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"Stop being paranoid, and don/t look at me like that" - Denny


Australian Feature Length Horror Movies

1911

  • Bells, The (W. J. Lincoln)
  • 1912

  • Strangler's Grip, The (Franklin Barrett)
  • 1916

  • Seven Keys To Baldpate (Monte Luke)
  • 1919

  • Face At The Window, The (Charles Villiers)
  • 1921

  • Guyra Ghost Mystery, The (John Cosgrove)
  • 1924

  • Fisher's Ghost (Raymond Longford)
  • 1935

  • Hypnotised aka Burgomeister, The (Harry Southwell)
  • 1964

  • I Have Been Here Before (Ken Hannam)
  • 1956

  • Walk Into Hell (Lee Robinson)
  • 1971

  • And The Word Was Made Flesh (Dusan Marek)
  • Homesdale (Peter Weir)
  • Wake In Fright (Ted Kotcheff)
  • 1972

  • Shirley Thompson versus the Aliens (Jim Sharman)
  • 1973

  • Evil Touch, The (Mende Brown, Eric Fullilove, Max Varnel)
  • Night of Fear (Terry Bourke)
  • Sabbat of the Black Cat, The (Ralph Lawrence Marsden)
  • Skin of Your Eye (Arther Cantrill, Corinne Cantrill)
  • 1974

  • Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (Bruce Beresford)
  • Cars That Ate Paris, The (Peter Weir)
  • 1975

  • Box, The (Paul Eddey)
  • Inn of the Damned (Terry Bourke)
  • Picnic At Hanging Rock (Peter Weir)
  • Plugg (Terry Bourke)
  • 1976

  • Break of Day (Ken Hannam)
  • End Play (Tim Burstall)
  • Summer of Secrets (Jim Sharman)
  • Trespassers, The (John Duigan)
  • 1977

  • Backroads (Phillip Noyce)
  • Journey Among Women (Tom Cowan)
  • Last Wave, The (Peter Weir)
  • Plunge Into Darkness (Peter Maxwell)
  • Summerfield (Ken Hannam)

    1978

  • Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, The (Fred Schepsi)
  • Death Train, The (Igor Auzins)
  • Harvest of Hate (Michael Thornhill)
  • Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston)
  • Maidens (Jeni Thornley)
  • Night Nurse, The (Igor Auzins)
  • Patrick (Richard Franklin)
  • Plumber, The (Peter Weir)
  • Weekend of Shadows (Tom Jeffrey)
  • 1979

  • Alison's Birthday (Ian Coughlan)
  • Apostasy (Zbigniew Friedrich)
  • Cathy's Child (Donald Crombie)
  • Night of the Prowler, The (Jim Sharman)
  • Snapshot aka The Day After Halloween (Simon Winder)
  • Thirst (Rod Hardy)
  • 1980

  • Final Cut (Ross Dimsey)
  • Harlequin aka Dark Forces (Simon Wincer)
  • Lady Stay Dead (Terry Bourke)
  • Nightmares (John D. Lamond)
  • 1981

  • Dead Kids aka Shadowland aka Strange Behaviour (Arch Nicholson)
  • Deadline (Arch Nicholson)
  • Grendel Grendel Grendel (Alexander Stitt)
  • Horror Movie aka Gooseflesh (Maurice Murphy)
  • Roadgames (Richard Franklin)
  • Save the Lady (Leon Thau)
  • Survivor, The (David Hemmings)
  • 1982

  • A Dangerous Summer aka The Burning Man (Quentin Masters)
  • Corpse (James Clayden)
  • Crosstalk (Mark Egerton)
  • Dark Room, The (Paul Harmon
  • Desolution Angels aka Fair Game aka Killing Time (Chris Fichert)
  • Lady, Stay Dead (Terry Bourke)
  • Mystery at Castle House, The (Peter Maxwell)
  • Next of Kin (Tony Williams)
  • Turkey Shoot aka Escape 2000 aka Blood Camp Thatcher (Brian Trenchard-Smith)
  • 1983

  • Innocent Prey (Colin Eggleston)
  • 1984

  • Razorback (Russell Mulcahy)
  • 1985

  • Frog Dreaming (Brian Trenchard-Smith)
  • 1986

  • Dark Age (Arch Nicholson)
  • Dead-End Drive In (Brian Trenchard-Smith)
  • Fair Game aka She Was Fair Game (Mario Andreacchio)
  • Fortress (Arch Nicholson)
  • Hound of Music, The (Gary McFeat)
  • Marauders (Mark Savage)
  • Spook (David Anthony Hall)
  • Zombie Brigade (Carmelo Musca, Barrie Pattison)
  • 1987

  • Brainblast (Andy Neyl)
  • Cassandra (Colin Eggleston)
  • Contagion (Karl Zwicky)
  • Frenchman's Farm (Ron Way)
  • Howling III: The Marsupials (Philippe Mora)
  • Nightmaster aka Watch the Shadows Dance (Marc Joffe)
  • Outback Vampires (Colin Eggleston)
  • Pandemonium (Hayden Keenan)
  • With Time To Kill (James Clayden)
  • 1988

  • Dangerous Game (Stephen Hopkins, David Lewis)
  • Dreaming, The (Mario Andreacchio)
  • Evil Angels aka A Cry In The Dark (Fred Schepisi)
  • Ghosts ... Of The Civil Dead (John Hillcoat)
  • Houseboat Horror (Ollie Martin, Kendal Flanagan)
  • Kadaicha aka Stones of Death(James Bogle)
  • Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat (Philip Brophy)
  • Out Of The Body (Brian Trenchard-Smith)
  • Thirteenth Floor, The (Chris Roache)
  • Vicious aka To Make A Killing (Karl Zwicky)
  • Zombie Brigade aka The Body Counters (Barrie Pattison)
  • 1989

  • Aftershocks (Geoff Burton)
  • Celia (Ann Truner)
  • Dead Calm (Phillip Noyce)
  • Death Run (Robert A. Cocks)
  • Devil In The Flesh aka Beyond Innocence (Scott Murray)
  • Incident At Raven's Gate (Rolf de Heer)
  • Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (Tracy Moffat)
  • Out of the Body (Brian Trenchard Smith)
  • 1990

  • Bloodmoon (Alec Mills)
  • Crossing, The (George Ogilvie)
  • Dead Sleep aka Deep Sleep (Alec Mills)
  • Dead To The World (Ross Gibson)
  • Demonstone (Andrew Prowse)
  • Min-Min, The (Carl T. Woods)
  • Phobia (John Dingwall)
  • Sher Mountains Killings Mystery (Vince Martin)
  • 1991

  • Aberrant, The (Brent Houghton)
  • Bloodlust (Richard Wolstencraft, Jon Hewitt)
  • Dangerous Game (Stephen Hopkins)
  • Deliver Us From Evil (Richard Wilstencraft)
  • Presence, The (John Rhall)
  • 1992

  • Beyond The Rim (Craig Godfrey)
  • Cult Of Death, The (Geoffrey Brown)
  • Deadly Chase (Duncan McLachlan)
  • 1993

  • Bedevil (Tracey Moffatt)
  • Done to Death (Darren Boyce)
  • Obituary, The (Peter Duncan)
  • Offspring (Richard Ryan)
  • On My Own (Antonio Tibaldi)
  • Silent Number (Jamie Blanks)
  • 1994

  • Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer)
  • Body Melt (Philip Brophy)
  • Ladykiller (Bill Mousoulis)
  • Mushrooms (Alan Madden)
  • 1995

  • Sanctuary (Robin de Crespigny)
  • 1996

  • Back From The Dead (Craig Godfrey)
  • Screemer aka Scream (Gary Young)
  • Whipping Boy (Di Drew)
  • 1997

  • Blackrock (Steven Vidler)
  • Bloodrush (Mark Stone)
  • Cthulu (Damien Heffernan)
  • Well, The (Samantha Lang)
  • 1998

  • 13 Gantry Row (Catherine Millar)
  • Dark City (Alex Proyas)
  • Dead End (Iren Koster)
  • Demons In My Head, The (Neil Johnson)
  • Disturbing Behavior (David Nutter)
  • Fury Within, The (Noel Nosseck)
  • In The Winter Dark (James Bogle
  • Weird Ones aka I Am Green (John Meagher)
  • 1999

  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Colin Budds)
  • Komodo (Michael Lantieri)
  • 2000

  • Blood Rush (Mark Palmley)
  • Cut (Kimble Rendall)
  • Death In The Afternoon (Sarah Ducker)
  • Moloch (Ernest (Ernie) Clark)
  • Pitch Black (David N. Twohy)
  • Psycho Beach Party (Robert Lee King)
  • Scratch (Michael L. Ralph)
  • Stygian (Shannon Young, James Wan)
  • SNAK: Sensitive New Age Killer (Mark Savage)
  • 2001

  • Adam and Evil (Paul Jeffrey)
  • Blue Neon (Matthew Bird)
  • Bodyjackers (Michael Ralph)
  • Killbillies, The (Duke Hendrix)
  • 2002

  • Ghost Ship (Steve Beck)
  • Queen of the Damned (Michael Rymer)
  • Reign in Darkness (David W. Allen, Kel Dolen)
  • To Become One (Neil Johnson)
  • 2003

  • Cubby House (Murray Fahey)
  • Darkness Falls (Jonathan Liebesman)
  • Undead (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig)
  • Visitors (Richard Franklin)
  • 2004

  • Defenceless (Mark Savage)
  • Lost Things (Martin Murphey)
  • Mother's Little Murderer (Philippe Mora)
  • 2005

  • Feed (Brett Leonard)
  • House of Wax (Jaume Collet-Serra)
  • In Blood (Matthew Moss)
  • Parallels (Ben Warner)
  • Safety in Numbers (David Douglas, Kelvin Crumplin)
  • Wolf Creek (Greg McLean)
  • 2006

  • 2.37 (Murali Thalluri)
  • Book of Revelation, The (Ana Kokkinos)
  • Demons Among Us, The (Stuart Simpson)
  • Gabriel (Shane Abbess)
  • Last Train To Freo (Jeremy Sims)
  • Nailed (Gabriel Dowrick)
  • Silence is Golden (Matthew Freitas, Jonathan Nolan)
  • Subject, The (Chris Scott)
  • When Evil Reigns (Luke Jackson, Alix Jackson)
  • Voodoo Lagoon (Nicholas Cohen)
  • 2007

  • Beautiful (Shaun Newcombe)
  • Black Water (Andrew Tauchi, David Nerlich)
  • Dead Country (Andrew Merkelbach)
  • Devil's Gateway (Alexander Herget)
  • Dr Plonk (Rolf de Heer)
  • Gone (Ringan Ledwidge)
  • Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson)
  • Monkey Puzzle (Mark Frostmann)
  • Noise (Matthew Saville
  • Nocturne, A (Bill Mousoulis)
  • Ravenswood (David Deneen)
  • Rogue (Greg MacLean)
  • Rosebery 7470 (Stefan Popescu)
  • Storm Warning (Jamie Blanks)
  • 2008

  • 7th Hunt, The (J D Cohen)
  • Acolytes (Jon Hewitt)
  • Cannibal Suburbia (D.A. Jackson, Jean-Luc Syndikas)
  • Carmilla Hyde (David de Vries)
  • Crush (John V Soto, Jeff Gerritson)
  • Daybreakers (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig)
  • Dying Breed (Jody Dwyer)
  • Family Demons (Ursula Dabrowsky)
  • From Parts Unknown (Daniel Armstrong)
  • Gates of Hell (Kelly Dolen)
  • Goldfish Graveyard (Jonathan Nolan)
  • Horseman, The (Steven Kastrissios)
  • I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (Doug Turner, Stacey Edmonds)
  • Lovely Scary Wolves (Rohan Michael Hoole)
  • No Through Road (Sam Barrett)
  • Prey (Oscar D'Roccster)
  • Storage (Michael Craft)
  • Dark Lurking, The (Greg Connors)
  • Long Weekend (Jamie Blanks)
  • Triangle (Christopher Smith)
  • Under a Red Moon (Leigh Sheenan)
  • Wishbone (Dave Letch)
  • 2009

  • Backpacker, The (Dion Boland)
  • Bad Habits (Dominic Deacon)
  • Beautiful
  • Beauty and the Beast (David Lister)
  • Clinic, The (James Rabbitts)
  • Celephaïs (Jonathan Nolan)
  • Coffin Rock (Rupert Glasson)
  • Counterpart, The (Lucas Scheffel)
  • Crush (John V Soto, Jeff Gerritsen)
  • Damned by Dawn (Brett Anstey)
  • Deader Country (Andrew Merkelbach)
  • Dead Set (Paul Komadina)
  • Eraser Children (Nathan Christoffel)
  • Fragment (Andrew Miles)
  • Goblin Shark Attack (David Lister)
  • Hodads (Ted Emory)
  • Home (Kriv Stenders)
  • Last Man on Earth Animated (Jonathan Nolan)
  • Last Rites (Ben Warner)
  • Loved Ones, The (Sean Byrne)
  • Lucky Country (Kriv Stenders)
  • Not Quite Hollywood The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Mark Hartley)
  • Paranoid (Tim Stiles)
  • Prey (Oscar D'Roccster)
  • Road Train (Dean Francis)
  • Roadman (Peter Leovic)
  • Savages Crossing (Kevin James Dobson)
  • Schooner of Blood (Kate Glover)
  • Sleeper (Dru Brown)
  • Submerged (Ben McKenzie)
  • Tomboys (Nathan Hill)
  • Van Diemen's Land (Jonathan auf der Heide)
  • 2010

  • 13 Dolls In Darkness (Zeda Müller)
  • Artic Blast (Brian Trenchard-Smith)
  • Bad Behaviour (Joseph Stephen Sims)
  • Beautiful and the Damned, The (Richard Wolstencroft)
  • El Monstro Del Mar (Stuart Simpson)
  • Flies 3D (Jamie Blanks)
  • Fury, The (James Colmer)
  • ICU (Aash Aaron)
  • Last Rites (Ben Warner)
  • Machete Maidens Unleashed (Mark Hartley)
  • Needle (John V Soto)
  • Niflheim: Blood & Bullets (Nathaniel Iwaszko)
  • P.H.O.B.O.S. - Fear Kills (Martin Simpson)
  • Reef, The (Andrew Traucki)
  • Search For Weng Weng, The (Andrew Leavold)
  • Strawman, The (...)
  • Squid (Daley Pearson, Luke Tierney)
  • Uninhabited (Bill Bennett)
  • X (Jon Hewitt)