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Wake In Fright and Body Melt
Body Melt (Country: Australia; Year: 1993; Director: Philip Brophy; Writer: Rod Bishop, based on the short stories by Philip Brophy.; Stars: Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo, Ian Smith, Regina Gaigalas, Vincent Gil, Neil Foley, William McInnes, Maurie Annese, Nick Polites, Lisa McCune)
Mad scientists perform crazed experiments on unwitting Aussie suburbanites.
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Long Weekend (Country: Australia; Year: 1978; Director: Colin Eggleston; Writer: Everett De Roche; Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, Michael Aitkens, Sue Kiss von Soly)
Getting back to nature for a sophisticated Sydney couple upsets the animals.
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Country: Australia; Year: 1981; Director: George Miller; Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells)
Troubled drifter Max becomes the unlikely defender of a post-Apocalyptic community besieged by vicious outlaws who want its oil.
Wake In Fright (Outback) (Country: Australia, US; Year: 1971; Director: Ted Kotcheff; Writer: Evan Jones, based on the book by Kenneth Cook.; Stars: Donald Pleasance, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty) , Official Site
A young teacher gets more than he bargained for in a violent outback town, in a film that reportedly even gives Nick Cave nightmares...
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