Dead Calm: Australia’s Hidden Horror Treasure {Retro Review}

Australia is a nation as beautiful as it is deadly. We’ve all heard the phrase “everything in Australia is trying to kill you.” With a plethora of deadly sea creatures, snakes, bats, berries, and even snails, there is a bounty of nightmare fuel material that is desperate to be mined for horror entertainment. So, it may be surprising to know that Australia’s film industry has only recently entered its own golden age of horror within the last twenty years (no concrete dates have been set). With wide releases of films such as Wolf Creek, Lake Mungo, The Babadook, and this year’s Relic, Aussie horror’s popularity is on the rise.

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