Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr) lives with his grandson in the Australian outback when a massive razorback boar attacks him, destroying his house and killing his grandson. He is accused of murder and his dignity is destroyed Two years later, a wildlife reporter, Beth Winters, journeys to the outback to document the hunting of Australian wildlife to be used as animal food, processed in a large factory, but she is attacked by two deranged locals, Benny and Dicko, who leave her to be killed by the beast. Her husband, Carl, goes in search of her, and aids Jake Cullen and his young associate, Sarah Cameron, in hunting for the razorback responsible for her death. As they search for the creature, Benny and Dicko worry that they may be associated with the murder of Beth Winters, so they attack Cullen and leave him to be killed by the boar. Vowing revenge for his wife and his friend, Carl finds Benny and lowers him into a mineshaft, presumably killing him, and finds Dicko in the factory. Before he can kill him, the razorback surges and mauls Dicko to death before chasing after Carl and Sarah, where they face off inside the processing factory. Carl lures the Boar (having speared it with a pole) into pursuing him down a conveyor belt, at the end of which is a large industrial fan. Not able to stop itself, the boar falls to its demise onto the blade/fins killing it, while Carl rescues Sarah.
蛮荒的澳洲某小镇,比尔是这里的土生土长的老猎人,一生猎杀无数。可能是枪下的动物冤魂太多了,某天晚上,一头巨大的野兽冲进了老猎人的房屋,直接撕碎了他那可怜的小孙子… n之后,老猎人生存的唯一目地就是杀死那头魔鬼野兽。另一边,一位美国记者动物保护人士贝丝,来到这个小镇,调查本地猎杀动物的状况。n在冥冥之中,野兽,老猎人和女记者的命运交织在一起,走向了毁灭性的结局…n《猎魔》(Razorback),由Russell Mulcahy执导的澳大利亚恐怖片,格雷戈里·哈里森和阿基·惠特利出演,于1984年上映。
资源已发公主号怀旧怪奇电影n该片讲述了澳大利亚内陆出现一头杀伤力巨大的野兽,一位老猎人的孙子被杀,随着一名美国女记者的到来,引起了更多的杀戮。女记者的丈夫卡尔追踪而来,展开了一场惊心动魄的猎魔大战。n一部富有澳洲风味的B级恐怖片,并非简单的人兽猎杀。一头魔鬼般的野兽,改变了澳洲老猎人的命运,也牵连了美国女记者贝丝和丈夫卡尔的命运,拍出了宿命感和悲剧色彩。n一边是本能驱使伤人的凶恶猛兽,另一边是丧失人性的本地流氓,主人公同时受到了野兽和人性之恶的攻击。n本片的摄影动人心魄,如血的残阳,莽荒的大地,兽骨散落的戈壁,展现出凄美壮丽的澳洲大地。最后工厂人兽大战,风格黑暗,惊悚、惊险而又精彩!nn
文明世界大都市的美国人到蛮荒的澳洲腹地遭遇两个威胁:来自大自然的未知恐怖生物和来自偏远落后地区的乡野村夫(hillbilly)。这是标准的城市中心主义对异乡,农村,山区居民的妖魔化,他们顽固保守,野蛮邪恶,垂涎着城里的时髦女郎,这也是商业片惯用的陈词滥调。类似的电影可以像裹脚布一样列举不完,比如美国的《稻草狗》《我唾弃你的坟墓》《仲夏夜惊魂》,香港的《山狗》《地狱无门》,大陆的《中邪》。本片里的山野愚夫分两种,老去的传统拓荒者/殖民者,征服自然的野心顽固而偏执,最终被自然的力量吞噬。掌握现代工业技术(屠宰场)的年青一代更加肆无忌惮的工厂主兄弟,最终被更加文明的来自美国的力量所摆平。这个高文明的代表还将把小镇的美女作为战利品一同带回美国(像印第安纳琼斯一样)。而大自然的力量也终于被现代工业所驯服,野猪死于屠宰机器的钢铁利刃下。
n好莱坞粗制滥造却层出不穷的怪兽片基本都是这个套路,不论是鲨鱼,鳄鱼,章鱼还是蜘蛛,蟑螂,杀人蜂。为了避免观众的厌倦而出现的变奏就是有些怪兽来自大自然,有些则是人类现代工业污染或核泄漏的产物。反映出西方人骨子里与自然对抗,反自然的态度与生活方式,永远不尝试与自然和谐共处,必须把自然作为敌人,将其或摧毁,或治服,永远无法消除内心对大自然的恐惧与焦虑,与此同时,还有人类对现代化和科技进步自身的不信任与焦虑,对技术进步可能毁灭自然的心明肚知与忧虑。这种焦虑只能靠一次次在电影中杀死怪兽得以短暂释放。