A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
Direction
Franklin's rear-view mirror tension is pure cinema sicko behavior.
Acting
Stacy Keach talks to his dingo more than people and it works.
Cinematography
Endless Australian highways that feel like they're watching back.
Director
Richard Franklin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Australia's 'Ozploitation' boom, this was Franklin's love letter to Hitchcock—he'd later direct Psycho II.
The dingo was nearly fired for being too friendly; they used a backup dog for 'aggressive' scenes.
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