKiller: Mick

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 epononymous 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]].

A sequel was released in 2014, alongside a pair of prequel novels, one exploring Mick's childhood, and the other showing his time in the Vietnam War.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty:[[spoiler:Mick Taylor's finally runs out in the miniseries. Just when it looks like he will kill the protagonist Eva and once again get away with his crimes,she get's her hands on a poker. Cue KarmicDeath.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty:[[spoiler:Mick Taylor's finally runs out in the miniseries. Just when it looks like he will kill the protagonist Eva, she get's her hands on a poker. Cue KarmicDeath.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Mick - he never get punished for the atrocities he committed]].

* 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 things don't go well for him.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Liz. The old couple from the second film also qualifies