Killing Ground

"Transcends the cliches even as the film uses plenty of familiar tropes, laying down a solid hour of effective buildup to a duly hair-raising, prolonged climax."

"These personality-free characters fade from your mind even as you're watching the screen, making the brutality waged against them akin to animated mutilation of cartoon creatures."

"For a first feature, Killing Ground is highly accomplished."

"There's ample confidence guiding this grimy take on the usual camping, stalking and fleeing-filled survivalist formula."

"Continuing the tradition of brutal Australian horror films like "Wolf Creek," "Killing Ground" is an effective indie creeper that unnerves the audience with its all-too-realistic violence."

"There's shades of Straw Dogs and Deliverance in this effective Aussie backwoods horror, an intelligently restrained work that manages to remain authentic and tense throughout."

"A blunt, brutally effective survival tale distinguished by the parallel suspense tracks of its non-chronological structure."

"A taut and torturous journey into darkness…"