An enjoyable Aussie horror-comedy with the usual twisted sense of humour we're known for. A small, local compost business uses a certain type of road kill (people) as the secret ingredient in their compost mix, which they then sell to the local farmers, producing fantastic results. They haven't had a fresh batch in a while, it seems so lucky them when the younger brother Reggie stumbles on a car crash with a dead body at the scene.
On top of this, he picks up 3 hitchhikers with the intent that maybe they could be part of a fresh batch as well.
I've seen some people criticize that the main villains aren't scary or fleshed out enough as they should be and comparing it to Wolf Creek but I think the point is that they a) have only ever done this once before and it was with 6 dead bodies and b) are way in over their heads, especially with living people now.
The older brother Lindsay could definitely make a case for being your typical cold-blooded killer type, but he's unable to realise his full killer potential because he's too busy picking up after the mess Reggie makes trying to show some sort of initiative. It's because of Reggie that the situation goes on a constant, slow downward spiral of chaos and Lindsay isn't able to get a control over it. This is where a lot of the comedy and cringe comes from and it works well.
In fact, whilst nothing is outstanding, everything works fairly well; acting, cinematography, writing, directing, editing etc. There's nothing to complain about on the technical aspect in my opinion, nor the creative aspect. If you have a love or appreciation for gardening/horticulture then that'll definitely help with some of the humour.
The only way you might be let down is if you go into this expecting some kind of game-changing movie. This movie wasn't made to wow you in any way, so if you go in with the realistic expectation of just being entertained for 90 minutes then you'll be happy.
Bonus was the inclusion of Fairyland, a unique and kind-of terrifying place that's now sadly been closed due to vandals and lack of popularity after doing so well in the 70s and 80s.
On top of this, he picks up 3 hitchhikers with the intent that maybe they could be part of a fresh batch as well.
I've seen some people criticize that the main villains aren't scary or fleshed out enough as they should be and comparing it to Wolf Creek but I think the point is that they a) have only ever done this once before and it was with 6 dead bodies and b) are way in over their heads, especially with living people now.
The older brother Lindsay could definitely make a case for being your typical cold-blooded killer type, but he's unable to realise his full killer potential because he's too busy picking up after the mess Reggie makes trying to show some sort of initiative. It's because of Reggie that the situation goes on a constant, slow downward spiral of chaos and Lindsay isn't able to get a control over it. This is where a lot of the comedy and cringe comes from and it works well.
In fact, whilst nothing is outstanding, everything works fairly well; acting, cinematography, writing, directing, editing etc. There's nothing to complain about on the technical aspect in my opinion, nor the creative aspect. If you have a love or appreciation for gardening/horticulture then that'll definitely help with some of the humour.
The only way you might be let down is if you go into this expecting some kind of game-changing movie. This movie wasn't made to wow you in any way, so if you go in with the realistic expectation of just being entertained for 90 minutes then you'll be happy.
Bonus was the inclusion of Fairyland, a unique and kind-of terrifying place that's now sadly been closed due to vandals and lack of popularity after doing so well in the 70s and 80s.