23 Horror Movies Shot in Queensland
by gadget111 | created - 12 Jan 2015 | updated - 13 Jan 2015 | Publichttp://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/queenslands-horror-filled-history/2507889/
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1. 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: 4,261
2. Dark Age (1987)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror
A park ranger is tasked with dealing with a killer crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals.
Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnham Burnham
Votes: 1,534
3. Dead Calm (1989)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar
Votes: 43,669 | Gross: $7.83M
4. Bloodmoon (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A serial killer is loose at an all girl school, where he strangles girls with a piece of barbed wire.
Director: Alec Mills | Stars: Leon Lissek, Christine Amor, Ian Williams, Helen Thomson
Votes: 671
5. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
Directors: John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley | Stars: David Thewlis, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 35,474 | Gross: $27.66M
6. Komodo (1999)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
After witnessing his parents being killed by creatures on an island as a child, a young man is brought back to the island a few years later by his psychiatrist, only to be terrorized by the same creatures.
Director: Michael Lantieri | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Billy Burke, Kevin Zegers, Paul Gleeson
Votes: 3,707
7. Cubbyhouse (2001)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A mom of 3 buys a cheap, old house. The backyard cubby-house is cursed with pure evil that took the previous owner's 2 kids.
Director: Murray Fahey | Stars: Joshua Leonard, Belinda McClory, Lauren Hewett, Jerome Ehlers
Votes: 939
8. 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: 14,797 | Gross: $0.04M
9. House of Wax (2005)
R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Brian Van Holt
Votes: 133,933 | Gross: $32.06M
10. The Horseman (2008)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When Christian finds out his runaway teenage daughter, Jesse has been sexually attacked, the suburban father loses it. Setting out to find Jesse's attacker, Christian goes on a violent rampage.
Director: Steven Kastrissios | Stars: Peter Marshall, Caroline Marohasy, Brad McMurray, Jack Henry
Votes: 5,385
11. 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: 84,222 | Gross: $17.43M
12. Acolytes (2008)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Three teenagers blackmail a serial killer.
Director: Jon Hewitt | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Votes: 2,482
13. Daybreakers (2009)
R | 98 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Harriet Minto-Day
Votes: 134,971 | Gross: $30.10M
14. 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: 20,930
15. 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: 129,707
16. Uninhabited (2010)
TV-14 | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple go to a remote and deserted coral island for a camping holiday, only to find that the island is inhabited by a ghost seeking retribution for a past outrage.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Geraldine Hakewill, Henry James, Bob Baines, Billy Milionis
Votes: 2,998
17. Savages Crossing (2010)
85 min | Thriller
A motley group of strangers are all forced to seek refuge in a remote outback roadhouse due to severe flooding caused by a fierce torrential downpour. However, one of these people proves to... See full summary »
Director: Kevin James Dobson | Stars: Chris Haywood, Sacha Horler, Charlie Jarratt, John Jarratt
Votes: 293
18. Sanctum (2011)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.
Director: Alister Grierson | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Allison Cratchley, Christopher James Baker, Richard Roxburgh
Votes: 57,203 | Gross: $23.07M
19. The Killage (2011)
Unrated | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
A recreational work retreat goes sour when one of its members turns out to be a homicidal maniac.
Director: Joe Bauer | Stars: Rita Artmann, Joe Bauer, Dryden Bingham, Daniel Bradford
Votes: 207
20. Come and Get Me (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
When four friends head to the city for a Girl's Night Out, an unexpected ride home turns into a night of murder and terror as they are stalked by three serial killers through the dense Australian hinterlands.
Director: Chris Sun | Stars: Christian Radford, Shaun Trainer, Alexis Fernandez, Kelsie McDonald
Votes: 273
21. Daddy's Little Girl (II) (2014)
Unrated | 107 min | Horror, Thriller
In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it's the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.
Director: Chris Sun | Stars: Billi Baker, Michael Thomson, Allira Jaques, Holly Phillips
Votes: 1,685
22. Throwback (2015)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two treasure hunters, a park ranger and an unhinged ex-cop tangle with a Yowie, the Australian Bigfoot, deep in the jungles of Far North Queensland.
Director: Travis Bain | Stars: Shawn Brack, Anthony Ring, Melanie Serafin, Vernon Wells
Votes: 419
23. 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: 3,937
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