★★★☆☆ Damien Power’s feature debut Killing Ground adopts an interesting non-linear structure that nicely builds tension to tell a story that’s ...

Idyllic Australian bushland proves an inhospitable place for a romantic holiday retreat in writer-director Damien Power's chilling feature debut.

Continuing the tradition of brutal Australian horror films like “Wolf Creek,” “Killing Ground” is an effective indie creeper that unnerves the audien...

There’s shades of Straw Dogs and Deliverance in this effective Aussie backwoods horror.

The movie, set in an Australian national park, features two families and one set of brutal killers.

Once the novelty of the film's non-linear plot wears off, Killing Ground is mercilessly rote.

A dispatch on four films from the Midnight program of this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Lean and relentless, patient and pitiless, “Killing Ground” is the sort of thriller that gives horror movies a good name. It’s a reminder that the scar...

Before reaching their campsite, a vacationing couple make a pit stop at a convenience store. Wouldn’t you know it, the first person they come in contact wi...

Dir/scr. Damien Power. Australia, 2016. 89 mins.

Damien Power's 'Killing Ground' is a low budget, worthy addition to Australian cinema's history of psychopaths.

The new film ‘Killing Ground,’ about people preyed on by psychotic hillbillies in the remote woods, is the latest impressive horror film to come from the...

A rather satisfactory thriller from Aussie filmmaker Damien Power, Killing Ground is casually engaging and skillfully plotted, despite a bland absence of nua...

There are few tropes as deeply ingrained as those of the horror genre. More often than not, even a luddite could spot a horror film in the first minute. But ...

★★☆☆☆Crikey! We’ve barely forgotten the recent Australian serial-killer drama Wolf Creek and now here we are again. A couple of nice, respectable...

Australian director Damien Power’s impressive debut follows two camping trips that take violent turns.

Damien Power’s impressive first feature is a tricky and straightforward thriller that pays off its long buildup with a hair-raising climax.

What Backcountry did for campfire creature attacks Killing Ground does for murderous bushmen in the same setting.