Razorback
1984 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 5.9 · 63% critics
A giant wild boar tears through a remote Australian outback community, leaving fear, blame, and destruction behind. As locals and outsiders try to uncover what is happening, the hunt leads through harsh desert terrain, grim small-town secrets, and repeated clashes with a brutal animal threat.
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-04-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (213 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grim, offbeat creature feature with harsh outback menace and B-movie energy, somewhere between The Hills Have Eyes and a killer-animal thriller; Not for you if you need polished pacing or constant monster action.
Pros: eerie outback atmosphere; savage creature-feature fun; striking desert imagery | Cons: slow middle stretch; uneven acting; not enough boar
Themes
- australia
- wild boar
- animal attack
- australian outback
- animal horror
Awards & recognition
- AACTA Award — Best Editing · 1984
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1984
- AACTA Award — Best Editing · 1984 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1984 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1984 · nominated
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- AACTA Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 1984 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Production Design · 1984 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Sound · 1984 · nominated
Cast & crew
Gregory Harrison
as Carl Winters
Arkie Whiteley
as Sarah Cameron
Bill Kerr
as Jake Cullen
Chris Haywood
as Benny Baker
David Argue
as Dicko Baker
Judy Morris
as Beth Winters
John Howard
as Danny
John Ewart
as Turner
- DS
Don Smith
as Wallace
- MD
Mervyn Drake
as Andy
Directed by Russell Mulcahy