ROGUE: Human-Eating Crocodile Flick Opens in Australia
Maxine Frith and Christine Sams in Melbourne’s The Age
"Australia’s most expensive horror film, Rogue, premiered in Darwin last night, with tourism bosses predicting its killer croc star would attract visitors to the Northern Territory rather than frighten them off.
"When Wolf Creek, the debut film from Rogue director Greg McLean, came out in 2005, the British media claimed it would do for Australia’s outback what Jaws did for swimming in the ocean. But backpacker visitors to Australia increased by 9 per cent in the year after the film was released.
"Rogue, which tells the story of an American travel writer’s encounter with a killer croc, is expected to prompt even more visits to Australia."
Rogue stars Michael Vartan (top photo), Radha Mitchell, and [...]
by Andre Soares | August 12, 2007
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Tags: Australian Cinema, Horros Movies, Rogue
