The Wolf Creek TV series shouldn’t have worked as well as it did. We were all worried about the character of Mick Taylor becoming a Freddy Krueger-like figure, over-exposed and over-done, reduced to a bunch of one liners and gory set-pieces. Turns out, we didn’t need to worry. The first season of Wolf Creek was excellent, and the good news is that Australian network Stan has greenlit a second season.
#WolfCreek So bloody excited to announce we’re doing season 2 of the Wolf Creek series! @realjohnjarratt @BDisgusting @FANGORIA @STYDNews https://t.co/sluHmtXVJH
— Greg McLean (@GregECP) February 7, 2017
The first season saw John Jarratt reprise his role as Mick Taylor, and gave the story a Western flavour as the killer was hunted in turn by Eve, the sole survivor of one of his bloody incidents, played by Lucy Fry. It was a slow-burn that placed the emphasis on Eve’s character and kept things tense, shocking and scary.
Writer-director Greg McLean teased the second season to Bloody Disgusting, saying “It will again be an intense and scary horror/thriller but this time out it’s an entirely new set of characters and storyline. At the center of it all will be the evil Mick Taylor – who takes his hobby of hunting and killing to shocking and chilling new levels as we delve deeper into his twisted psyche.”
We can’t wait.
You can read our review of Wolf Creek Season One here and our interview with John Jarratt here. Keep up with the latest genre news with the new issue of SciFiNow.
