Writer Lee Gambin calls them Natural Horror films, other writers call them Revenge of Nature or Nature Run Amok films and writer Charles Derry considers them a type of Apocalyptic Cinema.
Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.
Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.
These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.
Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.
Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.
These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.
- 10/27/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
Fortress
Stars: Rachel Ward, Sean Garlick, Marc Aden Gray, Rebecca Rigg, Peter Hehir | Written by Everett De Roche | Directed by Arch Nicholson
It is morning in the one-room schoolhouse in the Australian outback. The young teacher, Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds, Against All Odds), calls her class to order. It is a day like any other until the unexpected occurs. Four masked gunmen break into the schoolhouse, kidnap the teacher and her class and transport them to the countryside. Terrorized and abandoned, the victims come to a shocking realization – only they can save themselves from an almost certain death.
Fortress is one of a number of 80s movies which I knew by reputation but have never actually seen, so when I heard Mediumrare were releasing the film on DVD this month I absolutely jumped at the chance to see the film – and I’m so glad I did. Fortress officially...
Stars: Rachel Ward, Sean Garlick, Marc Aden Gray, Rebecca Rigg, Peter Hehir | Written by Everett De Roche | Directed by Arch Nicholson
It is morning in the one-room schoolhouse in the Australian outback. The young teacher, Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds, Against All Odds), calls her class to order. It is a day like any other until the unexpected occurs. Four masked gunmen break into the schoolhouse, kidnap the teacher and her class and transport them to the countryside. Terrorized and abandoned, the victims come to a shocking realization – only they can save themselves from an almost certain death.
Fortress is one of a number of 80s movies which I knew by reputation but have never actually seen, so when I heard Mediumrare were releasing the film on DVD this month I absolutely jumped at the chance to see the film – and I’m so glad I did. Fortress officially...
- 5/15/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Those who attended this year's Not Quite Hollywood Ozploitation retrospective were among the chosen few to experience two rare big screen showings of Arch Nicholson's 1987 killer croc epic Dark Age, which previously screened at the Alamo as part of Qt Fest VI back in '05. Prominently featured in director Mark Hartley's Not Quite Hollywood (opening at the Alamo next spring), Dark Age is one of the last great Aussie genre films of the 80's, a kick-ass combo of giant monster movie, ecological horror, and Ozploitation that everyone who's seen it has raved about.
One of those in the audience this year was Don May, Jr. of the great indie DVD label Synapse Films, one of our Fantastic Fest judges this year and friend to the Alamo. Having already released several classic Aussie films on Synapse such as Patrick, Long Weekend, and Fantasm, Don looked into the rights for Dark Age...
One of those in the audience this year was Don May, Jr. of the great indie DVD label Synapse Films, one of our Fantastic Fest judges this year and friend to the Alamo. Having already released several classic Aussie films on Synapse such as Patrick, Long Weekend, and Fantasm, Don looked into the rights for Dark Age...
- 11/11/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Headquarters 10)
- FantasticFest.com
Don May Jr. of Synapse Films gave Fango the scoop about an upcoming DVD release that will warm the hearts of nature-amok fans everywhere. “In our tradition of putting out more and more Australian stuff,” he tells us, “we’re doing Dark Age, the king of the killer-croc movies!”
The 1987 Down Under production, directed by Arch Nicholson, is about a park ranger who sets out to stop the rampage of a huge, people-eating crocodile and comes into conflict with the local aborigines, who worship the reptile. John Jarratt, who dealt with a similar toothy predator in the recent Rogue, stars, along with Nikki Coghill, Max (The Road Warrior) Phipps and David (The Last Wave) Gulpilil. Highly regarded by many devotees of Aussie genre cinema (and prominently featured in Not Quite Hollywood, Mark Hartley and Magnolia Pictures’ upcoming documentary on the subject), Dark Age never received U.S. big-screen play, and...
The 1987 Down Under production, directed by Arch Nicholson, is about a park ranger who sets out to stop the rampage of a huge, people-eating crocodile and comes into conflict with the local aborigines, who worship the reptile. John Jarratt, who dealt with a similar toothy predator in the recent Rogue, stars, along with Nikki Coghill, Max (The Road Warrior) Phipps and David (The Last Wave) Gulpilil. Highly regarded by many devotees of Aussie genre cinema (and prominently featured in Not Quite Hollywood, Mark Hartley and Magnolia Pictures’ upcoming documentary on the subject), Dark Age never received U.S. big-screen play, and...
- 11/6/2008
- Fangoria
Press Release: For Immediate Release
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, Austin, TX
Fantastic Fest, September 18-25, 2008
Contact:
Tim League
(512) 912-0529
info@fantasticfest.com
www.fantasticfest.com
While much of the attention of Fantastic Fest centers around the new discoveries and premiere feature films, each year we always present a new repertory retrospective. This year we are featuring two classic series: Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics and Behind The Pink Curtain: Japanese Pinku Films.
Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics
This year, Fantastic Fest is dedicated to making everyone we know into giant, committed fans of Ozploitation cinema. That is - the peculiar brand of exploitation films that bubbled to the surface in Australia in the '70s and '80s. Certainly the best known are the Mad Max films but those didn't emerge in a vacuum. The industry was already pumping out films as rude, tough and resourceful as the primal Aussie himself,...
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, Austin, TX
Fantastic Fest, September 18-25, 2008
Contact:
Tim League
(512) 912-0529
info@fantasticfest.com
www.fantasticfest.com
While much of the attention of Fantastic Fest centers around the new discoveries and premiere feature films, each year we always present a new repertory retrospective. This year we are featuring two classic series: Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics and Behind The Pink Curtain: Japanese Pinku Films.
Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics
This year, Fantastic Fest is dedicated to making everyone we know into giant, committed fans of Ozploitation cinema. That is - the peculiar brand of exploitation films that bubbled to the surface in Australia in the '70s and '80s. Certainly the best known are the Mad Max films but those didn't emerge in a vacuum. The industry was already pumping out films as rude, tough and resourceful as the primal Aussie himself,...
- 8/14/2008
- by Tim League
- OriginalAlamo.com
Press Release: For Immediate Release
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, Austin, TX
Fantastic Fest, September 18-25, 2008
Contact:
Tim League
(512) 912-0529
info@fantasticfest.com
www.fantasticfest.com
While much of the attention of Fantastic Fest centers around the new discoveries and premiere feature films, each year we always present a new repertory retrospective. This year we are featuring two classic series: Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics and Behind The Pink Curtain: Japanese Pinku Films.
Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics
This year, Fantastic Fest is dedicated to making everyone we know into giant, committed fans of Ozploitation cinema. That is - the peculiar brand of exploitation films that bubbled to the surface in Australia in the '70s and '80s. Certainly the best known are the Mad Max films but those didn't emerge in a vacuum. The industry was already pumping out films as rude, tough and resourceful as the primal Aussie himself,...
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar, Austin, TX
Fantastic Fest, September 18-25, 2008
Contact:
Tim League
(512) 912-0529
info@fantasticfest.com
www.fantasticfest.com
While much of the attention of Fantastic Fest centers around the new discoveries and premiere feature films, each year we always present a new repertory retrospective. This year we are featuring two classic series: Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics and Behind The Pink Curtain: Japanese Pinku Films.
Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics
This year, Fantastic Fest is dedicated to making everyone we know into giant, committed fans of Ozploitation cinema. That is - the peculiar brand of exploitation films that bubbled to the surface in Australia in the '70s and '80s. Certainly the best known are the Mad Max films but those didn't emerge in a vacuum. The industry was already pumping out films as rude, tough and resourceful as the primal Aussie himself,...
- 8/14/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tim League)
- FantasticFest.com
Those boys at the Alamo Drafthouse have announced a slew of films with will be playing as part of the repertory series at the upcoming Fantastic Fest, all of which fall under the Japanese pinku (porno) or ozsploitation categories! Does this mean Mad Max and Road Warrior will be playing? Yup. How about Blue Film Woman and S&M Hunter? Yup. Check out the full list after the break!
Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics
In 2008, Fantastic Fest is dedicated to making everyone we know into giant, committed fans of Ozploitation cinema. That is - the peculiar brand of exploitation films that bubbled to the surface in Australia in the '70s and '80s. Certainly the best known are the Mad Max films but those didn't emerge in a vacuum. The industry was already pumping out films as rude, tough and resourceful as the primal Aussie himself, kicked out of...
Not Quite Hollywood: Ozsploitation Classics
In 2008, Fantastic Fest is dedicated to making everyone we know into giant, committed fans of Ozploitation cinema. That is - the peculiar brand of exploitation films that bubbled to the surface in Australia in the '70s and '80s. Certainly the best known are the Mad Max films but those didn't emerge in a vacuum. The industry was already pumping out films as rude, tough and resourceful as the primal Aussie himself, kicked out of...
- 8/14/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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