Horror From Australia & New Zealand
by klownz | created - 13 Jul 2014 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicA list of Australian & New Zealand horror that I like. Some of the films are co-productions with other countries.
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1. Wolf Creek (2005)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Votes: 78,363 | Gross: $16.19M
Australia
2. Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Thriller
The outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Philippe Klaus
Votes: 22,707
Australia
3. The Loved Ones (2009)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson
Votes: 44,066
Australia
4. Razorback (1984)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
Votes: 7,878 | Gross: $0.15M
Australia
5. Turkey Shoot (1982)
R | 80 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan
Votes: 4,265
Australia
6. The Snowtown Murders (2011)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens
Votes: 20,623 | Gross: $0.01M
Australia
7. Long Weekend (1978)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day
Votes: 6,128
Australia
8. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,046 | Gross: $0.23M
Australia
9. Rogue (2007)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Horror
An American journalist on assignment in the Australian outback encounters a man-eating crocodile while trapped on a rapidly flooding mud island.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington, Caroline Brazier
Votes: 33,424 | Gross: $0.01M
Australia
10. Black Water (2007)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A boat tour of a mangrove swamp turns into a fight for survival when a group of people are attacked by a ferocious saltwater crocodile.
Directors: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki | Stars: Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody, Andy Rodoreda, Ben Oxenbould
Votes: 16,039
Australia
11. The Reef (2010)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Director: Andrew Traucki | Stars: Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor
Votes: 20,938
Australia
12. Undead (2003)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham
Votes: 14,805 | Gross: $0.04M
Australia
13. The Ruins (2008)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
Director: Carter Smith | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey
Votes: 84,304 | Gross: $17.43M
Australia
14. Bait (III) (2012)
R | 93 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building - along with 12-foot Great White Sharks.
Director: Kimble Rendall | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Adrian Pang, Yuwu Qi
Votes: 19,452
Australia
15. Dying Breed (2008)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Dying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger and "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. ... See full summary »
Director: Jody Dwyer | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Leigh Whannell, Bille Brown, Mirrah Foulkes
Votes: 6,303
Australia
16. Ghost Ship (2002)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.
Director: Steve Beck | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington
Votes: 109,032 | Gross: $30.11M
Australia
17. Triangle (2009)
R | 99 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman
Votes: 129,834
Australia
18. Patrick (1978)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry
Votes: 3,970
Australia
19. Storm Warning (2007)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A yuppie couple lost in a thick, brush-filled marsh seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they've jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Nadia Farès, Robert Taylor, David Lyons, Mathew Wilkinson
Votes: 7,519
Australia
20. Braindead (1992)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Votes: 103,313 | Gross: $0.24M
New Zealand
21. Bad Taste (1987)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett
Votes: 49,128
New Zealand
22. The Frighteners (1996)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin
Votes: 95,511 | Gross: $16.76M
New Zealand
23. The Devil's Rock (2011)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.
Director: Paul Campion | Stars: Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland, Gina Varela, Karlos Drinkwater
Votes: 4,560
New Zealand
24. Last of the Living (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A contagious virus is turning everyone into zombies, and the only hope for survival lies in the hands of three couch potatoes.
Director: Logan McMillan | Stars: Morgan Williams, Robert Faith, Ashleigh Southam, Stacey Stevens
Votes: 1,840
New Zealand
25. Charlie's Farm (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
4 friends go camping at a haunted farm with an evil, violent history in the Australian outback - ignoring warnings.
Director: Chris Sun | Stars: Tara Reid, Nathan Jones, Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder
Votes: 3,942
26. The Babadook (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney
Votes: 247,339 | Gross: $0.92M
27. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius
Votes: 18,375
28. The Pack (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A farmer and his family must fight for survival after a ferocious pack of wild dogs infiltrates their isolated farmhouse. Through a series of frightening and bloody encounters they are ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Robertson | Stars: Jack Campbell, Anna Lise Phillips, Katie Moore, Hamish Phillips
Votes: 3,389
29. Lake Mungo (2008)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Director: Joel Anderson | Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker
Votes: 28,983
30. Deathgasm (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
Director: Jason Howden | Stars: Milo Cawthorne, James Joshua Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Sam Berkley
Votes: 19,243
31. Wolf Creek (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
An anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
Stars: John Jarratt, Lucy Fry, Dustin Clare, Tess Haubrich
Votes: 5,757
32. The Tattooist (2007)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young artist unknowingly plays a role in releasing a deadly spirit as he attempts to learn tatau, the Samoan tradition of tattooing.
Director: Peter Burger | Stars: Jason Behr, Mia Blake, David Fane, Robbie Magasiva
Votes: 3,244
33. Boys in the Trees (2016)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.
Director: Nicholas Verso | Stars: Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow
Votes: 4,304
34. Hounds of Love (2016)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Director: Ben Young | Stars: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter
Votes: 13,443
35. Berlin Syndrome (2017)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship, when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich, Emma Bading
Votes: 27,639 | Gross: $0.03M
36. Cargo (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter.
Directors: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Stars: Simone Landers, Martin Freeman, Marlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins, Lily Anne McPherson-Dobbins
Votes: 48,117
37. Next of Kin (1982)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.
Director: Tony Williams | Stars: Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson
Votes: 4,236
38. Boar (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before. Now coming face to face with the giant bloodthirsty killing machine, teens on a hiking trip will have the beast in ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Sun | Stars: Nathan Jones, Bill Moseley, John Jarratt, Steve Bisley
Votes: 3,871
39. Upgrade (2018)
R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.
Director: Leigh Whannell | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Abby Craden
Votes: 206,836 | Gross: $11.98M
40. The Furies (2019)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A woman is kidnapped and finds herself an unwilling participant in a deadly game where women are hunted by masked men.
Director: Tony D'Aquino | Stars: Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo, Taylor Ferguson, Ebony Vagulans
Votes: 5,975
41. Little Monsters (2019)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids'-show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
Director: Abe Forsythe | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, Kat Stewart
Votes: 19,284
42. Fair Game (1986)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A young woman running an animal sanctuary in the outback takes her revenge on a trio of kangaroo hunters who terrorized her.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, David Sandford, Garry Who
Votes: 1,783
43. The Last Wave (1977)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow
Votes: 11,033
44. Relic (2020)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.
Director: Natalie Erika James | Stars: Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Steve Rodgers
Votes: 30,240
45. Blood Vessel (2019)
TV-MA | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror
Lifeboat survivors board a German boat that's crawling with vampires during World War II.
Director: Justin Dix | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby
Votes: 3,373
46. Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Five friends exploring a remote cave system in Northern Australia find themselves threatened by a hungry crocodile.
Director: Andrew Traucki | Stars: Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Benjamin Hoetjes
Votes: 6,804
47. Inhuman Resources (2012)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by deranged former regional manager Thomas Reddmann (Redd). He assigns his 'human resources' the impossible task of proving his innocence or suffering gruesome consequences.
Director: Daniel Krige | Stars: Nicholas Hope, Kelly Paterniti, Sam Reid, Alan Dukes
Votes: 2,902
48. Bedevil (1993)
90 min | Horror
Three Australian stories of the supernatural are recounted in this anthology. Rick (Jack Charles), an Aboriginal boy living near a swamp on Bribie Island, is haunted by an American solider ... See full summary »
Director: Tracey Moffatt | Stars: Diana Davidson, Jack Charles, Ben Kennedy, Kenneth Avery
Votes: 248
49. Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.
Director: James Ashcroft | Stars: Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu
Votes: 7,636
50. Aiyai: Wrathful Soul (2020)
83 min | Mystery, Thriller
A neighbourhood is plagued by mysterious tragedies when a young man becomes the conduit for an unknown spirit, the 'AIYAI' which lures victims to their chilling fates.
Director: Ilanthirayan Alan Arumugam | Stars: Korey Williams, Kabir Singh, Asabi Goodman, Craig Ingham
Votes: 12,415
51. Killing Ground (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.
Director: Damien Power | Stars: Aaron Pedersen, Ian Meadows, Harriet Dyer, Aaron Glenane
Votes: 9,332
52. Wyrmwood: Apocalypse (2021)
88 min | Action, Horror
In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure.
Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Luke McKenzie, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Jake Ryan, Bianca Bradey
Votes: 3,325
53. Sissy (I) (2022)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Teen best friends Cecilia and Emma, run into each other after a decade. Cecilia is invited to Emma's bachelorette weekend where she gets stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully and a taste for revenge.
Directors: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes | Stars: Aisha Dee, Hannah Barlow, Emily De Margheriti, Daniel Monks
Votes: 7,629
54. Surrogate (II) (2022)
90 min | Horror
A ghost horror about single mother and nurse Natalie who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop her family from being destroyed.
Director: David Willing | Stars: Kestie Morassi, Jane Badler, Taysha Farrugia, Louise Siversen
Votes: 218
55. Talk to Me (I) (2022)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou | Stars: Ari McCarthy, Hamish Phillips, Kit Erhart-Bruce, Sarah Brokensha
Votes: 143,479
56. Monolith (2022)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.
Director: Matt Vesely | Stars: Lily Sullivan, Ling Cooper Tang, Ansuya Nathan, Erik Thomson
Votes: 1,851
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