Sharks, crocs, pigs and werewolves – Australia can be a pretty scary place! See for yourself in these hair-raising flicks.
Sharks in a supermarket! In a sleepy coastal resort community, shoppers at an underground supermarket find themselves terrorised by a crazed killer when the unimaginable occurs – a freak tsunami swallows the town. But the tidal wave has also delivered some unwanted visitors from the depths, and as the waters rise they must overcome not only the threat of drowning and the human menace within their midst – but a pack of hungry sharks.
In tropical northern Australia, Grace, her boyfriend Adam and her younger sister Lee, take a fishing tour on a flooding river with a local guide. Their boat is attacked by a crocodile. The guide is killed and the three holiday-makers are stranded in a tree in a flooded mangrove swamp. To survive they must elude the man-eater and reclaim their overturned boat.
SANCTUM is a classic coming of age tale. Set in an alien world both beautiful and terrifying and steeped in mythology and visual richness. Similar to 'Deliverance' it's an examination of the strength and fragility of the bonds between us when faced with the onslaught of nature. But at the heart of the story is the relationship between father and son and how as fathers we have profound responsibilities to our children.
ROGUE is a story of tourists in jeopardy, but this time the villain is a particularly aggressive crocodile, rather than a lone driver in the outback. Set in Australia's Kakadu, the film follows the mixed fortunes of a group of visitors, including an American travel writer, a British couple and a girl from Ireland.
While searching for his missing wife in the Australian outback, a man finds himself pitted against a vicious killer.
Four friends are on a week-long sailing trip when their yacht capsizes after hitting a submerged reef. The group decides their only chance of survival is to swim for land but as they swim they are stalked by a great white shark.
A mutant strain of werewolves survive as an Australian genus more deadly than the original werewolves of the legend.