Wake in Fright (1971)
Directed by Ted
Kotcheff this film based on the novel of the same name stars Gary
Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty and Sylvia Kay. A school
teacher leaves the small village he works at to travel to Sydney for
his holidays but becomes stuck in a mining town.
Billed as a horror
film this is more a horror at the debauchery of the toxic masculinity
that exists in Australian outback towns and it is a good exploration
of that world. While I enjoyed the film it is controversial for
including real hunting scenes and to my mind comes off as a bit
classist. There are some good performances with Donald Pleasence the
stand out as the alcoholic tramp.
4/5
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