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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Luke Buckmaster

The 10 scariest animals in Australian cinema - sorted

Sorted Composite image featuring (L-R) SHARK SCENE from the Film 'BAIT' (2012), BABE : PIG IN THE CITY, A still from the 1987 film Dark Age and RAZORBACK (RAZORBACK) from Russell Mulcahy 1984
(L-R) Bait, Babe: Pig in the City, Dark Age and Razorback. Composite: The Guardian/Anchor Bay Films/Sportsphoto/Allstar, REX Shutterstock, Prod.DB/Alamy, RKO Pictures

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.

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