
There's Something in The Pilliga
2015

Representation Score
Minimal
2014
Not RatedDirector
Chris Sun
Runtime
93 minutes
Average Rating
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Charlie's Farm is a traditional slasher film that prioritizes genre mechanics over social commentary. The narrative relies on established horror clichés without exploring multi-layered identities or systemic power dynamics. The film centers on physical peril and supernatural threats, focusing on genre tension rather than social issues. It offers limited progressive narrative innovation or diverse representation.
Category Breakdown
The film follows a group of friends in a conventional horror setting. It does not include non-binary gender identities, same-sex relationships, or critiques of heterosexual norms.
The narrative uses typical horror clichés like the 'final girl' archetype, which gives a female character a significant role in driving the story but operates within traditional gender roles.
Set in the Australian Outback, the film features a homogeneous cast without diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds. The casting is typical of mid-budget slasher films.
The film focuses on supernatural threats without engaging in critiques of religion, capitalism, or other Western institutions.
There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities. Characters are primarily defined by their roles in the survival plot.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Four friends head into the Australian Outback to investigate an urban legend about Charlie's Farm, where legend has it that an angry mob killed a sadistic family, and encounter a demented giant with a big thirst for revenge.

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