Wolf Creek (TV series)

Wolf Creek
Genre	Drama Horror Psychological thriller
Created by	Greg McLean
Written by	Peter Gawler Felicity Packard
Directed by	Greg McLean Tony Tilse
Starring	John Jarratt Lucy Fry Dustin Clare
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Greg Haddrick Greg McLean Jo Rooney Andy Ryan Nick Forward Rob Gibson
Producers	Peter Gawler Elisa Argenzio
Cinematography	Geoffrey Hall ACS
Running time	43–61 minutes
Production companies	Screentime Emu Creek Pictures
Original release
Network	Stan
Release	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)

Wolf Creek is a 2016 Australian drama horror thriller web television series which screens on Stan. It is a spin-off of the movies Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek 2. The first season of Wolf Creek consists of six episodes, and was released on 12 May 2016. John Jarratt, who portrayed Mick Taylor in the films, reprises his role for the series.

Synopsis

Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist is targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor. She survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge.

Cast

Main

• John Jarratt as Mick Taylor
• Lucy Fry as Eve Thorogood
• Dustin Clare as Sullivan Hill

Recurring and guest

• Deborah Mailman as Bernadette
• Maya Stange as Ingrid
• Damian De Montemas as Inspector Darwin
• Miranda Tapsell as Fatima
• Robert Taylor as Roland
• Matt Levett as Kevin
• Richard Cawthorne as Kane
• Rachel House as Ruth
• Jessica Tovey as Kirsty
• Eddie Baroo as Ginger
• Alicia Gardiner as Janine
• Fletcher Humphrys as Jesus (Ben Mitchell)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Billabong"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
American teenager Eve narrowly escapes outback serial killer Mick Taylor when he slaughters her family at their billabong campsite in Australia's Northern Territory. Shot and left for dead, she is found by two birdwatchers and taken to hospital in Darwin. Police detective Sullivan Hill looks into her case, with her family's disappearance resembling a number of other missing persons cases over many years. However instead of returning to the United States, Eve steals Hill's case file, buys a van and heads into the outback seeking revenge.
2	"Kutyukutyu"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
In Kutyukutyu, Western Australia, Eve runs afoul of the local police when she crashes into their car and they find a bag of marijuana left in the van by the previous owners. She manages to escape from her cell, and locates Hill who has arrived in town looking for her. Escaping the police as they arrive at Hill's motel, she heads to the house of her former cellmate, a bikie named Kane, to steal money and a gun from an armed robbery he had committed. Taylor hears that an American girl has been looking for him.
3	"Salt Lake"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
At Salt Lake, South Australia, Eve is attacked by Kevin, who had previously assaulted her in WA. She shoots him in the leg and leaves him on the road, where Taylor picks him up, then kills and mutilates him. At the Face of the Madonna Roadhouse, Hill, Taylor and the bikies turn up at different times looking for Eve. Stuck with a broken wheel, Eve helps a convict who has escaped from a crashed prison van. Kane finds her and says that he wants her to have his children, but Eve shoots and kills him as he advances towards her. Eve drives to Opalville, where she hears Taylor is headed, but he is waiting for her.
4	"Opalville"	Tony Tilse	Felicity Packard	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Eve arrives at the mining town of Opalville, but Taylor isn't there, although he killed has two tourists driving the same type of van as her. Posing as a journalist, Eve follows up the case of a missing girl from the town, Holly Welles. Speaking to Holly's parents, she discovers that the girl was killed by her own father, and as she tries to escape from him, one of his venomous snakes bites her. She is saved by an Aboriginal man, who teaches her to use a woomera spear-thrower. Sergeant Hill tracks Eve to Opalville, but she escapes and heads to the town of Rome, where she deduces Taylor will turn up.
5	"Rome"	Tony Tilse	Peter Gawler	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Eve takes a job as a waitress in the town of Rome, and waits for Taylor to arrive. Hill finds her again, and they resolve to work together to kill Taylor as they agree he would walk free if arrested. As Eve goes to talk to Ben, aka "Jesus", one of Taylor's escaped victims, Taylor turns up in Rome and stabs Hill, abducting him. Eve arranges to ambush Taylor at a graveyard, but she is attacked by the bikies from Kutyukutyu seeking revenge for Kane's death. As she is about to be killed, she is saved by Johnny, the convict she helped earlier. The two share a kiss, but Eve sends him away. She wakes to find her guns gone, and Johnny beheaded by Taylor.
6	"Wolf Creek"	Greg McLean	Felicity Packard	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
Eve convinces Ben to tell her the location of the meteorite crater in Wolf Creek National Park near to where he was abducted by Taylor. In the crater she finds Johnny's head and a scrapbook of news clippings about Taylor's troubled childhood, including his abusive father and the disappearance of his sister (who Taylor accidentally killed). At Wolf Creek township, Eve makes her way to the Taylor property, where she finds Hill tied up in the barn. Taylor attacks them, and Hill brings the roof down on them but is killed. Badly wounded, Eve confronts Taylor in the house where she manages to impale him with a fire poker. She burns the house down and buries Hill, later finding that Taylor's body is gone. She is picked up by Ruth the truckie and her dog and they head to Perth. A mid-credits scene shows Taylor's truck speeding down the road...

Reception

The series has received generally positive reviews. Nikole Gunn of Decider TV wrote, "It’s beautifully filmed with cinematography usually reserved for the 'Big Screen'" and that "It's chilling and unforgettable". David Knox of TV Tonight awarded the premiere four out of five stars and wrote, "If there's a box Wolf Creek hasn’t got checked, it's hard to find here".

Within the first four days of the series being made available, more than 500,000 viewers sampled the program, including 40,000 subscribers who watched all six episodes.

Promotion

In May 2016, pop-up bars opened in Sydney and Melbourne which featured Wolf Creek-themed drinks to promote the launch of the series.

External links

• Wolf Creek at IMDb