Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Acting
Daniel Henshall's John Bunting is terrifyingly ordinary.
Direction
Kurzel shoots poverty like a horror film — because it is.
Sound
The oppressive score hums underneath like industrial machinery.
Director
Justin Kurzel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most cast were non-actors from the actual Snowtown area; Lucas Pittaway was discovered at a KFC.
The 'bodies in barrels' case remains Australia's worst serial killing; the film premiered before all perpetrators' appeals were exhausted, causing legal tension.
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