The Snowtown Murders

Definitely not for people who get traumatized easily..or have weak minds. It's very dark and brutal. Totally worth buying or renting the actors gave an amazing performance.👏

No suspense, no Evil versus Good, just endless echoes of a one-note theme. The film "B.T.K." is superior in just about every respect.

The background music coupled with many of the scenes make for a very disturbing movie. Maybe the only movie more disturbing than this one was THE SHINNING.

Watch it.

This movie is so personal it's scary. I don't normally get scared easily from watching movies but this one is so intense and emotional that it makes you realize that this stuff actually happens out their in the world.

It can be difficult to believe that anyone could be as evil as John Bunting. The film graphically shows how it is possible. Henshall's depiction of Bunting is chilling and disturbing. First timer Pittaway was excellent and believable as Jamie.

Don't watch it.

This film is somewhat difficult to review, or give a star rating to. That this is Justin Kurzel's first film is nothing short of phenomenal. Snowtown has the feel, pace, editing, and direction of a mature filmmaker and the performances from neparly every character (especially the two main characters John and Jamie) is mesmerizing. The film may also be the least compromising, most difficult film I've yet seen -- and it takes a lot to shock/affect me. In a lot of ways, this film isn't really a story about a serial killer, that part of the story is incidental; it's the vehicle by which the director examines other ideas such as poverty, alienation, having no voice, communal self-destruction, the blur between chrismatic preditors and charismatic saviours, etc. (I do understand that this concept is far too subtle and complex for Americans to grasp). There is very little actual violence on screen, but the little that is shown is the most brutal/honest depiction of not only the sheer terror of torture, but even more unsettling, the psychology (or lack there of) behind such acts and the unimaginable sensation/satisfaction John Bunting gets from torturing a human being. The fact that this film is based on true events only doubles or triples the impact. All of which I greatly applaud and would like to see far more of, rather than the tide of escapism that saturates most filmmaking. Many of us who love honest, uncompromising art are willing to sit through a horrific experience because the work will eventually give back to the viewer more than what it demanded emotionally and psychologically to initially experience -- Breaking The Waves or The War Zone are good examples. This film does exactly that. With some intellegence and participation from the viewer, this film reveals ever deepening layers with each viewing.

I've seen a lot of brutal movies over the past couple of years: "I Saw the Devil," "Red, White & Blue" and "Kill List" to name a few. In no way was this film as graphically violent, but I was so depressed with the emotional emptiness of this film that I had to turn it off. Maybe it was the night, but for whatever reason I found no redeemable qualitiy that made it worth watching.

Brutal, unflinching, and incredibly hard to watch, this well-shot indie docu-flick has amazing cinematography and is a powerful representation of the Snowtown events, with strong performances by all the leads.