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While many slasher movies tend to go for more sensationalistic violenceThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes being two of the most extreme sometimes just meeting strangers in the middle of nowhere is enough to freak anybody out. Coming out just a few months after the similarly grim Hounds of Love, this first time feature from Australian director Damien Power tries to take a classier look at terrorized tourists, but runs into problems in trying to keep the viewer entertained. Powers film begins with couple Ian and Samantha Ian Meadows, Harriet Dyer, on a trip to Gungilee Falls, a beautiful vacation spot in the Australian woods. Once there, they discover that other campers have set up their tent, yet theyre nowhere to be found. They start to become suspicious after it gets dark without having seen traces of other people, but then they find a baby left alone and start suspecting foul play. The film then switches perspective to local hunters German Aaron Pedersen and Chook Aaron Glenane, who seem to need something to keep themselves entertained. They come upon another couple with a toddler and 1. Em Tiarnie Coupland, just as theyre arriving at the falls, but its obvious the two strangers are up to no good. While Killing Ground falls into the same sub genre of horror as Wolf Creek or other films mentioned above, its not quite as extreme in terms of its gore, yet still is quite disturbing. Its a fairly simple story with just a few characters based in a single location, but Power switches things up by telling the story using a scattered non linear story device. This may throw some for a loop, at first, but it doesnt take long to catch on where things are leading. 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Its one of many things that makes you wonder who is supposed to be entertained by a movie where youre basically watching innocent people come to harmWhen Ian learns the truth about the samaritans who have come seemingly to help where the films pace picks up, as does the tension, but theres still more ugliness to come. It eventually goes one step too far, as Power makes a storytelling decision thats tough to forgive. Its bad enough his movie is basically telling women that if you go on vacation in Australia, youre likely to encounter unrepentant rapists, literally the lowest scum of the earth, but even they are likely to have their limits when watching the films climax. As with many of these films, watching innocent people getting terrorized and killed for no particular reason eventually wears itself thin, and Power drags out the inevitable, quite literally delving into darker territory. For whatever reason, the last ten minutes of the movie are set almost completely in pitch black, making it too dark to tell what is happening, and thats a frustrating way to end your thriller. Power is certainly a skilled filmmaker, who uses the quiet of nature as effectively as he does his composers simple score, and his cast does a good job selling their characters, too. Still, its a tough movie to watch and an even tougher one to enjoy, because its hard to be entertained watching relatively nice people having their vacations ruined in such a horrific way. Killing Ground played at Montreals Fantasia International Film Festival this past weekend and will open in select cities and on VOD on July 2. Killing Ground. The disturbing horror, thriller follows a couples romantic camping trip that becomes a desperate fight for survival in this ultra raw, unhinged kill ride. Final Episode Of Big Bang Theory Season 6. The Verdict. Killing Ground is a well made movie that, at times, is just too plain ugly. It may be mild compared to other torture porn, but it still wont sit very well with everyone who watches it. It also doesnt do nearly enough to set itself apart from other films in this vein, other than its non linear storytelling, which isnt particularly clever.