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School's out forever when your teacher becomes your last hope.
TMDB
69
IMDb
70
Rotten Tomatoes
73
Google
96

Fortress (1985)

Outback nightmareTeacher becomes warriorClaustrophobic tension

Overview

DramaHorrorThriller

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

Flag of AUAU
Content warning
based on novel or booksurvivalteacherelementary schoolrevengeschoolaustraliaaustralian outbackkidnappingunderground+2 more
Institutional failureChildhood innocence corruptedGendered violenceRural isolation

Standout Aspects

Acting

Rachel Ward's transformation from victim to strategist.

Direction

Nicholson squeezes dread from mundane locations.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel uncomfortably tense.·Streaming: Curio hunt for forgotten 80s Australian cinema.
Heads up:Violence: Children in genuine peril; one disturbing animal moment.·Disturbing: Masked captors with animal codenames feel uncomfortably real.
A

Director

Arch Nicholson

ReleasedNov 24, 1985
Runtime1h 28m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Crawford Productions

Top Cast

Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward

Sally Jones

Marc Aden Gray

Marc Aden Gray

Tommy

Rebecca Rigg

Rebecca Rigg

Narelle

Beth Buchanan

Beth Buchanan

Leanne

Vernon Wells

Vernon Wells

Dabby Duck

Peter Hehir

Peter Hehir

Father Christmas

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Based on Gabrielle Lord's same-titled novel; Lord was a teacher herself before becoming Australia's queen of crime fiction.

Cultural

Shot in rural Victoria but banned in parts of Queensland for years—apparently some school administrators found it 'irresponsible.' The irony.

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