Wake in Fright 1971

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Wake in Fright is the closest a movie can get to a primal scream. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Several decades later, it still chills. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: "Wake in Fright" is a monster movie, and the monster is us. Read more

Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader: A Conradian parable of a man succumbing to the wild, the film is remarkable for its raw, pointed dithe suggests, and you'll find the beast concealed behind the mask of propriety. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Australian tale of a holiday gone wrong has a potent, distinctive creepiness. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: "Wake in Fright" is true horror. Read more

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: Wake in Fright is essential viewing for anyone interested in the roots of male violence. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It is powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A legendary and controversial Aussie classic, although it's long been available only in poor-quality video releases. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Kotcheff's beware-the-backwoods thriller takes an unholy pleasure in watching Bond, an actor who always looks as if he's just bitten into a maggot-filled peach, devolve from full frontal dude-ity into a beast. Read more

Karina Longworth, Village Voice: A road movie using undeveloped land as a blank screen on which to project a dark deconstruction of masculinity and manifest destiny. Read more