Carnifex

Carnifex (2022)

Some species should remain extinct.

An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.

Date of release
2022-12-01
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (52)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Sean Lahiff

Casting

Interesting facts

Carnifex is a 2022 Australian horror film directed by Sean Lahiff and written by Shanti Gudgeon, starring Alexandra Park, Sisi Stringer, and Harry Greenwood. It premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain on 6 October 2022.

Production

Developed from an original concept by Dancing Road, Carnifex is an environmental horror/thriller.

Carnifex was shot in the South Australian locations of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Belair National Park, Port Adelaide, Morialta Conservation Park, Lobethal, and Gorge Wildlife Park.

Carnifex is one of many horror films set in the Australian outback. Director and editor Sean Lahiff tells FilmInk about the location:

It’s the unknown. It’s such a vast country. We can’t know exactly everything that’s out there, and I love the idea of playing on the fear of the unknown. At night time, it’s just an endless sprawl of forest, and that’s terrifying for me. Even just the sounds — up until making this film, I hadn’t heard a koala doing a mating call before. The Australian native animals make some crazy noises, and I love that.

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