Razorback (1984)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers:

Peter Brennan (novel)
Everett De Roche (written by)

Release Date:

16 November 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

It's waiting outside and it can sense your fear. No nightmare will prepare you for it!

Plot:

A wild, vicious pig terrorizes the Australian outback. The first victim is a small child who is killed...

Plot Keywords:

Hunter | Pig | Dog | Animal Abuse | Animal Attack

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Gregory Harrison	...	Carl Winters
Arkie Whiteley	...	Sarah Cameron
Bill Kerr	...	Jake Cullen
Chris Haywood	...	Benny Baker
David Argue	...	Dicko Baker
Judy Morris	...	Beth Winters
John Howard	...	Danny
John Ewart	...	Turner
Don Smith	...	Wallace
Mervyn Drake	...	Andy
Redmond Phillips	...	Magistrate
Alan Becher	...	Counsel (as Alan Beecher)
Peter Schwarz	...	Lawyer (as Peter Schwartz)
Beth Child	...	Louise Cullen
Rick Kennedy	...	Farmer

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Broken Hill environs, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

McElroy & McElroy

Trivia:

A full-sized, fully animatronic model razorback was built at a cost of $250,000 and is seen for only one second.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)

Soundtrack:

Blue Eyes

a little dumb but very entertaining

From films I've seen there are two types of folks that inhabit the Australian outback. One is the weathered, no-nonsense types that live life stoicly and have hearts of gold. The others are flat-out inbred wackos that go way over the top in all that they do (for reference try "Body Melt"). I prefer the wackos, personally, probably the equivalent of isolated hill-folk in this here country. Anyway, this is a decent enough film despite the premise that there's a giant hog on the loose, which sounds pretty silly but is pulled off well enough to be entertaining and yes, a bit suspenseful & eerie at times. A reporter/animal activist goes to the outback to tell the world about the massive kangaroo slaughters going on, to make dogfood. She runs afoul of the aforementioned wackos that just happen to work at this lovely dog food factory, and is terrorized, but that's not how she meets her end. Along comes her hubby, from New York, to find out what happened to her and then the fun ensues as he attempts to hang with the wackos, in an attempt to find his wife. Overall the effects are decent enough, and it's a good story, fun to watch, for the most part. It does venture into dumbness a couple times but not far enough to make it unwatchable. Worth seeing and entertaining.