Wake in Fright

1971 ·1h 49m · ★ 7.2 (330)

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Why it matters

Director

Gore

Bloodless Splatterfest

Slow Burn

Shock-driven Slow burn

Psychological

Straightforward Mind-bending

Supernatural

Grounded Otherworldly

Creature

Human threats Monster-driven

Disturbing

Tame Deeply unsettling

Fun Factor

Deadly serious Blast to watch

Cerebral

Popcorn horror Thinking horror

Survival

No survival element Fight for your life

Phobia triggers