Stay out of the water! Beware the dog! Don’t go near that reef! The great Australian outdoors is a blood-curdling world full of sheer menace, as we have been told through decades of cinema that has given us all sorts of reasons to not go camping. Or even go outside. Or anywhere that can’t be safely secured behind a deadbolt. But even then, what if a boar runs into your house? Or a shark swims up to you at the supermarket?
These things can happen … at least in the movies. Here are Australian cinema’s 10 scariest animals.