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Rob Taylor Lisa Chappell Sam Parsonson Geoff Morrell Terry Camilleri Jody Dry Joseph Del Re |
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"The evocatively titled Coffin Rock - up the road from its older cousin, Wolf Creek (and also produced by the latter's
producer David Lightfoot) - sets out to hold us on the edge of our seats in a tightly made genre film that boasts
outstanding performances and dynamic direction. Writer director Rupert Glasson's feature debut shows him to be a talent to
watch. Sam Parsonson creates a wonderfully obnoxious psychopath whose past bad deeds provide some unsettling flash backs,
and whose moral detachment is matched by his superficially normal, almost benign outer layer. It's a performance that lets
the writing do its work and Parsonson makes the most of the script's excellent dialogue." Andrew L urban URBAN CINEFILE "In this Australian version of Fatal Attraction, Lisa Chappell plays a wife who is unable to conceive with her husband but becomes pregnant after a drunken tryst with a young Irishman. He turns out to be a psychopath who mercilessly stalks her, claiming the child as his own. Robert Glasson's film is well-shot and directed, and more than decently acted." Derek Malcom EVENING STANDARD "Coffin Rock stands or falls entirely by your reaction to these people: it's not horror, it's a melodramatic thriller, and seen from this perspective, it works nicely. Just as Wolf Creek showed us the horrific underbelly of the backpacker trail, Coffin Rock, from the producers of "Wolf Cree"k, gives us the darker side of "Knocked Up". Set, like "Wolf Creek", in Australia, Rupert Glasson's directorial debut swaps the older film's Outback setting for the small town of Coffin Rock. Sinister by name but not by nature. A memorably creepy performance from young newcomer Sam Parsonson." Catherine Bray FILM 4 Simply, Coffin Rock is 2005's Outback shocker Wolf Creek in reverse: a bunch of Aussie bumpkins get terrorised by a demented backpacker. This is writer-director Rupert Glasson's first full-length film and he's made a cracking job of it, keeping you guessing about Sam's true motives for the best part of an hour. It's not often that low-budget chillers take the time to make you actually care about their characters before putting them through hell. Coffin Rock remembers this vital step: and wins big because of it. Verdict: And rock it does." Robbie Collin NEWS OF THE WORLD |
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"In the remote fishing town of Coffin Rock, Rob and Jess are trying for a baby, their relationship suffering as conception
eludes them. In a drunken mistake, Jess sleeps with obsessive Irish stranger Evan (Sam Parsonson) and falls pregnant. But,
her guilt turns to horror as Evan transforms from stalker to psychopath. Intense, well-played Aussie thriller from first
time director Rupert Glasson and the producer’s of Wolf Creek. Rob Daniel SKY MOVIES "The set-up is deceptively low-key, but the second and third acts deliver textbook suspense and horror. It starts out as more of a drama but then the suspence really kicks in. A nerve-stretching Australian entry in the ‘[fill in the blank] from hell’ sub-genre." Kim Newman EMPIRE MAGAZINE "Rupert Glasson’s Coffin Rock is an Australian thriller placed firmly in the ‘bunny boiler’ tradition of Adrian Lyne’s "Fatal Attraction" (1987). Glasson’s feature debut boasts both writing and performances of great subtlety." Anton Bitel FILM4 FRIGHTFEST "A woman obsessed with having a baby; a man obsessed about proving his manhood; an obsessive stranger with a brain flip. The story takes place in the close-knit fishing inlet of Coffin Rock, where the fish are jumping and the crayfish races provide the entertainment at the local watering hole. Glasson uses the elements to keep us on edge. The skies are grey, the setting is isolated and there are plenty of shadows. We get jumpy at any situation. A figure at the window, a knock on the door, a heart scratched in the windowpane. All stops are pulled out in the lead up to a frenetic climax in the dead of night, when the nightmare continues like a never-ending stretch of road." Louise Keller URBAN CINEFILE "Rupert Glasson’s persuasive psychological thriller offers an interesting variation on the sociopathic 'stalker' plot. This time, though, it’s a handsome young male drifter, Evan, who threatens the happy but fragile marriage of a couple desperate to have a baby. So when Jess gets pregnant, it’s as a result of drunken sex with creepy Evan." Nigel Floyd TIME OUT LONDON |
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In a remote fishing town Jess and Rob have been trying to get pregnant. Their happy relationship has become strained by the lack of a child. For Rob, as the manly, unofficial leader of the town, it's a major blow to his ego. Jess, well aware her biological clock is counting down, is feeling the pressure. They decide to go to the city; to an IVF clinic, where Rob gives a sample, after which they return to Coffin Rock and await the test results. What Jess doesn't know is that the clinics receptionist Evan, has taken a shine to her, moved to their hometown and gotten a job at the local processing factory. He introduces himself to her and offers a gift: a birds nest, which she accepts. Later Rob's test results arrive. Fearing the worse, he refuses to open the letter. They argue. An angry Jess storms out the house and heads for the pub. After getting drunk, she roots Evan. Two weeks later she's pregnant. A happy Rob tells everyone. Delued Evan thinks it's his child. Jess denies it. Rejected, Evan becomes dangerously unstable. |
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Rupert Glasson Rupert Glasson David Lightfoot & Ayisha Davies Piers Tempest/Phil Hunt/Compton Ross David Foreman A.C.S Adrian Rostirolla Tony Cronin John Gray Brooke Howden |