Wolf Creek 2(2013)
2013 · Greg McLean · 106 min
Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site's most infamous local, the last man any traveller to the region ever wants to meet—Mick Taylor. As the backpackers flee, Mick pursues them on an epic white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland.
Horror · Thriller
6.4733 votes
TMDB score
5/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Wolf Creek 2 scares
The movie kicks off with a shock right away and never really lets up, trading the slower dread of the first film for a nonstop chase across empty highways and open desert. Once the hunt starts, it barely pauses for breath, moving from one brutal encounter to the next with a killer who is almost unstoppable. It leans hard into physical danger and on-screen brutality rather than quiet unease, though there are darkly funny moments mixed in with the horror. This is for people who want a rough, adrenaline-heavy ride rather than something that creeps under your skin slowly.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Wolf Creek 2 rates psychological 2/5, visceral 5/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 5/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 5 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 5 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A tense setup gives way to sudden brutal bursts, then settles into a long, punishing chase that keeps spiking to its hardest peaks near the end before a slightly calmer close.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3.
How scary is Wolf Creek 2?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Wolf Creek 2 rates 5/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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