"McLean captures that real horror in a brutally unHollywood way, one that goes beyond the frank, almost documentary style of the cinematography and performances and the presentation. The young actors playing the kids are so simply effective that they couldn't be more removed from the jokey, self-aware snarkiness of most modern "horror" movies, in which everyone knows they're following a formula and the ending is preordained and it's all a big joke. And John Jarratt's Mick is something of a throwback, in the best sense: he's not a cartoon maniac, like Jason or Freddie, but a genuine human person who's gone off a deep end that is, unfortunately, all too familiar in the modern annals of crime and depravity. Mostly, though, it's how McLean refuses to give in to the expectations we typically bring to horror movies, that everything must wrap up in a particular way and concepts like justice and fairness must prevail. Cuz as we all know, the real world is only rarely that satisfying." - MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher