John Jarratt

Interview: Greg McLean & John Jarratt talk Wolf Creek Season Two, survival horror and the Aussie outback

This Friday Australian viewers will dive right back into the chilling world of Wolf Creek as Stan plans the second season to their successful miniseries adaptation of the horror franchise. Director Greg McLean is back on board, creating this six-part outback horror epic exclusively for Stan with John Jarratt reprising his role as self-righteous backpack-killer…

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Stan releases brand new teaser trailer for Wolf Creek season two

The Stan original series Wolf Creek has gotten a chilling new teaser for its six-part series that will release exclusively on Stan this Summer. After a hugely successful first season, Actor John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, Django Unchained) will once again fill the boots of terrifying outback killer Mick Taylor. The teaser shows us tourists riding…

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First Impressions of the new Wolf Creek TV series (Stan Original, 2016)

I absolutely loved Wolf Creek when it was released in 2005. I absolutely hated Wolf Creek 2 when it was released in 2014. Tonally, these movies were polar opposites, with indie-thriller used to sketch the first, and a ridiculous, excessive, and quite standard horror creeping into the latter – a disappointing change, despite it being…

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Stan will open a Wolf Creek inspired pop up bar in Melbourne and Sydney next month

In the lead-up to Stan’s exclusive mini-series of Aussie horror Wolf Creek, the streaming service will be opening up two undoubtedly creepy immersive pop-up bars next month, the first in Melbourne across four days, and the second in Sydney across four days. The fully-immersive Wolf Creek Roadhouse Bar will be transposing the rugged outback setting…

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Talking Observance with the indie-horror director Joseph Sims-Dennett

Australia has a patchy history of great films but in the post Peter Weir years we’ve seen a new class of auteurs fill the gaps in our national cinema narrative, enter: Joseph Sims-Dennett. Having a frenetic past of studying film, balancing books for Subway and shooting TV commercials, Joseph owes a lot to his experiences as…

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Catching up on the Gold Coast Film Festival Red Carpet with Stephanie King

Stephanie King has an origin in film not so dissimilar than that of Audrey Hepburn, both transitioning from dance to screen with an elegant pas de chat. Stephanie’s latter years have been spent in the screen environment, working on Australian TV series The Code, Chocolate Oyster and Teenage Kicks and her eclectic skillset seems to…

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John Jarratt talks Wolf Creek miniseries and Observance at the Gold Coast Film Festival

On a tour through Queensland promoting his Stan Original series Wolf Creek and new film Observance, Australia’s own John Jarratt seems to be enjoying himself. He’s been on a roll for stellar performances throughout the past year and he had quite a bit to say about young Australian talent and the perpetuity of Mick Taylor…

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Thriller Observance set to premiere with Randwick screening

Psychological thriller Observence is set to debut to Australian audiences via a screening at the Ritz Cinema Randwick on the 3rd of April. Director Joseph Sims-Dennett and co-writer Josh Zammit will be in attendance. This screening will be followed by a limited theatrical release. The film follows a private investigator who witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding a…

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Teaser trailer released for Stan’s upcoming Wolf Creek TV series

The six-part series, based on the Wolf Creek films, received a new teaser trailer today, giving us a first look at the series’ female lead. The Stan Original Series sees Eve (Lucy Fry) set out on a quest for revenge against the franchise’s infamous serial killer Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) after her family is murdered….

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