Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger and "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Again... Alles lesenDying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger and "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Against all odds, Pearce escaped from the most feared penal settlement of the British Empire - ... Alles lesenDying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger and "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Against all odds, Pearce escaped from the most feared penal settlement of the British Empire - Sarah Island - and disappeared into the impenetrable forests of Western Tasmania. Seven co... Alles lesen
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- Drehbuch
- Hauptbesetzung
- Liam
- (as Ken Radley)
- Guard #2
- (as Paddy McIvor)
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Four young cryptozoologists go to check out Western Tasmania in search of ye ol' Tasmanian Tiger. Little do they know they are stumbling upon the ancestors of Alexander Pearce, the famous Australian ex-convict, bush ranger and sometime cannibal known as the 'Pieman'. Suffice to say fine dining is loosed on the Pieman River as a group of Deliverance style in bred Tassie freaks hunt down our hapless Tiger hunters. Dying Breed is well cast with Leigh Whannell (Saw) giving us a great version of the metro-sexual out of his league in the wilds of Western Tasmania and Nathan Phillips (Wolf Creek) as a roustabout larrikin hunter. Whannel is an excellent leading man and should branch out from horror and do other serious work. The two girls Sally MacDonald and Melanie Vallejo are good too. Especially the later, when she is strung up and dismembered Cannibal Holocaust style out the back of the Pieman's shed. I'm sure Leigh Whannell must have been showing the director Cannibal Holocaust, as this scene certainly bears the imprint of that classic film and the Dying Breed scene is very well done in its brutality. The film has various very effective set pieces in a cave, at night in the bush, out the back of the killer's shed, on a bridge at dawn, etc. All shot effectively and scored very nicely. The ominous Tasmanian landscape evokes a darkness akin to what DH Lawrence said about the great primordial emptiness of the Australian bush. The film should travel well as the Aussie accents aren't too harsh, and one is a Irish accent. The family of inbred freaks are memorable and varied in their motivations and actions.
Dying Breed is a great edgy genre piece that is one of the first to appear in the new wave of horror cannibal films, so its ahead of the game world wide, also. I would have to rate it right up there with Rogue from last year and Acolytes, Horseman and Rats and Cats.
Why did they not enter it in MUFF? It would have won some awards! Check out the posters. I like the stylish one, while the second one with a gory pie will entice the teen market.
Stylish new Ozploitation is on display, that gives hope to the future of the Australian Film Industry!
This was a pretty troubling and overall mixed affair. Among the numerous big flaws here is the fact that barely anything at all really happens in this one which draws the viewer in, where the majority of time here doesn't come off as enjoyable. A lot of this here is due to the group were forced to spend all the time with, who are an utterly annoying group that are completely unlikable that really wouldn't be friend as the wild, out-of-control jerk really shouldn't be with them as he would've prove tall that trust worthy in real-life. Acting like the stereotypical he-man macho jerk that has to be the leader of everything, bosses and beats-down everyone into seeing things his way and is such a general pain that he really wears himself out rapidly. That also plays a huge part of the film's first half pacing problems as not only is spending time here excruciating but their other antics are even less so, wandering through the endless miles of forest in their jeep or staying at the motel with the locals don't really have any really enjoyable sections. It's all filled with really uninteresting moments that simply drag this along, at a really slow pace due to these parts. There's also the rather troubling part here that all this manages to hold off the actual attacks until so late in the film that there's barely anytime here where the family actually goes about attacking them which causes the film some really troubled times here as there's so little time here spent with the main purpose of the film being them being stalked yet that can't happen with the film set-up the way it is. Even more troubling here is that the motivation for it all is yet another cliché of the inbred psychos looking for purity outside the clan which isn't all that original or unique and takes a lot of fear out of the family. These big flaws are damaging enough that the few positives here aren't enough to really make a dent, although they are noticeable. The film's biggest plus here is the rather fun and charged second half, where after they get past the dangers with the family and finally realize they're being chased as there's some really chilling work in the atmospheric forest as the first encounter by the cave where they encounter the cannibal patriarch who begins munching on the victim in the bushes the guide hikes them out through the forest into the dark, trap-filled mine and then the great encounter on the other side of the mountain. From finding the mutilated body of the guide alongside the remains of their friend and then encounter the shack in the woods where they have the gnawed bodies and skeletal pieces left behind there which sets up the truly chilling chase and eventual confrontation on the bridge which gives this some really fun times here. The only other enjoyable art here is the film's blood and gore, which not only come from the opening attack on the original member but the few small, bloody attacks here. These here make this enjoyable enough, but the flaws are just too detrimental.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, sexual content, a rape scene and graphic violence against animals.
There are some great landscape shots in this movie and, overall, I felt the atmosphere was creepy, lending itself well to the dark tone of the picture. There was some suspense and a bit of gore as well. However, there was nothing really new or interesting in the plot. Similar movies have covered the same material before (Wrong Turn, perhaps to a lesser extent even The Chainsaw Massacre movies...) and although there's a link to an actual historical figure, it's a pretty weak link and there's no new twists to make this unique.
The characters are all pretty unlovable, so there's not much to relate to in that department.
The production values are high, so I have to recommend this over some of the other After Dark Horror Fest films I've seen. I feel it's a solid five; flawed but very watchable.
"Dying Breed" is another sub product of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and gives the sensation of déjà vu to the viewer with the total lack of originality. There are many flaws in the predictable story, like for example, how could an expedition travel unarmed in a remote area in the wilderness? What would they expect while observing the wildlife? How can a group travel without a Plan B for unexpected situations? The greatest different in this feature is the wonderful location in Australia. Further, the acting is good and for fans of the slash genre, it entertains. My vote is six.
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- WissenswertesDuring the first seconds of the end credits just 1 or 2 frames show what Pieman's Pie really is made of.
- PatzerWhile leaving the Water Rat Hotel at the start of the movie, a tram can be seen in the background and then disappears as the scene has been cut. Also this is supposed to be in Tasmania, they do not have Trams, this would of been filmed in Melbourne.
- VerbindungenFeatured in At the Movies: Folge #5.39 (2008)
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- 3.000.000 AU$ (geschätzt)
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 370.294 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 32 Minuten
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