In the Winter Dark

6
1998 1 hr 32 min Drama , Horror , Mystery

Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.

  • Cast:
    Brenda Blethyn , Ray Barrett , Richard Roxburgh , Miranda Otto , Steve Le Marquand

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Reviews

Jeanskynebu
1998/09/10

the audience applauded

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BoardChiri
1998/09/11

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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Lachlan Coulson
1998/09/12

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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Marva
1998/09/13

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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davetree
1998/09/14

Aussie trash film tries terribly hard to build sympathy for its characters--but not hard enough.With the dream state of the old farmer at the start, we think something might show--dream to present--to explain various happenings, dead birds and livestock.Nothing happens except jumping into shitty trucks with crap rifles--was this made in Tennessee--along with a weird slut who's pregnant (is she going to give birth to the animal-eating monster?) along with a lot of Jimmy Buffet knock-off music.Could have been lots of laughs, but NOTHING, nothing happens; half way through you realize the film takes itself seriously and begin to shut down into a state of stale popcorn.This film is a total waste of time.

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quacksieuk
1998/09/15

This is a classic of Australian film-making.Take a superb cast.Mix in a wonderful screenplay drawn from a very intense book.Then add a genius in the soundtrack/background sounds dept. and you have a film rich in suspense, paced as only a cast of this calibre can.Don't expect car chases (although you get some rough and tumble stuff in cars).Just expect a rare beauty that captures the starkness and loneliness of the Australian bush...and teaches us all something about the tyranny of distance!

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ptb-8
1998/09/16

Very disappointing rural thriller of the 'whats that in the dark' variety. Good actors Ray Barrett, Richard Roxburgh and Miranda Otto and Brit stalwart Brenda Blethyn have almost nothing to do or even create a character against in this supposed 'descent into madness' 4 hander set in a chilly valley of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. It could even be set in the 1930s 40s 50s 60 70s or God knows when because it doesn't matter...in fact almost everything doesn't matter. It is sadly vague in style and content. Yes there is something killing the local livestock and these four actors are driving to and fro each other's cabins grimacing at each other and having cups of tea. If it was a comedy with worried looks one could imagine Joyce Grenfell and Googie Withers and call it DEAD OF (another) NIGHT. Astonishingly, this film was chosen to open the prestigious Sydney Film Festival in 1998 which annoyed the literate audience looking for something worth a conversation at the after show party. It is a dull film and never had much of a release after this opening night misfire as word of mouth was very ho-hum.

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Sludgy
1998/09/17

Ray Barrett is quite perfect: always a competent actor he rises to sublime heights here with his portrayal of a tortured soul caught in all the ghosts of his past. Brenda Blethyn was perhaps a surprise choice for the wife but handled the part very well. Richard Roxburgh gets better with every sighting and his versatility is astonishing. Otto was better than in the similarly dark "The Well" which I thought failed as a movie.

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