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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Briony Kidd

The 15 greatest Australian horror films – sorted

From left: Wake in Fright, The Babadook, Wolf Creek and Picnic at Hanging Rock.
From left: Wake in Fright, The Babadook, Wolf Creek and Picnic at Hanging Rock. Composite: Alamy, PR, Icon Film Distribution/Sportsphoto/Allstar, Atlantic

Horror is the go-to genre for buried secrets and things we’ve tried to evade – and can’t. But sometimes horror is also about catharsis, or just a good time. Genres are fluid and often in the eye of the beholder.

For the purposes of this list, my definition of “horror” applies to titles that have been marketed as such, even if other labels could apply too. But what makes these ones “great”?

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